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#2 Paul Scholes
In terms of sheer talent and footballing ability, it doesn't get any bigger than this. Scholes was the complete midfield player, inch-perfect passes, intelligent movement and thunderous striking ability, he had them all. He was adept at playing in any midfield position and kept alternating between defensive, offensive, wide and playmaking roles.
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After graduating from the academy, Scholes had to wait till the 1994-95 season to make his first senior club appearance. On his debut, he scored a brace against Port Vale to hand United the league cup victory. Scholes went on to achieve success of variable degrees with United before he announced his retirement in 2011.
In 2012 he reversed his retirement decision to aid an injury-stricken United side. Finally, on 11th May 2013, he announced his second and final retirement from football. During his 18 year long illustrious career with Manchester United, Scholes made 718 appearances, only two other players have made more appearances for United than Scholes.
