Midfield Maestro, Ginger Ninja or most recently Satnav; whatever you call him it’s hard to argue he’s been one of, if not the most gifted midfielders of his generation.Clocking over 700 games for Manchester United, I for one am happy he chose to come out of retirement. Here are just some of the tributes flooding from the Twittersphere.

Happy Birthday to Paul Scholes, who turns 38 today. It's 18 years since the #MUFC midfielder made his #BPL debut pic.twitter.com/Zyde4MHH — Premier League (@premierleague) November 16, 2012

It's not often that you see footballers trending because it's their birthday but then again Paul Scholes isn't just a footballer. #genius — Jake Churchill (@JC10MUFC) November 16, 2012

Perfection is a myth unless you are Paul Scholes. Happy Birthday to Paul Scholes, there'll be no another Scholes again. Enjoy his game! — Azeem (@AzeemZMir) November 16, 2012

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Paul Scholes: Averages a touch of the ball every 48 seconds this season – more often than any other player to make more than 5 PL apps — WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) November 16, 2012

Paul Scholes: 10 PL titles, 3 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, 2 Champions League titles, 1 Club WC, 1 Intercontinental cup, 5 Community Shields. — Manchester United (@ManUtdChannel) November 16, 2012

Discovered by United, created by United, got all the titles and honours, never destroyed! Paul Scholes — ANGEL UNITED (@AndrewUnited7) November 16, 2012

Paul Scholes is 38 today, I wish he was only 28 and we could freeze time. Happy Birthday Scholesy! #legend #mufc — Mary (@MarySeeYouEnTee) November 16, 2012

It's a good job Paul Scholes reads Twitter in his spare time, otherwise these 1000's of happy birthday messages would be wasted. — Jonny Blobbins (@Jonny_Blobbins) November 16, 2012

Quotes From His Peers

The Master of Passing

His Best Goals

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