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Paul Scholes (born November 16, 1974, in Oldham)
is an England national football team|English
football (soccer)|football player who has spent
almost his whole career at Manchester United
F.C.|Manchester United.

With his distinctive head of ginger hair (he is
nicknamed "The Ginger Prince"), Paul Scholes is
one of the most influential players for his club.
He is an attacking midfielder par excellence.  He
scores vital goals at vital times, and he times
his runs into the box as well as any midfielder
playing the game today. Fans have been known to
chant "He's Paul Scholes, he scores goals" in
matches.

Salford-born Scholes joined Manchester United as a
trainee on leaving school in the summer of 1991
and in his first season guided the club to victory
in the F.A Youth Cup. But he did not make his
breakthrough into the Old Trafford (football)|Old
Trafford team until the 1994-95 season, when he
made 17 league appearances and scored five goals.
The 20-year-old Scholes proved himself to be a
promising understudy for the likes of Eric Cantona
and Andy Cole. In the F.A. Cup final he twice came
close to scoring goals which would have seen
United and not Everton F.C.|Everton win the F.A
Cup.

Scholes was unable to secure a regular first team
place until the 1997-98 season, when he played in
midfield after the ninth game when Roy Keane was
ruled out by injury. He had already made his
England debut the previous summer in a 3-1
friendly win over South Africa national football
team|South Africa at Old Trafford, and was part of
the England squad for the 1998 World Cup.

In 1998-99, Scholes was a key player in Manchester
United's Premiership title/F.A Cup/Champions
League treble success. He scored one of United's
two goals against Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle
in the F.A Cup final but was ruled out of the
Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich
through suspension, brought about by a yellow card
received in the semi-final away tie against
Juventus.

Since then, Paul Scholes has established himself
as an excellent midfielder at both club and
international levels but announced his retirement
from international football in August 2004,
claiming that club football was of the utmost
priority and that he vowed to excel with the team
that had seen the highs and lows of English
football with him.

In ten years as a first team player at Manchester
United, Paul Scholes has won six Premiership
titles, three F.A Cups and one European Cup. Now
aged 30, he still has a good few years left at the
top and will surely add more medals to his already
impressive collection after agreeing a two year
extension to his current contract which will keep
him at the club until 2009. The little fuss
involved in the deal highlighted the humility of
the man, widely appreciated by all United fans.