From the age of 10 played for the youth academy "Everton", and in 2002 he made his debut in the first team, "toffee". After two years at the heart of mersisaydskogo club in summer 2004, he moved to the "Manchester United" for 25.6 million pounds. In the same year he received the nickname "Uazza" (similar to the "Gazza" Gascoigne Paul's nickname).