The ‘Ginger Magician’ is rightly known as one of the finest footballers in Manchester United history.

Scholes – who turns 41 today – was a one-club man, who won 25 trophies during a celebrated career.

He enjoyed two stints at Old Trafford, excelling from 1993-2011 prior to reversing his decision to retire on January 8, 2012.

The midfielder finally hung up his boots in May 2013, finishing up with his 11th Premier League winners’ medal.

The Salfordborn star received high praise throughout, Barcelona icon Xavi saying he was “the best central midfielder I’ve seen in the last 15, 20 years”. Arsenal great Thierry Henry labelled him as the best player in EPL history. Scholes made 718 appearances for United, scoring 155 times.

His England career was less successful, retiring aged in 2004 after 66 games.

1982: Amar’e Stoudemire, the six-time NBA All-Star who can currently be found at Miami Heat (33).

1971: Waqar Younis, coach of Pakistan cricket team who is known as one of the finest fast bowlers in history (44).

1971: Alexander Popov, the only swimmer in history to win four individual gold Olympic medals in freestyle (44).

1964: Dwight Gooden, ex-baseball star who is four-time MLB All-Star and three-time World Series winner (51).