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Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and has won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football. [ 5 ]
In 1999, he led Manchester United to an unprecedented Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League. Subsequently knighted, Sir Alex was set to retire in 2002 but stayed on with the club. [8] He won his 10th Premier League title in the 2007–08 season, and followed this up with his second Champions League title 10 days later.
Wilson was known as "Mr Manchester", [1] [2] dubbed as such for his work in promoting the culture of Manchester throughout his career. Wilson was portrayed by Steve Coogan in Michael Winterbottom 's film 24 Hour Party People (2002), and by Craig Parkinson in Anton Corbijn 's film Control (2007).
Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. The period from 1986, when Alex Ferguson was appointed as Manchester United manager, to 2013, when he announced his retirement from football, was the most successful in the club's history.
Sir Alex Ferguson was manager at Manchester United for 27 years, but the club have now appointed a seventh full-time boss since the Scot retired in 2013. Here is a look at the record of those to ...
IFFHS World's Best Club Coach. Sir Alex Ferguson – 1999, 2008 [113] IFFHS All Time World's Best Coach 1996–2020 Sir Alex Ferguson [114] League Managers Association (LMA) awards. The following managers have won LMA awards while managing Manchester United: LMA Manager of the Year. Sir Alex Ferguson – 1992–93, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2010 ...
Ryan Giggs, the first of the second wave of Fergie's Fledglings. Fergie's Fledglings were a group of football players recruited by Manchester United under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson (often nicknamed "Fergie") and trained by assistant coaches Brian Kidd and Eric Harrison, [1] before eventually progressing to the first team during the 1990s.
Alex Ferguson, who took charge of a total of 2,155 competitive games between 1974 and 2013, holds the world record for the most games as a manager, starting with East Stirlingshire in Scotland and finishing with an enormously successful 27-year spell as manager of Manchester United, also including an interim spell as manager of the Scotland ...