PAUL SCHOLES
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Scholes began as a United trainee on 8th July 1991 and turned professional 18 months
later on 23rd July 1993. Scholes won an FA Youth Cup winners' medal in 1992 and a
runners-up medal in the same competition a year later. He was also a member of the England
Under-18 team which won the European Championships in 1993. His full League debut was against Ipswich Town on 24th September 1994, where he scored twice in a 3-2 defeat.In the 1994-95 season Paul Scholes became a regular player, in the absence of Eric Cantona (through suspension) and Mark Hughes. The following season Paul picked up his first major honours, the Cup Final victory against Liverpool to completing a historic 'Double Double'. A full international, Scholes scored on his full international debut and his first international at Wembley. Paul played his part in the 1998 World Cup Finals, scoring in England's opening match against Tunisia, and starting all four of their games in the competition. It has been said that Paul Scholes has one of the best football brains ever seen as Manchester United.He has been compared with greats such as Bryan Robson or Bobby Charlton for his ability to make make late runs from deep positions but in addition with quick feet he can work openings from the tightest of situations. |
Scholes
always seems to play well on the big occasion.In Europe during the 1998-99 season he
scored vital goals against Bayern,Barcelona and became the first player since Norman
Whiteside in 1984 to score a competitive goal for United on Italian soil, scoring
the deciding equaliser in a 1-1draw with Inter Milan at the San Siro. He also scored in
the FA Cup Final against Newcastle,in fact Wembley is a good hunting ground for him as he
scored a hat-trick in Englands 3-1 win over Poland. Whenever Scholes is the pitch United have that added creative edge up front.A busy creative player full of energy and ideas, his 98-99 season was marred by a series of bad tackles. He missed the European Cup final through suspension, after a mistimed challenge against Juventus and was sent off for England against Sweden.If he improves this part of his game there's no doubt he can become an even better player. Scholes could have had three contenders for Goal of the season in 99-2000,a brilliant 25 yard volley straight from a corner against Bradford, a cunningly cheeky backheel flick versus West Ham ( he got a hat-trick in that game) and the walloping 30 yarder away to Middlesbrough.His clever creative play, passing and movement in the centre of midfield helped create the myriad of goal scoring chances which gave United 97 league goals.He also scored the two goals that beat Scotland and sent England to Euro 2000. |
Appearances with United 1994-2000 |
Goals Scored with United 1994-2000 |
| Total League | 117(43) |
Total League | 41 |
| Total FA Cup | 8(7) |
Total FA Cup | 4 |
| Total League Cup | 6(2) |
Total League Cup | 5 |
| Total Europe | 28(10) |
Total Europe | 10 |
| Total | 159(62) |
Total | 60 |
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Strengths |
Weaknesses |
| Shooting - Scholes can fire in the goals as good as any
all-out striker, be it a spectacular long range shot or six yard tap-in. Passing/Creativity - Scholes can create great moves which split defences wide open, he is a great creator and playmaker.He always seems to save his best performances for big games. Positional awareness - He has great vision and awareness of attacking situations and can make the killer pass, he is also great at making late runs into the box. |
Tackling - Will sometimes make rash tackles which can lead to needless suspensions. |
Honours with United |
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1996 F.A. Premier League - Winner |
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1996 F.A. Cup - Winner |
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1996 F.A. Charity Shield - Winner |
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1997 F.A. Premier League - Winner |
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1997 F.A. Charity Shield - Winner |
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1999 F.A. Premier League - Winner |
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1999 F.A. Cup - Winner |
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1999 European Champions League - Winner |
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1999 Intercontinental Cup - Winner |
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2000 F.A. Premier League - Winner |
