Owen Hargreaves
Owen Hargreaves was born on 20th January, 1981 in Calgary, Canada, however he is a footballer who has been capped for England.
His father, Colin Hargreaves, played for the youth team at Bolton, however, Owen Hargreaves himself had never played for a club in England - a first for an England international - until in 2007, the BBC reported that Manchester United had bought him from Bayern Munich.
Manchester United's purchase of Owen Hargreaves meant that he joined them from Bayern Munich on 1 July 2007.
In October 1996, Owen Hargreaves's coach Thomas Niedorf got him some trials in Germany and he was snapped up by Bayern Munich in the summer of 1997.
It was three years before Owen Hargreaves made his debut for the first team in the 2000-01 season.
With Bayern Munich, Owen Hargreaves has won the Bundesliga title several times and the Champions League.
As an international, Owen Hargreaves could have played for Canada, Wales (his mother is Welsh), or even Germany if he had waited longer before making his decision, but in 2001 he made his English debut.
Owen Hargreaves was selected for the 2002 World Cup but was injured in the second group game and missed the rest of the tournament. Sven Goran Erikkson also selected him for the Euro 2004 and 2006 World Cup squads despite heavy criticism from the press and the fans.
However, Owen Hargreaves performed very well in the latter and was voted England's Player of the 2006 World Cup by the fans.
Owen Hargreaves writes a very interesting column for BBC Sport.
Owen Hargreaves biography by Ben Rosenbaum.
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