Personal Life
Scholes is asthmatic and suffered from Osgood–Schlatter disease, a knee condition that affects young athletes. He married his childhood sweetheart, Claire (née Froggatt), in Wrexham in February 1999, and they live in Saddleworth with their three children, Arron, Alicia and Aiden, who is autistic. As of August 2011, 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. In a rare interview before Euro 2004, Scholes described his ideal day as "train in the morning, pick up my children from school, play with them, have tea, put them to bed and then watch a bit of TV."Scholes also admitted to FourFourTwo Magazine that he feared playing well during the early stages of his career, due to the media attention he would receive by doing so.
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