Anniversary
Name: Michael Carrick
Born: Wallsend, 28 July 1981
Clubs: West Ham United, Swindon Town (loan), Birmingham City (loan), Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United
International: England - 29 caps, no goals
Former West Ham United midfielder and current Manchester United player Michael Carrick is today celebrating his 34th birthday.
A native of the north-east, he nevertheless began his career in the East End of London with the Hammers, joining the Club's Academy as a 16-year-old.
He won the FA Youth Cup with the Hammers in 1999 and debuted for the first team in that same year in a UEFA Intertoto Cup tie against Jokerit.
A couple of loans to Swindon and Birmingham followed before he made his real breakthrough in the 2000/01 campaign.
He would go on to play 136 league games for the Hammers before moving on to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2004 with West Ham in Division One.
Two years later a move to Manchester United followed and he has subsequently won five Premier League titles, a UEFA Champions League, a FIFA World Club Cup and a League Cup.