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Gary Neville is the club captain but has been injured for the best part of a year now - and Giggsy's taken on the mantlepiece.

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Rio Ferdinand
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: November 7
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Film Producer
Soccer Player
Cambrewelle
Rio Gavin Ferdinand
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