Wednesday, March 2 marks 25 years to the day since Ryan Giggs Manchester United debut against Everton at Old Trafford. Then 17, the young Welshman started a journey that would lead to a club-record 963 appearances, including 13 Premier League titles, two Champions Leagues and four FA Cups.Hes since transitioned from the pitch to the dug-out as Louis van Gaals assistant, but to celebrate a quarter-century at the club, Sky Sports takes a look at 25 facts that help define his remarkable time at United... Giggs scored on his full league debut against Man City - Giggs was signed by United on July 9, 1990 and was offered his first professional contract on the day he turned 17 - November 29, 1990.- In his early teenage years, he attended Manchester Citys school of excellence.- Giggs made his debut as a first-half substitute for the injured Denis Irwin against Everton in March 1991. United lost the match 2-0. Giggs is now Louis van Gaals assistant manager - He scored his first senior goal on his full league debut against Man City in a 1-0 win for United at Old Trafford two months later.- That was the first of 672 top-flight appearances for the Red Devils (Division One and Premier League), of which 117 came as a substitute.- His 632 Premier League appearances is the most in the competitions history. Giggs is Uniteds all-time record appearance maker - Giggs scored in all but one of his 22 seasons in the first-team - despite making 22 appearances during his final campaign (2013/14), he failed to find the net.- He took charge as interim player-manager following David Moyes departure, and made his final appearance for United in a 3-1 victory over Hull City at Old Trafford in May 2014. Giggs brought himself on to replace Tom Lawrence after 70 minutes. Then interim manager, Giggs brought himself on for his final appearance against Hull in 2014 - He ended his career with 109 Premier League goals, two more than former team-mate Paul Scholes. That places him 20th in the leagues all-time scoring list.- In the top 20 all-time Premier League top scorers, only two players who have played for a single Premier League club have scored more - Thierry Henry for Arsenal (175) and Steven Gerrard for Liverpool (120). - His club-record 963 appearances is 205 more than second-place Sir Bobby Charlton.- He surpassed Charltons mark of 758 appearances on the same night he won his second Champions League - in Moscow on May 21, 2008 as United beat Chelsea on penalties. Giggs scored what turned out to be the winning spot-kick against Chelsea in the Champions League final - Giggs scored what proved to be the decisive spot-kick in that penalty shoot-out victory over Chelsea.- In total, he hit 168 goals for the club - good enough for sixth on Uniteds all-time goalscoring chart, and 11 behind George Best in fifth.- His total of 13 Premier League goals during the 1993/94 season was the highest single-season tally of his career.- Giggs won 34 trophies as a player, making him the most decorated in English football history. Giggs came on as a second-half substitute as he won his second Champions League trophy in Moscow - United beat Red Star Belgrade in the 1991 European Super Cup to earn Giggs his first senior trophy, while his last came in the 2013 Community Shield. United beat Wigan 2-0 at Wembley.- He was twice named PFA Young Player of the Year (1991/92, 1992/93), and was named in the PFA Team of the Year six times (1992/93, 1997/98, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2006/07, 2008/09).- Giggs never received a red card while playing for United, although he did get sent off for Wales against Norway in 2001 after two yellow cards. Giggs scored Uniteds first Champions League group stage goal in 1994 - Only Iker Casillas (156), Xavi (151) and Raul (142) have made more Champions League appearances (141).- Giggs is the only player to score in 16 different Champions League campaigns. He scored his first in 1994 against IFK Goteborg and his last against Benfica September 2011.- His strike against Goteborg after 33 minutes on September 14, 1994 was Uniteds first Champions League group stage goal. He added a second in the same game shortly after as United beat their Swedish opponents 4-2. Giggs celebrates FA Cup success with Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes and Andrew Cole - His goal against Benfica, at 37 years and 290 days, briefly made Giggs the oldest scorer in Champions League history, but Francesco Tottis strike against Man City in September 2014 broke that record. Totti was 38 years and three days.- France legend and current Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane once said of Giggs: If he was French, I would have been on the bench!- Giggs was given an OBE for his services to football in 2007. Also See: Man Utd v Watford preview Utd expect 6pm Liverpool start Man Utd close to 1,000 goals Merse: LVG deserves credit Tony Gwynn Jersey . Robinson finished with 17 points, all but two in the second half, and Lawson had 14 after halftime and finished with a game-high 11 assists as the Nuggets handed Dallas its first home loss in eight games this season. J.J. Hickson led Denver with 22, and Kenneth Faried added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Rickey Henderson Jersey . 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SILVIS, Ill. -- Zach Johnson made himself right at home in the John Deere Classic -- again.From just up the road in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the two-time major champion shot a 6-under 65 on Thursday, leaving him two strokes behind leader Andrew Loupe in the suspended first round.I dont know what it is, but I love the golf course, said Johnson, the 2012 winner at TPC Deere Run. I love the putting surfaces. I do know the moment I feel like I can take this place down is the moment it can bite me, so Ive still got to stay focused and keep the pedal down.Loupe topped the leaderboard at 8 under when play was suspended because of darkness. The tournament was delayed for 3 1/2 hours by a storm that dropped just over an inch of rain. The round resumed at 3:08 p.m., with none of the afternoon starters able to finish.Loupe will resume play Friday with a 6-foot par putt on the par-4 15th hole. The 27-year-old former LSU player had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch on the front nine and added birdies on 11, 13 and 14.Patrick Rodgers and Ryan Moore were in at 65 with Johnson, and Tom Gillis also was 6 under with two holes left.Johnson had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch in the bogey-free round that he started on the 10th tee. The 12-time PGA Tour winner capped the run on the par-5 second and also birdied the par-4 sixth.As far as the start and stop, were used to that, Johnson said. Thats not any secret. It happens all the time. Theres days where theres a 30-minute delay, theres days where, shoot, it takes 30-some odd hours to play 18 holes. Im used to it. Relaxed a little bit, ate something, worked out a little bit, that kind of thing, just to stay loose, and then went back at it.Rodgers birdied the final hole for a back-nine 31.Today was a really solid day for me, said Rodgers, the former Stanford star from Indiana. I felt like I was very consistent tee to green and gave myself a lot of opportunities to make birdies.dddddddddddd My only bogey was a three-putt. My only missed green was in the fringe, so I played really solid golf. There wasnt a whole lot of opportunities to make mistakes.Moore eagled the par-5 17th in his opening nine, and finished with a 30-foot par save on No. 9.I was playing well and you hate to drop a shot on the last hole, the four-time tour winner said. I didnt play the hole well by any means. I didnt hit any good golf shots. But a good putt can save just about anything, and thats what happened.Jordan Spieth chose not to defend his title because he didnt think it would be appropriate in light of his decision to skip the Rio Olympics.Scott Pinckney and Scott Brown shot 66, and Geoff Ogilvy and Morgan Hoffman also were 5 under. Ogilvy completed 12 holes, and Hoffman 14.Pinckney made five straight birdies and six in a seven-hole stretch on his final nine.Honestly, I played good on both sides, but the putts started to drop, and I put it a little bit closer on the back side, Pinckney said. So, it wasnt like all of a sudden Im hitting it good.Three-time champion Steve Stricker had a 70. The 49-year-old Stricker, a former University of Illinois player from Wisconsin, won the event in 2009, 2010 and 2011.Even after the rain, the inch of rain we got, the conditions were pretty good, Stricker said. I just didnt play that sharply.Wesley Bryan has 2 under with eight holes left. He won his third Web.com Tour title of the season last week in Kansas to earn an immediate PGA Tour promotion.NCAA champion Aaron Wise was 1 under after seven holes in his PGA Tour debut as a pro. The former Oregon player won a Mackenzie Tour-PGA Tour Canada event two weeks ago in Edmonton, Alberta. ' ' '
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