English footballer, has a net worth of £18 million as of May 2012, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. A one-club man who has played his entire professional career for Manchester United. He hung up his boots last summer when told he could not expect to play more than 20-30 games a season. on 31 May 2011 and began his coaching career at the club from the 2011–12 season onward. reversed this decision on 8 January 2012, to play for the club until the end of the 2011–12 season. So when he told Sir Alex Ferguson he had changed his mind about retirement, the manager pitched him back into the fray. Goals and man-of-the-match awards followed for the 37-year-old. He will have earned less this season than last because of his coaching but lately will have been picking up £80,000 a week. At the end of the season he is unlikely to opt for the carpet slippers again.

Scholes has been married to his childhood sweetheart, Claire Froggatt, since February 1999,and they have three children. As of August 2011, his son Arron Scholes plays for the Stalybridge Celtic under-12s football team. Scholes' personality off the field has been described as "shy" and his lifestyle is seen to be in stark contrast to the lifestyles of the stereotypical professional footballer.

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