Ferdinand watching a Queens Park Rangers match in 2015
Personal information
Full name
Leslie Ferdinand[1]
Date of birth
(1966-12-08) 8 December 1966 (age 57)[2]
Place of birth
Acton, England
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Position(s)
Striker
Youth career
Viking Sports
Southall
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1984–1986
Southall
1986–1987
Hayes
33
(19)
1987–1995
Queens Park Rangers
163
(80)
1988
→ Brentford (loan)
3
(0)
1988–1989
→ Beşiktaş (loan)
24
(14)
1995–1997
Newcastle United
68
(41)
1997–2003
Tottenham Hotspur
118
(33)
2003
West Ham United
14
(2)
2003–2004
Leicester City
29
(12)
2004–2005
Bolton Wanderers
12
(1)
2005
Reading
12
(1)
2005–2006
Watford
0
(0)
Total
443
(184)
International career
1998
England B
1
(1)
1993–1998
England
17
(5)
Managerial career
2015
Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Leslie Ferdinand MBE (born 8 December 1966)[4] is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit.
A striker, his playing career included notable spells in the Premier League with Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers. He also played in Turkey with Beşiktaş and in the Football League with Brentford, Reading and Watford. Prior to becoming a professional player, Ferdinand had played non-league football with both Southall and Hayes. He was capped and 17 caps for England and was part of the Euro 96 and World Cup 98 squads. He is the eleventh-highest scorer in the history of the Premier League, with 149 goals[5] and he contributed a further 49 assists in the division.[3]
Since his retirement, Ferdinand has worked as a television pundit, but re-joined Tottenham Hotspur as strikers coach in 2008, remaining with Spurs until 2014. He then returned to QPR, first as head of football operations and subsequently as director of football. In 2015, he was named as caretaker manager for a short period.
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^"Stats". Premier League. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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without scoring a penalty – Sadio Mané, Peter Crouch, Emile Heskey, LesFerdinand, Andy Cole, and Ryan Giggs. Dwight Yorke was the first non-English player...
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20 March 2024. "England Players – LesFerdinand". England Football Online. Retrieved 20 March 2024. "LesFerdinand". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 20 March...
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lack of ability to score in the absence of the injured Shearer, while LesFerdinand and Peter Beardsley had both been sold. Former Liverpool colleague Ian...
strike after mistakes in the Spurs defence, mainly from Ledley King. LesFerdinand could have made the match square after a close one-on-one chance with...
down after goals from Thomas Helmer and Fredi Bobic with goals from LesFerdinand and Alan Thompson, to end the first half 2–2. England won the game after...
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1989. It was the final and deciding match of the 1988–89 Turkish Cup. LesFerdinand scored the winning goal to win Besiktas the cup. 21 June 1989 17:00...
appearances without ever playing at the European Championship finals Rio Ferdinand, 81, 15 November 1997 – 4 June 2011[citation needed] Appearances at three...
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