English footballer

Owen Hargreaves

Owen Lee Hargreaves is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was known as a hard-working and "solid defensive midfielder who worked tirelessly to win the ball" and provide his teammates with possession. He 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.

Born

1981

January 20

Died

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Era

1980s

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Key dates

1981 Born

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250 Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
1156 Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Lake Köyliö.
1265 The first English parliament to include not only Lords but also representatives of the major towns holds its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now commonly known as the "Houses of Parliament".
1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.

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The world in 1981

When Owen arrived

april 10 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later.
april 11 A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
april 12 The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
april 14 STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight.

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