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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ryan Giggs approaches 900 appearances for Manchester United

Giggs 20 Years: Ryan Giggs 1990 headshot
August 1990: Ryan Giggs at the start of the season
Photograph: Action Images
Giggs 20 Years: Ryan Giggs first League Start for Manchester United 1991
May 1991: Ryan Giggs, in his first league start for Manchester United, takes on Man City's Neil Pointon Photograph: Action Images
Giggs 20 Years: Ryan Giggs first cap for Wales in October 1991
October 1991: Ryan Giggs wins his first cap for Wales Photograph: Neal Simpson/EMPICS Sport
Giggs 20 Years: Ryan Giggs with the Rumbelows Cup after Manchester United beat Forest
April 1992: Ryan Giggs with the Rumbelows Cup after Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest Photograph: Bob Thomas/Bob Thomas/Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Ryan Giggs named PFA Young Player of the Year
March 1992: Ryan Giggs named PFA Young Player of the Year Photograph: Action Images
Giggs 20 Years: Ryan Giggs with teammates and Premiership Title 1993
May 1993: Paul Ince, Mark Hughes, Ryan Giggs and Lee Sharpe celebrate with the Premiership trophy in the dressing room after the match between Manchester United beat Blackburn at Old Trafford Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Ryan Giggs and team celebrate with Premier League trophy and FA Cup trophy
May 1994: Ryan Giggs with Peter Schmeichel , Lee Sharpe, Paul Ince and Andrei Kanchelskis celebrate with the Premier League and FA Cup trophies Photograph: Action Images/Action Images
Giggs 20 Years: Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes of Manchester United celebrate with the FA Cup
May 1996: Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes celebrate in the dressing room with the FA Cup after Eric Cantona's goal beat Liverpool at Wembley Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Giggs celebrates scoring the legendary winner v Arsenal FA Cup Semi-Final
April 1999: Ryan Giggs celebrates his legendary winner against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park Photograph: Action Images
Giggs 20 Years: Giggs of Man Utd goes past Jackie McNamara of Celtic during a testimonial
August 2001: Ryan Giggs goes past Jackie McNamara during his testimonial match against Celtic at Old Trafford Photograph: Gary M. Prior/Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Giggs with his fourth premiership trophy in 2003
May 2003: Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Ryan Giggs and Mikael Silvestre with the Premiership Trophy after lifting the title after facing Everton at Goodison Park Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Giggs wins his fourth FA Cup
May 2004: Giggs, third from the right, celebrates with his team-mates after beating Millwall in the FA Cup final at Wembley Photograph: Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Wales' skipper Ryan Giggs acknowledges the crowd retires from International
May 2007: Giggs acknowledges the crowd as he is substituted during his final game for Wales against Czech Republic at the Millennium Stadium Photograph: Chris Young/AFP/Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Manchester United and Wales footballer Ryan Giggs gets OBE
June 2007: Giggs is made named Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to football by the Queen and presented with his medal in December 2007 Photograph: Johnny Green/AFP/Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Giggs scores again to win the title 2008
May 2008: Ryan Giggs comes off the bench to score United's second goal at Wigan to help seal the title Photograph: John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Giggs of Man United scores past Cech of Chelsea in the penalty shootout
May 2008: Ryan Giggs slots his penalty past Petr Cech during the shootout after scores finished level at the the end of the Champions League final Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: Giggs wins eleventh league title after playing Arsenal 2009
May 2009: Giggs lifts the Premier League trophy, his 11th league title, after United's goalless draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford Photograph: Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images
Giggs 20 Years: GGiggs wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2009 Sheffield
Dec 2009: Giggs wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2009 at the Sheffield Arena Photograph: David Davies/AP
Giggs 20 Years: Ryan Giggs of Manchester United looks on during the game v Spurs
April 2010: Giggs surveys the scene at Old Trafford during United's game with Tottenham Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images
Giggs: United fans at the 2011 Champions League Final
May 2011: The United fans show their support for Ryan Giggs at the Champions League final. Unfortunately he, and United, were outclassed by a superior Barcelona side which means the Welsh wizard wasn't able to add to his two Champions League winners medals Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian
Giggs: Ryan Giggs skins Newcastle's Jonas Gutierrez
November 2011: Giggs shows he's still got it as he skins Newcastle's Jonas Gutierrez Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images
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