Owen Hargreaves

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Owen Hargreaves
Hargreaves playing for Manchester United in 2008
Personal information
Full name Owen Lee Hargreaves[1]
Date of birth (1981-01-20) 20 January 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2][3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1997 Calgary Foothills FC
1997–1999 Bayern Munich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Bayern Munich II 26 (6)
2000–2007 Bayern Munich 145 (5)
2007–2011 Manchester United 27 (2)
2011–2012 Manchester City 1 (0)
Total 199 (13)
National team
1998 Wales U19 3 (0)
2000–2001 England U21 3 (0)
2001–2008 England 42 (0)
2006 England B 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Owen Hargreaves (born 20 January 1981 in Calgary, Alberta) was a Canadian-born Welsh English football player. He played his club football for Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Manchester City. He is now retired, and works as a commentator.

His speciality was midfield defence, running interfenence in front of the back four.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total Ref.
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayern Munich 2000–01 Bundesliga 14 0 1 0 1 0 4[a] 0 20 0 [4]
2001–02 Bundesliga 29 0 4 0 1 0 13[a] 0 2[b] 0 49 0 [4]
2002–03 Bundesliga 25 1 5 1 0 0 5[a] 0 35 2 [5]
2003–04 Bundesliga 25 2 3 0 1 0 6[a] 0 35 2 [4]
2004–05 Bundesliga 27 1 3 2 0 0 8[a] 0 38 3 [6]
2005–06 Bundesliga 16 1 5 2 1 0 2[a] 0 24 3 [4]
2006–07 Bundesliga 9 0 1 0 2 0 5[a] 0 0 0 17 0 [4]
Total 145 5 22 5 6 0 43 0 2 0 218 10
Manchester United 2007–08 Premier League 23 2 3 0 0 0 8[a] 0 0 0 34 2 [4]
2008–09 Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0 3 0 [4]
2009–10 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [4]
2010–11 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [4]
Total 27 2 3 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 39 2
Manchester City 2011–12 Premier League 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 1 [4]
Career total 173 7 26 5 8 1 52 0 2 0 261 13
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  2. One appearance in the Intercontinental Cup, one appearance in the UEFA Super Cup

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2001 2 0
2002 8 0
2003 5 0
2004 9 0
2005 5 0
2006 8 0
2007 2 0
2008 3 0
Total 42 0

Honours[change | change source]

Bayern Munich

Manchester United

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: England" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. "Owen Hargreaves". Manchester United F.C. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  3. "Owen Hargreaves: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 "Owen Hargreaves » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  5. "Owen Hargreaves". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  6. "Owen Hargreaves". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  7. "Player Info: Owen Lee Hargreaves". englandstats.com. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. "Owen Hargreaves: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. McNulty, Phil (22 May 2008). "Man Utd earn dramatic Euro glory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 April 2018.