A legend!

Ryan Giggs: Fit, 40 and still firing

By Tom McGowan, CNN

November 29, 2013 -- Updated 1708 GMT (0108 HKT)

Ryan Giggs celebrates his 40th birthday on Friday. The Manchester United midfielder shows no signs of slowing down at the tail end of a playing career which is now in its third decade.

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs celebrates 40th birthday on Friday
• The Welshman made his United debut in 1991
• Giggs is the most decorated player in English football history
• He has won 13 Premier League titles and the European Cup twice

(CNN) -- Ryan Giggs is venturing where few footballers have gone before.

On Friday the Welshman turned 40, marking the start of a new chapter of a career which has seen him achieve unprecedented success with Manchester United.

Twenty two years, eight months and 27 days on from his debut for the Old Trafford club, Giggs is officially the most decorated player in English football history.

Maybe if someone talks about football, you think with Cristiano, Messi, Bale or Neymar. But there are a lot of great and legend players in the world. One of the most famous is Ryan Giggs. He is 40 years old and he is still playing football, and there are people with the same age than Ryan that if they have to stand up to change the channel on television they get tired!

Moreover, you can think that he is still playing but with his town’s football club, but he is playing with ManUtd, that it’s quite famous I think.

So maybe, one of dreams is to play football with 40 years old, like this legend that we can still enjoys nowadays, because it’s a great player. 

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