He announced the death of the former great player Manchester UnitedA statement from his family, released by the club, said he died on Saturday surrounded by loved ones. Three years ago, British media – with his wife’s consent – reported that he was suffering from dementia.
Bobby Charltonknown for his powerful shot and modesty, played mainly as an attacking midfielder. During a career spanning almost 20 years At Manchester United he won the European Cup (1968), three English league titles and the FA Cup once.
He scored 249 goals for Manchester United
He played a total of 758 times for the Red Devils, scoring 249 goals.. Both records stood for a long time until Ryan Giggs broke the first one in 2008, and Wayne Rooney the second – nine years later.
In 1994 he was knighted. “Manchester United mourns the death of Sir Bobby Charlton, one of the greatest and most loved players in our club’s history,” the club said in a statement.
He made 106 appearances for the England national team between 1958 and 1970, scoring 49 goals. He was an important part of the team that won the World Cup in 1966. That same year, he was awarded the prestigious “Ballon d’Or” by “France Football” magazine.
Plane crash in Munich
In 1958, he survived a plane crash in Munich, which killed eight of his Manchester United teammates (23 people died in total). Ten years later, he led the club to the first European Cup, scoring twice in the final against Benfica Lisbon (4–1).
“After surviving the trauma of the Munich plane crash at just 20, he played as if every game was for his fallen team-mates. He was able to recover from his injuries and reach the top of the game at club and country,” it was written on United’s website.
In 2020, Bobby’s brother Jack Charlton, also an English football legend and 1966 World Cup winner, died at the age of 85.
