How to Pronounce Owen Hargreaves
#50
Most Popular
Boost
Jan 20, 1981 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 43 years old
English footballer
AquariusOwen Hargreaves - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Owen Hargreaves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Owen Hargreaves
- 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.
