Owen Hargreaves

Quick Facts

Full Name	Owen Hargreaves
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 20, 1981(1981-01-20)
Age	43
Birthplace	Calgary
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Capricorn

Owen Hargreaves Biography

Owen Hargreaves is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on January 20, 1981 in Calgary, Canada. Canadian-born English midfielder, who signed with Manchester City in 2011 after previously playing for Manchester United.

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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.

Hargreaves moved at the age of 16 from Calgary Foothills to Bayern Munich on 1 July 1997. He played in the Under-19 team for two and a half years before spending nine months with the Amateur team. While with the Under-19s the team reached the final of the German Championship in 1998. They lost in the final to Borussia Dortmund, but only after a penalty shoot-out in Dortmund’s Stadion Rote Erde.

He was raised by an older brother named Darren.

Owen Hargreaves Net Worth

Owen Hargreaves is one of the richest Soccer Player from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Owen Hargreaves 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started his career as a young player at Bayern Munich at the age of 16.

The English team named him Player of the Year in the year 2006.

Hargreaves was born in Calgary, Alberta, as the youngest of three children of Margaret and Colin Hargreaves, who had emigrated from the United Kingdom at the start of the 1980s. His father played football for the Bolton Wanderers youth side and also for the Calgary Kickers of the Canadian Soccer League. He is the only member of his family born in Canada. His brother Darren and his mother were both born in Wales; his other brother Neil and his father were born in England.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Owen Hargreaves Dating?

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Hargreaves played his first full international game on 15 August 2001 against the Netherlands at White Hart Lane, giving him the distinction of being the only player to appear for England despite having never lived in England. He was also the second player (after Joe Baker) to have appeared for England without having played in English league football and the first to appear for England without having played in Britain. In only his second cap he came on as a substitute as England famously beat Germany 5–1 in the Olympiastadion. Hargreaves was the only player playing outside the Premier League to be selected for England’s 2002 FIFA World Cup squad. Hargreaves was injured after just fifteen minutes of England’s second group game against Argentina and had to be substituted.

Facts & Trivia

Owen Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Owen Hargreaves celebrates birthday on January 20 of every year.

The 2003–04 season was Hargreaves’ first with Bayern without winning any silverware. After clinching the double the year before, the Bavarian side finished second in the Bundesliga, and were knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid. Hargreaves made a total of 38 appearances for the club in this season.

What happened to Owen Hargreaves?

Hargreaves appears as a pundit for BT Sport as part of their Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League coverage.

What is Owen Hargreaves accent?

The fact that he spoke in a North American accent in interviews certainly didn’t help. Still, he was an achiever, as shown by his Bayern trophy cabinet, and put in a series of strong performances at the 2006 tournament. England were widely regarded as underachieving, yet Hargreaves was a positive to be taken.

Was Owen Hargreaves good?

There is no doubting that Hargreaves had the talent to be one of the best midfielders in the world, but his body derailed his career and cruelly prevented him from fulfilling that potential.

Did Owen Hargreaves win the Champions League?

Sports Mole caught up with Hargreaves to talk English players playing abroad and much more after the launch of BT Sport Europe, the new home of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. You’re one of only two English players to win the Champions League with a non-English club (the other being Steve McManaman).

Does Owen Hargreaves live in the UK?

Last year, Hargreaves was the victim of a robbery as thieves made off with his £50,000 Jaguar. He currently resides in a £2.5million six-bedroom Victorian home in upmarket Harpenden, Hertfordshire.