Rhodri Giggs

Rhodri Giggs (born 2 April 1977) is a Welsh football player who plays as a right-sided midfielder for Curzon Ashton. He is notable for being the younger brother of the former Wales skipper, Manchester United's winger Ryan Giggs.

Giggs was born in Cardiff, but attended Grosvenor Road Primary School and Moorside High in Swinton after his family had moved there. He played football for Salford Boys before joining Torquay United as a trainee, going under the name Rhodri Jones to avoid comparisons with his famous older brother. His time as a trainee was not a happy one and he left halfway through his traineeship and temporarily quit football. He attempted to resurrect his footballing career - three years later at the age of 19, heading north and having trials with Scottish outfit Hearts, eventually ending up playing with Livingston (for only six months).

He worked as an estate agent, but in October 1997, was arrested after being accused of supplying cocaine to the undercover journalist Mazher Mahmood, better known as the News of the World’s ‘fake sheikh. He lost his job, but was later found not guilty after the prosecution said that it could not rely on taped conversations between him and the journalist.

He eventually returned to football, joining North West Counties League Division One side Salford City. He moved on to Welsh side Bangor City in October 2000, but in August 2001 was jailed for nine months for attacking a man outside a nightclub in Manchester.

On his release he joined Aberystwyth Town in January 2002 before returning to Salford City in February 2002.

In July 2003, he left Salford to join Kidsgrove Athletic, moving to Bacup Borough in October 2003 . In January 2004, he was the victim of a car-jacking in Manchester, his Porsche being stolen and driven to Blackburn after Giggs had been assaulted .

He moved again in February 2004, this time to Mossley. He was Mossley’s player of the year the following season, but was released by Mossley in May 2006.

In 2006, Giggs joined F.C. United of Manchester. He made 37 appearance for FC United and scored 15 goals. In August 2007, he left the club, joining Curzon Ashton the same month.

Giggs’ father, Danny Wilson, played Rugby Union for Cardiff RFC and more famously Rugby League for Swinton Lions.

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