Paul Scholes Calls It A Day

Paul Scholes

Manchester United´s unselfish mid­field work­horse Paul Scholes has decided to fin­ish his long and illus­tri­ous pro­fes­sional soc­cer career with imme­di­ate effect. After a foot­balling career span­ning almost two dec­ades and 150 goals in 676 first class appear­ances for Manchester United, Scholes has declined a one-year con­tract exten­sion from the club and the former Eng­land mid­fielder will now take up a coach­ing role at Old Traf­ford next campaign.

Belong­ing to the rare breed of loyal foot­ball play­ers, Paul Scholes has been a key player at Manchester United for nearly 20 years and his influ­ence on the Old Traf­ford club can­not be over­es­tim­ated. Salford born Paul Scholes signed pro­fes­sional forms with Manchester United in the sum­mer of 1993 and went on to make his first league appear­ance for The Reds in a 3–2 defeat against Ipswich Town at Port­man Road in Septem­ber 1994. After mak­ing his inter­na­tional debut for Eng­land as a sub­sti­tute in a friendly tie against South Africa at Old Traf­ford in May 1997, the pop­u­lar per­former pro­ceeded to amass a total of 66 full caps for his coun­try between 1997 and 2004. A for­ward think­ing play­maker known for his power­ful shots, he man­aged to notch up a highly impress­ive 14 goals as well.

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