Get to know... Hargreaves

• sand king

  2 Jun 07, 08:53

  
  
  Get to know... Hargreaves
  
  Discover some quirky stats and facts about United's new signing...
  
  1 HargreavesÂ’ 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 MunichÂ’s new home, the Allianz Arena in a 3-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach in August 2005.
• a-Lost-9uY

  2 Jun 07, 09:11

  7 In seven years of professional football, Owen Hargreaves has never been show a red card.
  
  skadi EPL will break his virigin
• omgukilledkenny

  2 Jun 07, 09:29

  
• sand king

  2 Jun 07, 10:11

  Originally posted by a-Lost-9uY:

  7 In seven years of professional football, Owen Hargreaves has never been show a red card.
  
  skadi EPL will break his virigin

  
• CKeer

  2 Jun 07, 11:57

  We'll see how he fits into United squad next season.
  
  Cheers.
  CK
• Slipshade

  2 Jun 07, 12:09

  Ironic how that red card point is highlighted... in RED!
• sand king

  2 Jun 07, 18:15

  Originally posted by Slipshade:

  Ironic how that red card point is highlighted... in RED!

  lol, its not haha, i highlighted it to point it out.
• Slipshade

  2 Jun 07, 23:16

  Originally posted by sand king:

  lol, its not haha, i highlighted it to point it out.

  Yep, but the choice of colour is ironic. LOL
• omgukilledkenny

  2 Jun 07, 23:19

  this truly shows what a disciplined player he is..
• sand king

  3 Jun 07, 08:10

  Originally posted by Slipshade:

  Yep, but the choice of colour is ironic. LOL

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  this truly shows what a disciplined player he is..

  Hehe, i think he will not get any reds la. So guai, mommy's boy wor.
• iceFatboy

  4 Jun 07, 13:19

  well, playing for MUFC is a new cup of tea.
  
  Imagine Rio was having a good record until he came to United too.
  
  
• iceFatboy

  4 Jun 07, 13:23

  just want to see how good he is in EPL..
  
  well, Smith did not grow into the role after trying..
  
  Owen got some big boots to fill man..
  but he is helped by the fact that Nani and Anderson are sharing the lime-light.
• stellazio

  4 Jun 07, 16:13

  heng hargreaves not getting no.16.
  
  if not even more pressure to fill the boots left by roy keane.
• gigabyte14

  4 Jun 07, 16:13

  Originally posted by a-Lost-9uY:

  7 In seven years of professional football, Owen Hargreaves has never been show a red card.
  
  skadi EPL will break his virigin

  obviously
  
  epl ref always have orgasm 1