Paul Scholes's Life and Career Journey in Football

Paul Scholes was born on November 16, 1974 in Salford, England. Paul was born to Stewart and Marina Scholes.

The player who was born at Hope Hospital in Pendleton, Greater Manchester is one of the players who sparkled in his generation. He is valued for his behavior on the outside court, and his playing on the gridiron.

Paul is part of Manchester United Class'92, along with Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, David Beckham, Kevin Pilkington, Robbie Savage, and other players who are scattered in the English domestic leagues.

Paul grew up with his sister, Joanne Scholes. His family moved to Langley, Greater Manchester when Paul was 18 months old.

They settled in a house on Bowness Road and Talkin Drive. Paul attended the RC St Mary's Elementary School in Langley. This is where he studied soccer. The first team he played was Langley Furrows. When Paul grew into a teenager, his resemblance to other sports such as cricket became more apparent.

At the age of 14, he began training with Manchester United. That feels very happy for Scholes considering this team is one of the best in the world. He joined the red devil in 1991, while still studying at the Cardinal Roman Catholic School of Langley.

In his last term in school, he was chosen to represent the United Kingdom National School in football.

After seeing his progress and commitment to football in England, Manchester United offered him a senior contract. The rest, as they say, is history.

After officially becoming a professional player on July 23, 1993, Paul Scholes entered the first team MU in the following season. His debut occurred on September 21, 1994. He scored two goals when Manchester United beat Port Vale 3-2 in the League Cup. At that time, Scholes played as a substitute for Eric Cantona.

But it is not easy for Scholes to captivate the hearts of many people.

Both Eric Harrison, United's academy coach at the time, and Sir Alex Ferguson, both did not get a good impression when meeting Scholes for the first time. They argue that he is too small, and that it will be very difficult to become a footballer. Even in some instances, Scholes could barely continue his career in the world of football.

Scholes was not included in the team that won the FA Cup at a young age in 1992. However, he was part of the team that competed with Phil Neville the following year.

In this case, there was one extraordinary event that succeeded in changing the life of Paul Scholes.

In a match test party at United's previous training ground, The Cliff, Lee Sharpe along with Steve Bruce, Peter Schmeichel, Bryan Robson, and Brian McClair watched United's youth team match.

These players are happy to watch United's academy players, and usually give advice to the coaching team as to which young players deserve to go to the first team.

Only moments later, the young Scholes then got the ball right in front of the penalty box. He then made a devious move, dribbling past the opposing defender.

Make a trick again, past the other players, penetrate the two central defenders, face the goalkeeper, then prying the ball into the goal.

This method succeeded in opening the door to his glory.

In the 1995/96 season, after Mark Hughes moved to Chelsea, Scholes had the opportunity to become a starter. He played in the position Eric Cantona used to be, as Andy Cole's partner, for the first two months. When Eric Cantona returned, Scholes was still playing as a midfielder, and MU became the first team to win two titles.

Scholes closed the 1995/96 season by scoring 14 goals. But in the 1996/97 season he only appeared in 16 matches, and only scored three goals. The 1997/98 season, when Roy Keane injured his knee and didn't play most of the season, Scholes changed himself from a forward attacker to the most talented midfielder.

The climax occurred in the 1998/99 season, when Manchester United won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League titles. He scored many important goals in the Champions League, but did not appear when Manchester United face Bayern Munich in the final.

As a famous, brilliant player, Scholes has a very shy personality. He rarely gives interviews to reporters, never comes to celebrity parties, is very quiet even with his best friends. It is said that for nearly twenty years in football, he has only given four exclusive interviews.

During playing for United, Scholes became one of the symbols of the triumph of the Red Devils. He is one of the most remembered players of his generation. Scholes idolized by many other footballers because of his playing style on the gridiron.

He has recorded two Champions League titles, 11 Premier League titles, three FA Cups and one Club World Cup.

But behind his glorious achievements, Scholes has a disease that is not known to many people. Reportedly, Scholes had to pull over for the rest of the 2005/06 season. This was confirmed in January 2006. After checking, Scholes apparently had serious problems with his eyesight. He even claimed to have seen four balls at once while competing.

The doctor said that there was bleeding in Scholes' right eye. This has a direct impact on his eyesight. In the middle of the 2005/06 season, Scholes was required to undergo therapy for 10 sessions.

After focusing on undergoing the healing process, the man born in Salford returned six months later, or rather the beginning of the 2006/07 season. After his eyes recovered, Scholes underwent one of his best seasons with Manchester United, which ended with the Champions League trophy of the 2007/08 season.

Scholes decided to retire in 2011. But he returned to play in 2012. The man who plays as a midfielder returned to play in the FA Cup when playing against Manchester City. Scholes wore number 22 because the number 18 he previously wore was worn by Ashley Young.

When he decided to retire in 2011, Scholes thought to join another team.

The incident occurred when Scholes said he wanted to play again, after being retired at the end of the 2010/2011 season. At that time, actually it was not only United who needed his strength, because a number of midfielders had injury problems. Scholes also apparently at that time suddenly wanted to return to play, after six months of retirement.

But the intention was undone because he could not bear to see the state of United. As a result of an injury storm suffered by United, they lost many midfielders. Therefore Scholes prefers to re-graze with Manchester United.

He admitted that he almost moved to another club at the time, if the manager did not want to accept him again playing.

However, long before that, it turns out Scholes also had experienced an incident that is not much different, almost moving to another club. Is, the Italian Serie A giants Inter Milan are very interested in the services of the midfielder.

The first happened after the 2000 European Cup, where Inter had prepared 31 million pounds to bring him. The offer could make it the third most expensive player in the world at that time. However, Inter's efforts turned out to not meet results.

Scholes' loyalty to United really is unquestionable. Until now, he still continues to follow the development of the Red Devils team, in the status of a famous pandit with very sharp reviews.