Name: Danny Welbeck Born: November 26, 1990 Height: 6′ 1″ Age: 18 Position: Forward Squad number: 19 Born in Longsight on the 26th of November 1990, Danny Welbeck is an England U21 international born to Ghanaian parents. After signing for Manchester United in the 2005/2006 season, he has continued to impressed and has risen through [...]

Name: Park Ji Sung Born: February 25, 1981 Height: 5′ 9″ Age: 28 Position: Midfielder Squad number: 13 Park’s first professional club was Kyoto Purple Sanga in the Japanese second division. In his first season with the club they won the division 2 championship and were promoted to the J1 division. The following year saw [...]

Name: Gary Neville Born: February 18, 1975 Height: 5′11″ Age: 34 Position: Right Back Squad number: 2 Gary Neville joined Manchester United as an apprentice in 1991 at the age of 16 and went on to Captain the youth side that won the 1992 FA Youth Cup. He was therefore a part of the now [...]

Name: Federico Macheda Born: August 22, 1991 Height: 6′ 0″ Age: 17 Position: Forward Squad number: 41 Born in Rome on the 22nd of August 1991, Federico Macheda, nicknamed “Kiko” by those who know him, is tipped to be one of the next bright stars of football. The Italian started his football career for local [...]

Name: Rafael Da Silva Born: July 9, 1990 Height: 5′ 8″ Age: 19 Position: Right back Squad number: 21 Rafael started his footballing career back home in Brazil with Fluminense. It was whilst playing for Fluminense in a Hong Kong youth tournament that he was first noticed by Manchester United. Former academy director Les Kershaw [...]

Name: Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira Born: April 13, 1988 Height: 5′ 9″ Age: 21 Position: Midfield Squad number: 8 Anderson started his career at the same club as Ronaldinho, Gremio in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He wrote himself into Gremio folklore during a Serie B play-off match against Nautico. Having already had 4 players sent [...]

Name: Paul Scholes Born: November 16, 1974 Height: 5′ 7″ Age: 34 Position: Midfield Squad number: 18 The first signs that Paul Scholes was destined for the big time were 17 years ago in 1992, when he was part of the now famous FA Youth Cup winning United team that included other future stars including [...]

Name: Dimitar Berbatov Born: January 30, 1981 Height: 6′2″ Age: 28 Position: Forward Squad number: 9 Berbatov’s career as a footballer started in his home town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria where he played for Pirin Blagoevgrad’s youth team. He was spotted by Bulgarian legend Dimitar Penev – now a highly rated scout – and was given [...]

Name: Ryan Giggs Born: November 29, 1973 Height: 5′11″ Age: 35 Position: Midfield Squad number: 11 Ryan Giggs made his first team debut for Manchester United an incredible 18 years ago at the age of 17 in March 1991 – two seasons before the Premier League even began – with a substitute appearance against Everton [...]

Name: Patrice Evra Born: May 15, 1981 Height: 5′ 9″ Age: 28 Position: Left back Squad number: 3 Patrice took the same route as many African born footballers by moving to France at an early age from his home is Dakar, Senegal. He started his career at Paris Saint Germain where he played as a [...]