1 Hargreaves’ father played for Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic before emigrating to Canada.
2 Owen left Canadian club Calgary Foothills in 1997 to join the youth team set-up at Bayern Munich.
3 Hargreaves made his first team debut for Bayern Munich aged 19 in August 2000.
4 Due to his parents’ nationality, he was eligible to turn out for any of the home nations, Canada or Germany.
5 In 2000, he was first called up by Howard Wilkinson for the England Under 21 squad.
6 Hargreaves won his first international cap for England in a 2-0 friendly defeat to Holland at White Hart Lane in August 2001.
7 In seven years of professional football, Owen Hargreaves has never been show a red card.
8 In his career with Bayern Munich, Hargreaves won four Bundesliga titles and three German Cups. He also scooped UEFA Champions League and Intercontinental winners’ medals in 2001.
9 In the past he has been at the forefront of a campaign to get more people to holiday in Germany.
10 Even though he has never been a prolific goalscorer, he did become the first player to score in Bayern Munich’s new home, the Allianz Arena in a 3-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach in August 2005.
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