Twitter flooded with birthday wishes as Giggs turns 44

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Bengaluru, November 29: Twitter was flooded with a flurry of birthday wishes for Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs, who turned 44 on Wednesday (November 29).

In a stellar career at Old Trafford that spanned almost two-and-a half decades, Giggs was part of 13 Premier League triumphs and two Champions League titles.

His trophy cabinet at United also includes nine Community Shields, four FA Cups, three League Cups and one FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup and an InterContinental Cup apiece.

Giggs spent his club career throughout at United scoring a whopping 168 goals in 963 appearances.

The Welshman is also one of the few players to have made over 1,000 career appearances.

Post playing career, Giggs turned to coaching and had temporarily filled in when David Moyes was sacked following a poor summer.

Later he served as an assistant to Louis van Gaal in the Old Trafford dug out.
But he is yet to serve as coach on a full time basis.

The Wales national coach's post is vacant following the resignation of Chris Coleman and Giggs was reportedly linked to the job.

He even got a thumbs up from former Wales manager Mark Hughes, who believes Giggs is the right candidate to succeed Coleman.

"Given Ryan's standing in the game, I think he's an obvious candidate. He wants to stay in the game clearly because he's waiting for the right opportunity.

"If I can give him any advice it would be to think seriously about it because I think for a young manager trying to find his way in the game in terms of understanding what the difference is between playing and managing I think it's a fantastic opportunity."

Recently, Giggs also had a stint with the Mumbai franchise of the Indian Premier Futsal League.