Manchester United!!! The Dream Team

Did You Know?

• In seven years of professional football, Owen Hargreaves has never been show a red card.

• Hargreaves' father played for Bolton and Wigan before emigrating to Canada.


1 Hargreaves' father played for Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic before emigrating to Canada.

2 Owen left Canadian club Calgary Foothills in 1997 to join the youth team set-up at Bayern Munich.

3 Hargreaves made his first team debut for Bayern Munich aged 19 in August 2000.

4 Due to his parents' nationality, he was eligible to turn out for any of the home nations, Canada or Germany.

5 In 2000, he was first called up by Howard Wilkinson for the England Under 21 squad.

6 Hargreaves won his first international cap for England in a 2-0 friendly defeat to Holland at White Hart Lane in August 2001.

7 In seven years of professional football, Owen Hargreaves has never been show a red card.

8 In his career with Bayern Munich, Hargreaves won four Bundesliga titles and three German Cups. He also scooped UEFA Champions League and Intercontinental winners' medals in 2001.

9 In the past he has been at the forefront of a campaign to get more people to holiday in Germany.

10 Even though he has never been a prolific goalscorer, he did become the first player to score in Bayern Munich's new home, the Allianz Arena in a 3-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach in August 2005.

10 things you should know about rapid winger Nani...

1 His full name is Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha.

2 His first club as a boy was Real De Massama before joining the youth set up at Sporting Lisbon.

3 He broke into the first team at Sporting Lisbon when he was just eighteen-years-old.

4 In the 2006/2007 season, he made 29 appearances for the first team scoring five goals along the way.

5 He helped Sporting Lisbon win the 06/07 Portuguese Cup.

6 Nani appeared for Portugal's Under 21s in the summer of 2006, appearing in all three games that Portugal played in the tournament.

7 He first strode into the spotlight with a wonder goal in the Champions League against Spartak Moscow.

8 In September 2006, he won man of the match and scored on his international debut for Portugal against Denmark.

9 As a child, Nani played football with former Portsmouth and Everton midfielder Manuel Fernandes.

10 Old Trafford goal celebrations are going to take on a more spectacular air next season. Nani's own routine comprises of a back flip quickly followed by a somersault.