Signed with LA Galaxy in 2007
Captain of England's team in the 2006 World Cup games
At age 12, won a Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award, including a trip to Nou Camp stadium, Barcelona
Among his many tattoos, are the names of his sons, his wife Victoria's name in Hindi, a guardian angel, cherubs and Michelangelo's image of heaven, with rays coming from a sun and clouds floating behind
Married to former Spice Girl Victoria Adams
He and his wife are students of Kabbalah; both have tattoos with the phrase from Song of Songs, "I am for my beloved and my beloved is for me..."
Won 1997's PFA Young Player of the Year
Wears a new pair of football boots every game he plays at an estimated cost of £300 ($565) a pair
An experiment at Manchester United showed that he ran an average 8.8 miles per game – more than any other player on the team
After playing with Manchester United from 1994-2003, signed three-year £25 million ($47 million) contract with Real Madrid (2003)
His goal for Manchester United over the head of the Wimbledon goalkeeper from the halfway line was selected Premier League Goal of the Decade in 2003
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