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Owen Hargreaves

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Born
1981 (43 years old)

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Midfielder

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1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

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Owen Lee Hargreaves (born 20 January 1981) is a former footballer and current television pundit for BT Sport. Hargreaves was known as a hard-working and "solid defensive midfielder who worked tirelessly to win the ball" and provide his teammates with possession. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Hargreaves played with Calgary Foothills as a youth before beginning his professional football career in Germany with Bayern Munich. After seven years with the Munich side – during which time he won four German league titles and the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League – Hargreaves signed for Manchester United in 2007, winning the Premier League and UEFA Champions League in his first season. However, his time at Manchester United was plagued with injuries and he was allowed to leave the club at the end of his contract in June 2011. Hargreaves posted YouTube videos in a bid to convince potential suitors of his fitness, and in August 2011, Manchester City offered a one-year contract to Hargreaves, which he accepted.

As a Canadian citizen with a Welsh mother and an English father, Hargreaves was eligible to represent Canada, Wales or England. He opted to play for the England under-21 team in 2000 and was capped by the senior squad the following year. He is the only player to have played for England without having previously lived in the United Kingdom, and only the second, after Joe Baker, to have done so without having previously played in the English football league system.

Career Honours

UEFA Champions League 2007-2008 Manchester United	English Premier League 2007-2008 Manchester United	German Bundesliga 2005-2006 Bayern Munich	German DFB-Pokal 2005-2006 Bayern Munich
German Bundesliga 2004-2005 Bayern Munich	German DFB-Pokal 2004-2005 Bayern Munich	German Bundesliga 2002-2003 Bayern Munich	German DFB-Pokal 2002-2003 Bayern Munich
FIFA Club World Cup 2001 Bayern Munich II	Bravo Award 2001 Bayern Munich	UEFA Champions League 2000-2001 Bayern Munich	German Bundesliga 2000-2001 Bayern Munich
German DFL-Ligapokal 2000 Bayern Munich II