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</div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">Rio Ferdinand</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF" title="ریو فردیناند – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ریو فردیناند" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1" title="রিও ফার্ডিনান্ড – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রিও ফার্ডিনান্ড" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4" title="Рыа Фердынанд – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Рыа Фердынанд" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8B%D1%91_%D0%A4%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4" title="Рыё Фэрдынанд – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Рыё Фэрдынанд" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%A4%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4" title="Рио Фърдинанд – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Рио Фърдинанд" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%A6%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84" title="Ρίο Φέρντιναντ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ρίο Φέρντιναντ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF" title="ریو فردیناند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ریو فردیناند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4_%ED%8D%BC%EB%94%94%EB%82%9C%EB%93%9C" title="리오 퍼디난드 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리오 퍼디난드" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%B8_%D5%96%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4" title="Ռիո Ֆերդինանդ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռիո Ֆերդինանդ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%93" title="ריו פרדיננד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ריו פרדיננד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8A_%E0%B2%AB%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%8D%E2%80%8C" title="ರಿಯೊ ಫರ್ಡಿನ್ಯಾಂಡ್‌ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ರಿಯೊ ಫರ್ಡಿನ್ಯಾಂಡ್‌" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="რიო ფერდინანდი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="რიო ფერდინანდი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4" title="Рио Фердинанд – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Рио Фердинанд" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li 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hreflang="nl" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1" title="रियो फर्डिन्याण्ड – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="रियो फर्डिन्याण्ड" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89" title="リオ・ファーディナンド – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="リオ・ファーディナンド" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li 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class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1" title="रियो फरडीनेंड – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="रियो फरडीनेंड" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target">संस्कृतम्</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand" title="Rio Ferdinand – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Rio Ferdinand" data-language-autonym="Shqip" 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max-width: 420px !important;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: 1.2em;">Rio Ferdinand <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <a href="/wiki/File:Web_Summit_2015_-_Dublin,_Ireland_-_22183056474_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Web_Summit_2015_-_Dublin%2C_Ireland_-_22183056474_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Web_Summit_2015_-_Dublin%2C_Ireland_-_22183056474_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Web_Summit_2015_-_Dublin%2C_Ireland_-_22183056474_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Web_Summit_2015_-_Dublin%2C_Ireland_-_22183056474_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Web_Summit_2015_-_Dublin%2C_Ireland_-_22183056474_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Web_Summit_2015_-_Dublin%2C_Ireland_-_22183056474_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3297" /></a><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding:0.2em 0 0 0;">Ferdinand in 2015</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data nickname" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> Rio Gavin Ferdinand<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> (1978-11-07) 7 November 1978 (age 46)<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Camberwell" title="Camberwell">Camberwell</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Centre-back" title="Defender (association football)">Centre-back</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Youth career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1992–1995</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Team</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1995–2000</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 127</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1996–1997</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> → <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> (loan)</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 10</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2000–2002</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 54</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2002–2014</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 312</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (7)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2014–2015</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 11</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 514</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (11)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1996–1997</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/England_national_under-18_football_team" title="England national under-18 football team">England U18</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 7</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1997–2000</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/England_national_under-21_football_team" title="England national under-21 football team">England U21</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 5</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">1997–2011</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 81</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (3)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals</td></tr></tbody></table> Rio Gavin Ferdinand <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">OBE</a> (born 7 November 1978) is an English former professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">footballer</a> who played as a <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Centre-back" title="Defender (association football)">centre-back</a>, and is now a television pundit for <a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">TNT Sports</a>. He played 81 times for the <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England national team</a> between 1997 and 2011, and was a member of three <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> squads.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> He is one of the most decorated English footballers of all time, regarded by many as one of England's greatest ever defenders.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Ferdinand began his football career playing for various youth teams, finally settling at <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> where he progressed through the youth ranks and made his professional <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> debut in 1996. He became a fan favourite, winning the Hammer of the Year award the following season. He earned his first senior international cap in a match against <a href="/wiki/Cameroon_national_football_team" title="Cameroon national football team">Cameroon</a> in 1997, setting a record as the youngest defender to play for England at the time. His achievements and footballing potential attracted <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> and he transferred to the club for a record-breaking fee of £18 million. He spent two seasons at the club, becoming the <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">team captain</a> in 2001, before he joined <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> in July 2002 <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_association_football_transfers" title="List of most expensive association football transfers">for around £30 million, breaking the transfer fee record</a> once more. At Manchester United, he won the Premier League, his first major club honour, in a successful first season at the club. In September 2003, he missed a <a href="/wiki/Drugs_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Drugs test">drugs test</a> and was banned from football for eight months from January until September 2004, causing him to miss half a Premier League season, Manchester United's FA Cup triumph, and the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004" title="UEFA Euro 2004">Euro 2004</a> international competition. Upon his return, he established himself in the Manchester United first team and received plaudits for his performances, featuring in the <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year" title="PFA Team of the Year">PFA Team of the Year</a> four times in five years. More club success followed with another Premier League win in the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Premier_League" title="2006–07 FA Premier League">2006–07 season</a> and a Premier League and <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> double the following year. His career at United, in which he won six Premier League titles and 14 trophies,<a href="#cite_note-manchestereveningnews.co.uk-8">[8]</a> ended when his contract expired in 2014, and he subsequently joined <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> where he played for just one season before being released from the club as a result of their relegation from the Premier League. He announced his retirement from professional football on 30 May 2015. In September 2017, Ferdinand announced his intention to become a professional boxer, partly to help him cope with the death of his wife.<a href="#cite_note-RioBoxing-9">[9]</a> His brother, <a href="/wiki/Anton_Ferdinand" title="Anton Ferdinand">Anton</a>, also a centre-back, last played for <a href="/wiki/St_Mirren_F.C." title="St Mirren F.C.">St Mirren</a>. Former England international striker <a href="/wiki/Les_Ferdinand" title="Les Ferdinand">Les Ferdinand</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a> midfielder <a href="/wiki/Kane_Ferdinand" title="Kane Ferdinand">Kane Ferdinand</a> are his cousins. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formative_years_and_education">Formative years and education</h3></div> Rio Gavin Ferdinand was born on 7 November 1978 at <a href="/wiki/King%27s_College_Hospital" title="King's College Hospital">King's College Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Camberwell" title="Camberwell">Camberwell</a> and grew up in <a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He is the son of an <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a> mother, Janice Lavender, and an <a href="/wiki/Afro-Saint_Lucian" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Saint Lucian">Afro-Saint Lucian</a> father, Julian Ferdinand.<a href="#cite_note-Jackson-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-StLucia-12">[12]</a> Ferdinand grew up in <a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a> in a large family, his mother was one of six children and his father arrived in Britain with ten other family members.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> Both parents worked to support the family, his mother as a child carer and his father as a tailor. His parents never married and they separated when he was 14 years old. His father remained close, moving to a nearby estate, and took the kids to football training and to local parks.<a href="#cite_note-Jackson-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a> Ferdinand attended Camelot Primary School.<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-Jones-15">[15]</a> At school, he focused on maths and revelled in the opportunity to perform before an audience during a school production of <a href="/wiki/Bugsy_Malone" title="Bugsy Malone">Bugsy Malone</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a> <blockquote>"I always as a kid wanted to do something different, I'd get bored very easily – even playing football or hanging around with my mates. So travelling away from home, meeting new people. ... I enjoyed it."<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a></blockquote> He chose to attend <a href="/wiki/Blackheath_Bluecoat_Church_of_England_School" title="Blackheath Bluecoat Church of England School">Blackheath Bluecoat School</a> to make new friends and settled in well, feeling his confidence growing.<a href="#cite_note-Jackson-11">[11]</a> His second year was marred by the death of a fellow pupil, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lawrence" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Lawrence">Stephen Lawrence</a>, and the event demonstrated the ever-present threat of violence.<a href="#cite_note-Jones-15">[15]</a> Ferdinand enjoyed physical expression, taking part in not just football and gymnastics classes but drama, theatre and ballet too.<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a> He was an able child: he represented <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Southwark" title="London Borough of Southwark">Southwark</a> in gymnastics at the <a href="/wiki/London_Youth_Games" title="London Youth Games">London Youth Games</a>,<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> by age 10 he had been invited to train at the <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> academy, and at age 11 he won a scholarship to attend the <a href="/wiki/Central_School_of_Ballet" title="Central School of Ballet">Central School of Ballet</a> in London.<a href="#cite_note-Jackson-11">[11]</a> Ferdinand attended the ballet classes, travelling to the city centre four days a week for four years.<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Youth-team_career">Youth-team career</h3></div> Ferdinand's superior footballing abilities were evident even as a child: when he was 11 years old a youth coach, David Goodwin, remarked "I'm going to call you Pelé, son, I like the way you play."<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a> Ferdinand was regularly playing in youth teams and at Eltham Town he played as an <a href="/wiki/Attacking_midfielder" class="mw-redirect" title="Attacking midfielder">attacking midfielder</a> but team scouts saw the young player had the physical potential to be a centre-back instead. Teams vied for the young footballer's services and during his youth he trained with <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millwall_F.C." title="Millwall F.C.">Millwall</a> and Queens Park Rangers. Ferdinand was ever curious of different places and even travelled north to <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a>'s training ground, spending a good part of his school holidays in a bedsit just to be there.<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a> London team West Ham United was to be his footballing home, however, and he joined their <a href="/wiki/Youth_system" title="Youth system">youth system</a> in 1992.<a href="#cite_note-Jackson-11">[11]</a> He signed his first <a href="/wiki/Youth_Training_Scheme" title="Youth Training Scheme">Youth Training Scheme</a> contract in January 1994 and played alongside players such as <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Frank Lampard</a> at the academy.<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Success pending at club level, international football also began for Ferdinand; at 16 he joined the England youth-team squad to compete in their age group's <a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a>, gaining his first experience of international competition.<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_career">Club career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West_Ham_United">West Ham United</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anton_and_Rio_Ferdinand_with_West_Ham_United.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anton_and_Rio_Ferdinand_with_West_Ham_United.jpg/220px-Anton_and_Rio_Ferdinand_with_West_Ham_United.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anton_and_Rio_Ferdinand_with_West_Ham_United.jpg/330px-Anton_and_Rio_Ferdinand_with_West_Ham_United.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anton_and_Rio_Ferdinand_with_West_Ham_United.jpg/440px-Anton_and_Rio_Ferdinand_with_West_Ham_United.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1626" data-file-height="1757" /></a><figcaption>Rio and Anton Ferdinand playing in <a href="/wiki/Tony_Carr" title="Tony Carr">Tony Carr</a>'s testimonial match in 2010.</figcaption></figure> Originally scouted by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard_Sr." title="Frank Lampard Sr.">Frank Lampard</a>, Ferdinand progressed through the youth-team ranks, earning a professional contract and a place in the first-team squad in the process.<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a> On 5 May 1996, he made his senior team debut, as he came on as a substitute for <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cottee" title="Tony Cottee">Tony Cottee</a> in the Hammers' last game of the season, a 1–1 home draw against <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">Sheffield Wednesday</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Caspar-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> On 1 February 1997, Ferdinand scored his first goal for West Ham, in his sixth appearance for the club, scoring in a 2–1 loss against <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a>. In doing so, Ferndinand became the youngest player, aged 18 and 86 days, to score for West Ham in the Premier League.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> During the summer of 1997, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> made enquires about Ferdinand before they turned to <a href="/wiki/Henning_Berg" title="Henning Berg">Henning Berg</a> after West Ham rejected any sale.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> During the 1997–98 season, Ferdinand won the Hammer of the Year award at the young age of 19.<a href="#cite_note-GUIDE-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="AFC_Bournemouth_(loan)">AFC Bournemouth (loan)</h4></div> In November 1996, Ferdinand joined <a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> on loan. He made his debut on 9 November in a 1–1 away draw against <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_F.C." title="Blackpool F.C.">Blackpool</a>. He played 10 games for Bournemouth before returning to West Ham in January 1997.<a href="#cite_note-96/97-22">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leeds_United">Leeds United</h3></div> Ferdinand joined Premier League club <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> in November 2000 for £18 million, then a British transfer record as well as becoming the world's most expensive defender.<a href="#cite_note-GUIDE-21">[21]</a> Despite an uncomfortable start to his career at <a href="/wiki/Elland_Road" title="Elland Road">Elland Road</a>, beginning with a 3–1 defeat at <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> on his debut,<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Ferdinand settled well and became an integral part of the Leeds team that reached the semi-final stage of the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>, scoring with a header in the quarter-final against Spain's <a href="/wiki/Deportivo_de_La_Coru%C3%B1a" title="Deportivo de La Coruña">Deportivo La Coruña</a>.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Other highlights during his spell in Yorkshire included goals against Liverpool at <a href="/wiki/Anfield" title="Anfield">Anfield</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> and a scoring return to Upton Park.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> The following season, in August 2001, he became the club <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a> after replacing <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Radebe" title="Lucas Radebe">Lucas Radebe</a> and turned in an impressive second campaign, despite Leeds' failure to break into the top three and secure qualification for the competition they had figured in so prominently during the previous season. During the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 FIFA World Cup</a>, rumours began circulating that the club were in dire financial trouble and that new manager <a href="/wiki/Terry_Venables" title="Terry Venables">Terry Venables</a> would be forced to part with his star defender for a substantial amount of cash. Later that summer after Ferdinand's impressive World Cup for England, Leeds accepted a bid of £29.3 million with possible performance related add-ons up to £33.3 million due to their perilous financial position.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Years later, Rio admitted he sat in the office of Leeds chairman <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ridsdale" title="Peter Ridsdale">Peter Ridsdale</a> for almost six hours to force the transfer through.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manchester_United">Manchester United</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2002–2007">2002–2007</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:R_Ferdinand.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/R_Ferdinand.jpg/170px-R_Ferdinand.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/R_Ferdinand.jpg/255px-R_Ferdinand.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/R_Ferdinand.jpg 2x" data-file-width="301" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Ferdinand for Manchester United in 2008</figcaption></figure> On 22 July 2002, Ferdinand joined fellow Premier League side Manchester United on a five-year deal to become the most expensive British footballer in history at the time and the world's most expensive defender for a second time, a title he had lost in 2001 to <a href="/wiki/Lilian_Thuram" title="Lilian Thuram">Lilian Thuram</a>. Ferdinand went on to win the Premier League title with Manchester United in his first season at the club. He collected a winner's medal in the <a href="/wiki/2006_Football_League_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Football League Cup Final">2006 League Cup</a>, with runners-up medals in the <a href="/wiki/2003_Football_League_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Football League Cup Final">2003 League Cup</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2005_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 FA Cup Final">2005 FA Cup</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> In September 2003, he failed to attend a <a href="/wiki/Drug_test" title="Drug test">drug test</a> scheduled to take place at United's Carrington training ground.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> Ferdinand had left after training to go shopping, only to remember and attempt to return, only to be told it was too late.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> He later undertook the test and passed,<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> and also later offered to have a hair follicle test,<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> but the FA turned down the offer.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The Football Association</a> (FA) Disciplinary Committee, chaired by <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bright" title="Barry Bright">Barry Bright</a>, imposed an eight-month ban from January 2004 at club and international level and a £50,000 fine, meaning he would miss the rest of the season and some of the next along with all of <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004" title="UEFA Euro 2004">Euro 2004</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> United appealed against the verdict and sought to draw parallels to the case of <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> player <a href="/wiki/Christian_Negouai" title="Christian Negouai">Christian Negouai</a>, who was fined £2,000 for missing a test.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> In the end, the original verdict was upheld.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> In September, it was announced that he would make his return against <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>;<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> Alex Ferguson praised his "assuredness and composure" as United won the match 2–1.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> In a fixture against <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C." title="Charlton Athletic F.C.">Charlton Athletic</a> in May 2005, United supporters booed Ferdinand amidst his refusal to sign a new contract.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Ferdinand still hadn't signed a new contract in July and faced pressure from Ferguson to sign it,<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> taking away his position as vice-captain.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> Ferdinand was booed during several pre-season friendlies in July and August,<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> before finally signing a new four-year contract.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Ferdinand later reflected on the saga, saying how he used it as motivation to change the views of United's supporters from negative to positive.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> On 14 December, in a game against <a href="/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C." title="Wigan Athletic F.C.">Wigan Athletic</a>, Ferdinand scored his first goal for United, en route to a 4–0 victory.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> He followed this later in the month with a powerfully headed goal against <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a>.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> On 22 January 2006, Ferdinand scored a last minute winner against Liverpool at Old Trafford.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> In the corresponding fixture in the following season on 22 October, Ferdinand scored again in a 2–0 victory.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Following impressive and consistent performances in the league, Rio Ferdinand was named in the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_in_English_football" title="2006–07 in English football">2006–07</a> <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year" title="PFA Team of the Year">PFA Premiership Team of the Season</a>, alongside seven of his Manchester United teammates.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007–2014">2007–2014</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rio_Juventus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rio_Juventus.jpg/220px-Rio_Juventus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rio_Juventus.jpg/330px-Rio_Juventus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rio_Juventus.jpg/440px-Rio_Juventus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2190" data-file-height="1962" /></a><figcaption>Ferdinand with <a href="/wiki/Olof_Mellberg" title="Olof Mellberg">Olof Mellberg</a> in a match against <a href="/wiki/Juventus_FC" title="Juventus FC">Juventus</a> in 2008</figcaption></figure> Ferdinand started the 2007–08 season well, he was part of a United defence that managed to keep six clean sheets in a row in the Premier League, before conceding an early goal to <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> at <a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">Villa Park</a> on 20 October 2007.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> It was also during this game where Ferdinand scored his first goal of the season, which was United's third goal of that game, with a left foot strike which took a very strong deflection off one of Villa's defenders. Just three days later, Ferdinand scored his first European goal for United by opening the scoring against <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a>, with a superb header. United dominated the game and won 4–2.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> On 12 January 2008, Ferdinand bagged a rare Premier League goal in a 6–0 hammering of <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> at Old Trafford. In their FA Cup quarter-final match against <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a> on 8 March 2008 when Manchester United dominated, Ferdinand made a rare appearance as a goalkeeper, after <a href="/wiki/Edwin_van_der_Sar" title="Edwin van der Sar">Edwin van der Sar</a> left the pitch with a groin injury and the replacement keeper, <a href="/wiki/Tomasz_Kuszczak" title="Tomasz Kuszczak">Tomasz Kuszczak</a>, was sent off after conceding a penalty. Despite diving the right way, he was unable to save <a href="/wiki/Sulley_Muntari" title="Sulley Muntari">Sulley Muntari</a>'s spot kick, and Manchester United were eliminated from the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> On 6 April 2008, against Middlesbrough, Ferdinand limped out of the match due to a foot injury. He was rated doubtful whether he would face <a href="/wiki/A.S._Roma" class="mw-redirect" title="A.S. Roma">A.S. Roma</a> in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg on 9 April 2008. He would play the full 90 minutes, though he received three stitches at half-time.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> After United's 2–1 loss to Chelsea in the Premier League in April 2008, Ferdinand swore at Chelsea stewards and tried to kick a wall in the tunnel, but instead kicked a female steward, Tracy Wray. Ferdinand claimed to have merely brushed her with his foot.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> He said he had apologised and sent the steward some flowers. However, Wray showed the bruise on her leg to the media, and her husband claimed that Ferdinand had not apologised or sent flowers.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ferdinand_Fabregas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ferdinand_Fabregas.jpg/170px-Ferdinand_Fabregas.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ferdinand_Fabregas.jpg/255px-Ferdinand_Fabregas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ferdinand_Fabregas.jpg/340px-Ferdinand_Fabregas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1799" data-file-height="2407" /></a><figcaption>Ferdinand as <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2008–09 UEFA Champions League">2008–09 Champions League</a> semi-final.</figcaption></figure> It was announced on 18 April 2008 that, along with <a href="/wiki/Michael_Carrick" title="Michael Carrick">Michael Carrick</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wes_Brown" title="Wes Brown">Wes Brown</a>, Ferdinand had agreed to sign a new five-year contract, worth around £130,000 a week, that would keep him with United until 2013.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> On 21 May 2008, Ferdinand captained Manchester United to a <a href="/wiki/2008_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 UEFA Champions League Final">Champions League Final</a> victory versus Chelsea.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> He accepted the trophy together with <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs">Ryan Giggs</a>, as Giggs was the on field captain for most of the matches during that season during <a href="/wiki/Gary_Neville" title="Gary Neville">Gary Neville</a>'s absence due to injury. In an interview with <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_5_Live" title="BBC Radio 5 Live">BBC Radio 5 Live</a> he criticised FIFA's approach to tackling racism in football, stating that not enough was being done to punish those guilty of homophobic or racist abuse at matches. Regarding taunts aimed at <a href="/wiki/Emile_Heskey" title="Emile Heskey">Emile Heskey</a> in England's 4–1 victory against Croatia in <a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a>, Ferdinand remarked:<blockquote>"Croatia were fined a few thousand quid. What's that going to do? That is not going to stop people shouting racist or homophobic abuse...If things like this keep happening you have to take points off them. Then the punters will realise the team is going to be punished."<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></blockquote> Ferdinand had an injury plagued 2009–10 season, a number of back and knee injuries kept him on the sidelines for months. He returned to action on 28 January 2010, but was banned for four games after being found guilty of violent conduct for elbowing <a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Craig_Fagan" title="Craig Fagan">Craig Fagan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Due to a knee injury he suffered in the summer of 2010, which ruled him out of the World Cup for England, he missed all of pre-season, the Community Shield and the first four games of the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">2010–11 Premier League</a> season. He returned to first-team football in the opening game of the Champions League group stage against <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers</a> on 14 September. He captained the side and played the full 90 minutes in a goalless draw. He started the season opening game in August 2011, the <a href="/wiki/2011_FA_Community_Shield" title="2011 FA Community Shield">2011 FA Community Shield</a>, where United found themselves 2–0 down at half time to city rivals Manchester City. Ferdinand was taken off after 45 minutes along with defensive partner <a href="/wiki/Nemanja_Vidi%C4%87" title="Nemanja Vidić">Nemanja Vidić</a> and replaced by <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Evans" title="Jonny Evans">Jonny Evans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Jones_(footballer,_born_1992)" title="Phil Jones (footballer, born 1992)">Phil Jones</a> respectively. United went on to win the game 3–2 and Ferdinand claimed his fourth Community Shield medal of his career. Ferdinand started in the opening Premier League match of the season at West Bromwich Albion, a game United won 2–1, but he went off with a hamstring injury after 75 minutes. After the match, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ferguson" title="Alex Ferguson">Alex Ferguson</a> confirmed that Ferdinand would be out for six weeks. Ferdinand however recovered much quicker than initially diagnosed and returned to take a place on the bench two weeks later at Old Trafford in United's 8–2 demolition of <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>, although he did not play a part in the game.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Ferdinand made his return to competitive action in a 1–1 draw against <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Britannia Stadium">Britannia Stadium</a>. <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rio_Ferdinand_QPR.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Rio_Ferdinand_QPR.JPG/150px-Rio_Ferdinand_QPR.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Rio_Ferdinand_QPR.JPG/225px-Rio_Ferdinand_QPR.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Rio_Ferdinand_QPR.JPG/300px-Rio_Ferdinand_QPR.JPG 2x" data-file-width="812" data-file-height="1646" /></a><figcaption>Ferdinand with Queens Park Rangers, October 2014</figcaption></figure> On 9 December 2012, Ferdinand was struck and injured by a coin thrown from the home crowd during United's 3–2 <a href="/wiki/Manchester_derby" title="Manchester derby">derby</a> victory away from home against Manchester City.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> On 5 March 2013, Ferdinand, unhappy with the referee <a href="/wiki/C%C3%BCneyt_%C3%87ak%C4%B1r" title="Cüneyt Çakır">Cüneyt Çakır</a>'s decision to send off <a href="/wiki/Nani_(footballer)" title="Nani (footballer)">Nani</a> during a 2–1 Champions League defeat to <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid">Real Madrid</a> at Old Trafford, clapped sarcastically in the referee's face after the game. He escaped any punishment from UEFA for the incident.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> On 12 May 2013, Ferdinand scored the winner and final goal of the Alex Ferguson era at Old Trafford in a 2–1 victory over <a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a>. After a corner was missed by everyone, the ball found its way to Ferdinand at the back post and he hit it on the volley to seal the win. On 23 May 2013, it was announced that Ferdinand had secured a new one-year contract that would see him stay with the club until the end of the 2013–14 season.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> He was not offered an extension when that contract expired, and agreed to leave Manchester United on 12 May 2014. In a letter on his official website, he said "I am feeling fit and healthy, ready for a new challenge and looking forward to whatever the future holds for me."<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Queens_Park_Rangers">Queens Park Rangers</h3></div> On 17 July 2014, Ferdinand signed for newly promoted Premier League club <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers" class="mw-redirect" title="Queens Park Rangers">Queens Park Rangers</a> on a one-year contract.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> He returned to Old Trafford for the first time since leaving Manchester United on 14 September 2014 to face his former club in the Premier League in which his side was beaten 4–0.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> In October 2014, Ferdinand confirmed in an interview on <a href="/wiki/The_Jonathan_Ross_Show" title="The Jonathan Ross Show">The Jonathan Ross Show</a> that he would retire at the end of the season, saying "I'm not fearful of retirement, I'm looking forward to it, I can see some good stuff hopefully happening ahead".<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> In May 2015, following their relegation, Queens Park Rangers announced the release of Ferdinand in the summer.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> He made only 12 appearances for QPR in his only season with the club.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> On 30 May 2015, Ferdinand announced his retirement from professional football, three days after his departure from QPR.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:England_team.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/England_team.jpg/220px-England_team.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/England_team.jpg/330px-England_team.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/England_team.jpg/440px-England_team.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1462" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Ferdinand (wearing No.5) lining up for <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> against <a href="/wiki/Paraguay_national_football_team" title="Paraguay national football team">Paraguay</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 FIFA World Cup</a>.</figcaption></figure> Ferdinand was <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">capped</a> 81 times for England, making him England's second <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team#Most_capped_players" title="England national football team">most capped</a> black player behind <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Cole" title="Ashley Cole">Ashley Cole</a> with 107.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Although Ferdinand was named in four consecutive England World Cup squads (albeit without playing in 1998 and missing 2010 through injury), he never went to a European Championship due to a ban for missing a drugs test and due to England's failure to qualify for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008" title="UEFA Euro 2008">UEFA Euro 2008</a>. Ferdinand scored three goals for England,<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> the first in the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup#Round_of_16" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 World Cup second round</a> match against <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a> (although some sources credit this goal as a <a href="/wiki/Thomas_S%C3%B8rensen" title="Thomas Sørensen">Thomas Sørensen</a> <a href="/wiki/Own_goal" title="Own goal">own goal</a>).<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> The second was a near-post strike that beat the Russian goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Malafeev" title="Vyacheslav Malafeev">Vyacheslav Malafeev</a> in England's <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying">Euro 2008 qualifier</a> against <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">Russia</a> on 12 September 2007 at Wembley Stadium. The third on 11 October 2008 in a <a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2010 FIFA World Cup">2010 FIFA World Cup</a> qualifying match at home to <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_football_team" title="Kazakhstan national football team">Kazakhstan</a>. England won 5–1.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> At the age of 19 years and 8 days, Ferdinand earned his first full <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> cap as a substitute in a friendly against <a href="/wiki/Cameroon_national_football_team" title="Cameroon national football team">Cameroon</a> on 15 November 1997, making him the youngest defender to play for England at the time (a record broken in 2006 by <a href="/wiki/Micah_Richards" title="Micah Richards">Micah Richards</a>). Ferdinand would have made an even earlier debut in September had he not been charged with drink-driving in the build-up to England's <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">1998 World Cup qualifier</a> against <a href="/wiki/Moldova_national_football_team" title="Moldova national football team">Moldova</a>. Ferdinand was named in the squad for this game and was a likely starter; however, the public mourning for <a href="/wiki/Princess_Diana" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Diana">Princess Diana</a> – whose chauffeur had been suspected of drink-driving – left <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Glenn Hoddle</a> with little choice but to drop the teenager from the squad.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> After an impressive <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1997–98 West Ham United F.C. season">1997–98 season</a> he was selected for the <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998 FIFA World Cup</a> squad as a back-up defender. However, he was not selected in <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Kevin Keegan</a>'s 22-man squad for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000" title="UEFA Euro 2000">UEFA Euro 2000</a>.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> After his £18 million move to Leeds United, Ferdinand was named in the starting line-up by <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_manager" title="Caretaker manager">caretaker manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1953)" title="Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953)">Peter Taylor</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_game" title="Exhibition game">friendly match</a> against <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italy</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> and quickly established himself as a first-choice player under <a href="/wiki/Sven-G%C3%B6ran_Eriksson" title="Sven-Göran Eriksson">Sven-Göran Eriksson</a>. He was selected as one of England's two first-choice centre-backs at the 2002 and <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 FIFA World Cups</a>, wearing the number 5 shirt. <a href="/wiki/John_Terry" title="John Terry">John Terry</a> (with whom Ferdinand would later partner in central defence) replaced Ferdinand in the England side throughout his eight-month ban until his return on 9 October 2004 in their <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">World Cup qualifier</a> against <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a>. Ferdinand played ten <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">World Cup finals</a> matches for England, recording clean sheets against <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" title="Argentina national football team">Argentina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" title="Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a> and Denmark in 2002, and <a href="/wiki/Paraguay_national_football_team" title="Paraguay national football team">Paraguay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_football_team" title="Trinidad and Tobago national football team">Trinidad & Tobago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ecuador_national_football_team" title="Ecuador national football team">Ecuador</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team">Portugal</a> in 2006.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rio_Ferdinand-en.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Rio_Ferdinand-en.JPG/220px-Rio_Ferdinand-en.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Rio_Ferdinand-en.JPG/330px-Rio_Ferdinand-en.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Rio_Ferdinand-en.JPG/440px-Rio_Ferdinand-en.JPG 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="465" /></a><figcaption>Ferdinand on international duty, 2009</figcaption></figure> On 25 March 2008, it was announced that Ferdinand would wear the <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain's armband</a> for <a href="/wiki/Fabio_Capello" title="Fabio Capello">Fabio Capello</a>'s second game in charge of the national team,<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> ahead of John Terry, <a href="/wiki/Steven_Gerrard" title="Steven Gerrard">Steven Gerrard</a> or <a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">David Beckham</a>, who some believed would be named captain to mark his 100th cap for his country. An FA statement suggested that the decision to name Ferdinand as captain was part of Capello's plans of rotating the captaincy before naming an official captain for September's World Cup qualifiers. On 19 August, however, Ferdinand lost out to Terry in retaining the captain's armband but was named vice-captain by Fabio Capello.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> A mistake in the match between England and <a href="/wiki/Ukraine_national_football_team" title="Ukraine national football team">Ukraine</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnipropetrovsk">Dnipropetrovsk</a> on 10 October 2009, which led to the <a href="/wiki/Ejection_(sports)" title="Ejection (sports)">sending off</a> of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Green" title="Robert Green">Robert Green</a>, caused some to question his inclusion in the squad. A lack of match practice for his club and a series of errors such as he suffered in his early days as a footballer led to criticism of his inclusion from several corners.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> On 5 February 2010, Ferdinand replaced John Terry as captain of England.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Although back and groin injury problems forced him to miss much of the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Manchester United F.C. season">2009–10 domestic season</a>, Ferdinand was selected to captain England at the 2010 World Cup. However, he suffered a knee ligament injury during the team's first training session in South Africa on 4 June and was subsequently ruled out of the tournament.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> On 19 March 2011, ahead of England's <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Euro 2012 qualification">Euro 2012 qualifier</a> against Wales, Capello announced that John Terry was to be re-instated as permanent England captain and that Ferdinand would return to his role of vice-captain.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> Ferdinand was left out of <a href="/wiki/Roy_Hodgson" title="Roy Hodgson">Roy Hodgson</a>'s squad for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012" title="UEFA Euro 2012">Euro 2012</a>, leading to strong speculation this was to avoid potential conflict with John Terry, who was included in the squad, due to Terry's upcoming trial for racially abusing Ferdinand's brother <a href="/wiki/Anton_Ferdinand" title="Anton Ferdinand">Anton</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> Further controversy arose after <a href="/wiki/Gary_Cahill" title="Gary Cahill">Gary Cahill</a> was ruled out of the tournament, with 22-year-old <a href="/wiki/Martin_Kelly_(footballer)" title="Martin Kelly (footballer)">Martin Kelly</a> with only two minutes of international football being called up as a replacement instead of Ferdinand. This led to Ferdinand's representative Jamie Moralee accusing Hodgson of showing a "lack of respect".<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> On 3 October 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a> reported that Roy Hodgson had revealed to fellow passengers on the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> that Ferdinand would no longer be considered for England duty, despite the retirement of John Terry.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> Hodgson later apologised for these comments and denied that he was ruling Ferdinand out of playing for England again.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> On 14 March 2013, Ferdinand was recalled to the England squad for the first time under Hodgson for England's <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">2014 World Cup qualifiers</a> against <a href="/wiki/San_Marino_national_football_team" title="San Marino national football team">San Marino</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montenegro_national_football_team" title="Montenegro national football team">Montenegro</a>, though subsequently Ferdinand pulled out of the squad on 18 March due to 'fitness concerns'. Ferdinand said he was "gutted" at having to withdraw but said it was the "right decision". However, Roy Hodgson assured Ferdinand he still had an international future despite the withdrawal.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> In May 2013, Ferdinand announced his retirement from international football, saying that "it's the right time to make room for young players and focus on the club career".<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style_of_play">Style of play</h2></div> Ferdinand was considered an atypical defensive product of English football due to his more elegant, graceful, and "continental" rather than physical style of defensive play;<a href="#cite_note-mirror.co.uk-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-Rolls_Royce-100">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a><a href="#cite_note-noughty-102">[102]</a> in particular, he was singled out for his unique technical ability, skill, balance, and confidence on the ball, despite his height, as well as his composure in possession, distribution with either foot, and his ability to carry the ball forward or play it out from the back on the ground.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-independent.co.uk-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-bleacherreport.com-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-United_bank_on_Ferdinand-106">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-Vidic_talks_to_ESPN-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-Terry_is_the_Premier_League's_best_central_defender-108">[108]</a> As such, due to his mobility and ball–playing ability, he was often paired with a more physical centre-back throughout his career, such as Nemanja Vidić with Manchester United, or John Terry with England.<a href="#cite_note-United_bank_on_Ferdinand-106">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-Vidic_talks_to_ESPN-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-Terry's_Chelsea_career-109">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-England's_10_Greatest_World_Cup_Central_Defenders-110">[110]</a> Although he often played in a <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Centre-back" title="Defender (association football)">central defensive</a> pairing in a back–four throughout his career, he was also capable of playing in the centre of a three–man back–line, in which he essentially functioned as a <a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)#Sweeper_(libero)" title="Defender (association football)">sweeper</a>, courtesy of his technique and passing.<a href="#cite_note-evolving-111">[111]</a> Due to his ball skills, he occasionally drew criticism from pundits and his managers in his youth for taking unnecessary risks in possession, and committing mistakes, although he improved upon this aspect of the game as he matured with age and experience.<a href="#cite_note-noughty-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-Rio_must_improve-112">[112]</a> A world-class defender, who was considered to be one of the best stoppers in the world at his peak,<a href="#cite_note-Rolls_Royce-100">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> Ferdinand is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, and as one of England's, Manchester United's, and the Premier League's best ever centre-backs.<a href="#cite_note-mirror.co.uk-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-independent.co.uk-104">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-England's_10_Greatest_World_Cup_Central_Defenders-110">[110]</a><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ferdinand's_Losing_Battles_with_Injuries-116">[116]</a> In his prime, he was also praised for his pace, work-rate, and tackling,<a href="#cite_note-noughty-102">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-bleacherreport.com-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-United_bank_on_Ferdinand-106">[106]</a> in addition to his positioning, consistency, intelligence, and ability to read the game.<a href="#cite_note-mirror.co.uk-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-MUFC_Profile_RF-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> He was also an athletic and physically strong defender, who was reliable in the air,<a href="#cite_note-mirror.co.uk-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ferdinand_Agrees_QPR_Transfer-124">[124]</a> although at times he was criticised in the media for his aerial game, as well as his ability to defend high balls and set pieces, in particular in his youth.<a href="#cite_note-Rio_must_improve-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> In addition to his defensive skills, he also possessed significant leadership qualities.<a href="#cite_note-bleacherreport.com-105">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> Despite his ability, however, his later career was marked by injuries, which led him to lose the exceptional pace which had characterised him in his early career, and which previously allowed him to compensate for the occasional lapses in concentration he experienced in his youth; as such, he occasionally struggled against faster opponents with his advancing age.<a href="#cite_note-Rolls_Royce-100">[100]</a><a href="#cite_note-evolving-111">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ferdinand's_Losing_Battles_with_Injuries-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ferdinand_Agrees_QPR_Transfer-124">[124]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boxing_career">Boxing career</h2></div> In September 2017, Ferdinand announced that he was launching a career to become a <a href="/wiki/Professional_boxer" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional boxer">professional boxer</a>. His move into the ring was sponsored by betting company <a href="/wiki/Betfair" title="Betfair">Betfair</a>, who assisted him in attempting to qualify for his British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) licence before he began training and competing. Ferdinand stated that "I'm doing this [boxing] because it's a challenge, I've won titles and now I'm aiming for a belt."<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> It was announced in May 2018 that Ferdinand had been refused a professional boxing licence by the <a href="/wiki/British_Boxing_Board_of_Control" title="British Boxing Board of Control">British Boxing Board of Control</a>. BBBofC general secretary Robert Smith told BBC Sport: "There are a lot of things we take into consideration. He never had a competitive fight and although he has been in the gym, there is a difference between being in the gym and boxing. We do not deem it beneficial for him to have a licence."<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> Following the rejection, Ferdinand announced that he was "hanging-up his gloves".<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="FA_commission">FA commission</h2></div> On 20 October 2013, Ferdinand and Roy Hodgson were appointed to the Football Association's commission to improve the state of the national game.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vladimir_Putin%27s_meeting_with_the_legends_of_world_football_(2018-07-06)_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Vladimir_Putin%27s_meeting_with_the_legends_of_world_football_%282018-07-06%29_13.jpg/220px-Vladimir_Putin%27s_meeting_with_the_legends_of_world_football_%282018-07-06%29_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Vladimir_Putin%27s_meeting_with_the_legends_of_world_football_%282018-07-06%29_13.jpg/330px-Vladimir_Putin%27s_meeting_with_the_legends_of_world_football_%282018-07-06%29_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Vladimir_Putin%27s_meeting_with_the_legends_of_world_football_%282018-07-06%29_13.jpg/440px-Vladimir_Putin%27s_meeting_with_the_legends_of_world_football_%282018-07-06%29_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="1160" /></a><figcaption>Ferdinand (far right) with Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> (centre) at the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a> in Russia</figcaption></figure> Ferdinand grew up in the Friary council estate, Peckham.<a href="#cite_note-Jones-15">[15]</a> He has several brothers and sisters: one brother and three sisters on his father's side and a brother and sister from his mother's remarriage.<a href="#cite_note-Jackson-11">[11]</a> His brother, <a href="/wiki/Anton_Ferdinand" title="Anton Ferdinand">Anton Ferdinand</a>, also played as a defender, while his cousins are <a href="/wiki/Les_Ferdinand" title="Les Ferdinand">Les Ferdinand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kane_Ferdinand" title="Kane Ferdinand">Kane Ferdinand</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jones-15">[15]</a> Although he spent the majority of his career with Manchester United, he grew up supporting <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C.%E2%80%93Manchester_United_F.C._rivalry" title="Liverpool F.C.–Manchester United F.C. rivalry">rivals</a> Liverpool.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> In 2006 in Manchester, Ferdinand's girlfriend Rebecca Ellison gave birth to their first son.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> The couple had two more children.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> In 2010, Ferdinand <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_v_Mirror_Group_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand v Mirror Group Newspapers">unsuccessfully sued</a> the <a href="/wiki/Sunday_Mirror" title="Sunday Mirror">Sunday Mirror</a> to prevent the publication of a story about an alleged affair with Carly Storey.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> During the case, it was alleged that then-England captain Ferdinand had affairs with ten different women.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> Ellison and Ferdinand married in 2009. Ellison died of <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a> on 2 May 2015, aged 34.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> Ferdinand's memoir of his wife's illness and subsequent bereavement, Thinking Out Loud, was co-written with <a href="/wiki/Decca_Aitkenhead" title="Decca Aitkenhead">Decca Aitkenhead</a>, and published in October 2017.<a href="#cite_note-BooksellerJun17-139">[139]</a> On 27 September 2019, Ferdinand married for the second time, to <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Only_Way_Is_Essex_cast_members#Former_cast" title="List of The Only Way Is Essex cast members">Kate Wright</a>. The ceremony was attended by his children, along with the couple's other close family members.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a> In June 2020, Ferdinand and Wright announced that they were expecting their first child together.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> The child, a boy, was born on 18 December 2020. Ferdinand set up the Live the Dream Foundation charity in December 2009 to provide education and employment opportunities for children.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2></div> Although Ferdinand has never voted before in a <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">general election</a>, he backed a Remain vote in the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum</a>.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversies">Controversies</h3></div> In 2000, Ferdinand briefly appeared in a sexually explicit video filmed at the <a href="/wiki/Ayia_Napa" title="Ayia Napa">Ayia Napa</a> resort in Cyprus along with fellow English footballers <a href="/wiki/Kieron_Dyer" title="Kieron Dyer">Kieron Dyer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Frank Lampard</a>. <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> aired a brief clip as part of their 2004 documentary Sex, Footballers and Videotape, claiming it was used to "remind the viewer that this is based on real life".<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> In 2002, during the rape trial of their acquaintance Martin King, Ferdinand and former Leeds colleague <a href="/wiki/Michael_Duberry" title="Michael Duberry">Michael Duberry</a> denied allegations that Duberry had molested the woman and Ferdinand had threatened her in the Leeds nightclub Hi-Fi on the night of 22 January, as well as further allegations of scuffling and drunkenness. Both men were interviewed by the police but the Crown Prosecution Service announced in April 2003 that they would not face charges.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> King was found guilty of indecent assault and attempted rape.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> During a radio interview on <a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Moyles_Show" title="The Chris Moyles Show">The Chris Moyles Show</a> in October 2006, Ferdinand attracted two listener complaints and criticism from gay rights campaigner <a href="/wiki/Peter_Tatchell" title="Peter Tatchell">Peter Tatchell</a> when he called Moyles a <a href="/wiki/Faggot_(slang)" class="mw-redirect" title="Faggot (slang)">faggot</a>, followed by "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm not <a href="/wiki/Homophobic" class="mw-redirect" title="Homophobic">homophobic</a>", after Moyles had jokingly suggested he was homosexual. <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a> later dismissed the exchange as <a href="/wiki/Banter" class="mw-redirect" title="Banter">banter</a>, while Tatchell said "since [he] very promptly apologised, I am happy to accept his regret and leave it at that".<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> In the wake of a <a href="/wiki/R_v_John_Terry" class="mw-redirect" title="R v John Terry">court case</a> involving <a href="/wiki/John_Terry" title="John Terry">John Terry</a> and Rio's brother Anton, in which Terry was found not guilty of racial abuse, Rio Ferdinand sparked media controversy by expressing amusement at the comments of a <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> user who referred to <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Cole" title="Ashley Cole">Ashley Cole</a>, who had testified in Terry's favour, as a "<a href="/wiki/Choc_ice" title="Choc ice">choc ice</a>", a slang term which is commonly understood to mean "<a href="/wiki/Uncle_Tom" title="Uncle Tom">black on the outside, white on the inside</a>". Ferdinand deleted the tweet shortly afterwards and denied <a href="/wiki/Choc_ice" title="Choc ice">choc ice</a> is a racist term, adding, "And if I want to laugh at something someone tweets....I will! Hahahahaha! Now stop getting ya knickers in a twist!"<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a> Cole's lawyers released a statement in response, stating that he would not be taking the matter further.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> Ferdinand's words were condemned as "insensitive and untimely" by <a href="/wiki/Professional_Footballers%27_Association" title="Professional Footballers' Association">Professional Footballers' Association</a> (PFA) chief <a href="/wiki/Clarke_Carlisle" title="Clarke Carlisle">Clarke Carlisle</a>.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> In August 2012, Ferdinand was fined £45,000 for his Twitter remarks after an Independent Regulatory Commission found him guilty of bringing the game into disrepute with an "improper" comment which included "a reference to ethnic origin, colour or race."<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> In October 2014, Ferdinand was again charged by the FA for using offensive language on Twitter, after referring to the mother of a critic as a "sket", a <a href="/wiki/Jamaican_slang" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaican slang">Jamaican slang</a> word for a promiscuous female.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> Ferdinand was fined £25,000 for the offence and banned from playing for three games.<a href="#cite_note-sketgate-153">[153]</a> The FA considered Ferdinand's position as a "role model" to be an aggravating factor for the penalty, in addition to it being his second Twitter offence within three years and no admission of wrongdoing.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> In March 2015, it was announced that Ferdinand would be the new face of <a href="/wiki/Online_casino" title="Online casino">online casino</a> Casino Floor. The announcement provoked strong criticism on Twitter from a number of Ferdinand's followers,<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> who suggested it was inappropriate that a role model for young people should endorse gambling, particularly given the well documented struggles of many of his peers with <a href="/wiki/Problem_gambling" title="Problem gambling">problem gambling</a>.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Driving_bans">Driving bans</h3></div> In September 1997, Ferdinand was convicted of <a href="/wiki/Driving_under_the_influence" title="Driving under the influence">drink-driving</a> and given a one-year driving ban. He had been breathalysed after driving on the morning after a night out, and was found to be one point over the limit.<a href="#cite_note-Telegraph24Nov2000DelBoy-157">[157]</a> As a result, England manager <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Glenn Hoddle</a> dropped Ferdinand from the squad to face Moldova in a World Cup qualification match on 10 September, meaning Ferdinand lost out on the chance, at 18 years and 10 months of age, of becoming the youngest England international since <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Edwards" title="Duncan Edwards">Duncan Edwards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Telegraph24Nov2000DelBoy-157">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-Independent3Sep1997Lesson-158">[158]</a> In March 2003, Ferdinand was given another six-month ban from driving, and fined £2,500 and six <a href="/wiki/Driving_licence_in_the_United_Kingdom#Points_and_endorsements" title="Driving licence in the United Kingdom">penalty points</a> for driving at an average of 92 mph (148 km/h) along the <a href="/wiki/M1_motorway" title="M1 motorway">M1</a>.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> In May 2005, he was criticised by a <a href="/wiki/Magistrate" title="Magistrate">magistrate</a> as he received his fourth ban from driving and a fine of £1,500, after being caught by traffic police "travelling at an average of 105.9 mph (170.4 km/h) over a distance of nearly two miles" on the <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6 motorway</a>. Upon setting the penalty, the magistrate said Ferdinand "should be a positive role model for young people in society and this does not give out the right message". It followed two previous bans for <a href="/wiki/Speeding" class="mw-redirect" title="Speeding">speeding</a>, in 2002 and 2003.<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> In August 2020, Ferdinand was banned from driving for six months after he admitted speeding on the A27 at Hangleton in Hove. Ferdinand was reported to have driven at 85 mph. He was ordered to pay a total of £822 in fines and costs.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Order_of_the_British_Empire">Order of the British Empire</h3></div> He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Birthday_Honours" title="2022 Birthday Honours">2022 Birthday Honours</a> for services to association football and charity,<a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> having set up the Rio Ferdinand Foundation in 2022, a charity which works with young people and aids community development.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Racist_abuse">Racist abuse</h3></div> In December 2023, a 33-year-old man from <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> was sent to prison for six months, having been found guilty of racially abusing Ferdinand at <a href="/wiki/Molineux_Stadium" title="Molineux Stadium">Molineux</a> in May 2021. Ferdinand was working there as a TV pundit for a match between <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a> and Manchester United.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television,_punditry,_film_and_music">Television, punditry, film and music</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rio_Ferdinand_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Rio_Ferdinand_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/170px-Rio_Ferdinand_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Rio_Ferdinand_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/255px-Rio_Ferdinand_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Rio_Ferdinand_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/340px-Rio_Ferdinand_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="5760" /></a><figcaption>Ferdinand in 2015</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Duran_Duran" title="Duran Duran">Duran Duran</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Rio_(song)" title="Rio (song)">Rio</a>" has been used in <a href="/wiki/Football_chant" title="Football chant">football chants</a> both for and against Ferdinand; in 2002, fan <a href="/wiki/Simon_Le_Bon" title="Simon Le Bon">Simon Le Bon</a> (Duran Duran's lead singer) promised to re-record one of the football chants if the England team (featuring Ferdinand) won their World Cup quarter-final against Brazil.<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a> Ferdinand was sponsored by sportswear company <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> and appeared in Nike commercials. In a global Nike advertising campaign in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he starred in a "<a href="/wiki/Secret_Tournament" title="Secret Tournament">Secret Tournament</a>" commercial (branded "Scorpion KO") directed by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a>, appearing alongside football players such as <a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Thierry Henry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)" title="Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)">Ronaldo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Totti" title="Francesco Totti">Francesco Totti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ronaldinho" title="Ronaldinho">Ronaldinho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo" title="Luís Figo">Luís Figo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fabio_Cannavaro" title="Fabio Cannavaro">Fabio Cannavaro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hidetoshi_Nakata" title="Hidetoshi Nakata">Hidetoshi Nakata</a>, with former player <a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Eric Cantona</a> the tournament "referee".<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a><a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> In 2005, Ferdinand, along with an old school friend, created the record label White Chalk Music.<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> To date, there are two artists signed to the label: Melody Johnston and Nia Jai. The latter released an album on 6 October 2010, which features Ferdinand rapping.<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> In June 2006, ahead of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ferdinand presented the TV show <a href="/wiki/Rio%27s_World_Cup_Wind-Ups" title="Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups">Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups</a>, in which he carried out a series of practical jokes on his England teammates. It was broadcast immediately after England's opening World Cup game against Paraguay.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> He made his first foray into the world of cinema in late 2008, financing and becoming an executive producer of <a href="/wiki/Alex_de_Rakoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex de Rakoff">Alex de Rakoff</a>'s film <a href="/wiki/Dead_Man_Running_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dead Man Running (film)">Dead Man Running</a>. The film features <a href="/wiki/Danny_Dyer" title="Danny Dyer">Danny Dyer</a> and <a href="/wiki/50_Cent" title="50 Cent">50 Cent</a> in a gangster-themed plot. Ferdinand will share production credits with England teammate Ashley Cole.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a> In 2008, Ferdinand filmed a documentary about <a href="/wiki/Peckham" title="Peckham">Peckham</a>, aiming to persuade youngsters away from a life of crime.<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a> On 16 January 2009, it was announced that he would working with publishing company Made Up Media to launch a digital magazine.<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a> In conjunction with this, Ferdinand was guest editor of the February edition of the <a href="/wiki/Observer_Sport_Monthly" class="mw-redirect" title="Observer Sport Monthly">Observer Sport Monthly</a>, providing interviews with people ranging from <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> to <a href="/wiki/Usain_Bolt" title="Usain Bolt">Usain Bolt</a>.<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a> The magazine, called "<a href="/wiki/5_Magazine" title="5 Magazine">#5 Magazine</a>", had its first issue published in April of that year.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> In 2015, he joined <a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">BT Sport</a> (now TNT Sports) as a pundit for their coverage of the Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League and <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> In March 2017, Ferdinand discussed strategies for coping with bereavement in the <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> documentary Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum and Dad.<a href="#cite_note-BBC_28_March_2017-177">[177]</a> The programme won the Robert Flaherty Award for Single Documentary at the <a href="/wiki/2018_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2018 British Academy Television Awards">2018 BAFTA Awards</a>. Released in November 2022, Ferdinand was the focus of a three-part docuseries entitled Rio Ferdinand's Tipping Point which explored race, sexuality, and mental health in football communities.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club">Club</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Appearances and goals by club, season and competition </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Club </th> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th colspan="3">League </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">League Cup</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Europe </th> <th colspan="2">Other </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Division</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1995–96 West Ham United F.C. season">1995–96</a><a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1996–97 West Ham United F.C. season">1996–97</a><a href="#cite_note-96/97-22">[22]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>15</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>17</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1997–98 West Ham United F.C. season">1997–98</a><a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>35</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>46</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1998–99 West Ham United F.C. season">1998–99</a><a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>31</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>33</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 West Ham United F.C. season">1999–2000</a><a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>33</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3<a href="#cite_note-UC-183">[a]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-184">[b]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>46</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="2000–01 West Ham United F.C. season">2000–01</a><a href="#cite_note-00/01-185">[183]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>14</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>127</th> <th>2</th> <th>9</th> <th>0</th> <th>13</th> <th>0</th> <th>3</th> <th>0</th> <th>6</th> <th>0</th> <th>158</th> <th>2 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AFC_Bournemouth" title="AFC Bournemouth">AFC Bournemouth</a> (loan) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_AFC_Bournemouth_season" title="1996–97 AFC Bournemouth season">1996–97</a><a href="#cite_note-96/97-22">[22]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-186">[c]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>11</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Leeds_United_A.F.C._season" title="2000–01 Leeds United A.F.C. season">2000–01</a><a href="#cite_note-00/01-185">[183]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>23</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>7<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>32</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Leeds_United_A.F.C._season" title="2001–02 Leeds United A.F.C. season">2001–02</a><a href="#cite_note-188">[184]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>31</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>7<a href="#cite_note-UC-183">[a]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>41</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>54</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>0</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th>14</th> <th>1</th> <th>0</th> <th>0</th> <th>73</th> <th>3 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="13"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Manchester United F.C. season">2002–03</a><a href="#cite_note-189">[185]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>28</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>11<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>46</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Manchester United F.C. season">2003–04</a><a href="#cite_note-190">[186]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>20</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-CS-191">[e]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>27</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Manchester United F.C. season">2004–05</a><a href="#cite_note-192">[187]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>31</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>5<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>42</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Manchester United F.C. season">2005–06</a><a href="#cite_note-193">[188]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>37</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>8<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>52</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2006–07 Manchester United F.C. season">2006–07</a><a href="#cite_note-194">[189]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>33</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>9<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>49</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2007–08 Manchester United F.C. season">2007–08</a><a href="#cite_note-195">[190]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>35</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>11<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-CS-191">[e]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>51</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Manchester United F.C. season">2008–09</a><a href="#cite_note-196">[191]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>24</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>11<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>4<a href="#cite_note-197">[f]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>43</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Manchester United F.C. season">2009–10</a><a href="#cite_note-198">[192]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-CS-191">[e]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>21</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2010–11 Manchester United F.C. season">2010–11</a><a href="#cite_note-199">[193]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>19</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>7<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>29</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2011–12 Manchester United F.C. season">2011–12</a><a href="#cite_note-200">[194]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>30</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-201">[g]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-CS-191">[e]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>38</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Manchester United F.C. season">2012–13</a><a href="#cite_note-202">[195]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>28</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>34</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="2013–14 Manchester United F.C. season">2013–14</a><a href="#cite_note-203">[196]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>7<a href="#cite_note-UCL-187">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>23</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>312</th> <th>7</th> <th>30</th> <th>0</th> <th>14</th> <th>0</th> <th>91</th> <th>1</th> <th>8</th> <th>0</th> <th>455</th> <th>8 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C._season" title="2014–15 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season">2014–15</a><a href="#cite_note-204">[197]</a> </td> <td>Premier League </td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>12</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Career total </th> <th>514</th> <th>11</th> <th>43</th> <th>0</th> <th>29</th> <th>0</th> <th>108</th> <th>2</th> <th>15</th> <th>0</th> <th>709</th> <th>13 </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-UC-183">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UC_183-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UC_183-1">b</a> Appearances in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Cup</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-184"><a href="#cite_ref-184">^</a> Appearances in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup" title="UEFA Intertoto Cup">UEFA Intertoto Cup</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-186"><a href="#cite_ref-186">^</a> Appearance in <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Trophy">Football League Trophy</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-UCL-187">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_187-11">l</a> Appearances in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-CS-191">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CS_191-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CS_191-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CS_191-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-CS_191-3">d</a> Appearance in <a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">FA Community Shield</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-197"><a href="#cite_ref-197">^</a> One appearance in FA Community Shield, one in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup" title="UEFA Super Cup">UEFA Super Cup</a>, two in <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">FIFA Club World Cup</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-201"><a href="#cite_ref-201">^</a> Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Appearances and goals by national team and year </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>National team</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="15"><a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a><a href="#cite_note-NFT-205">[198]</a> </td> <td>1997</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td>4</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>9</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td>9</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td>8</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td>12</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td>8</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td>8</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td>4</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>4</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>81</th> <th>3 </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ferdinand goal.</dd></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of international goals scored by Rio Ferdinand <a href="#cite_note-NFT-205">[198]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="date">Date </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Cap </th> <th scope="col">Opponent </th> <th scope="col">Score </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col">Competition </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 </td> <td>15 June 2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denka_Big_Swan_Stadium" title="Denka Big Swan Stadium">Niigata Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niigata,_Niigata" class="mw-redirect" title="Niigata, Niigata">Niigata</a>, Japan</td> <td align="center">26</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a></td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">3–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2002 FIFA World Cup">2002 FIFA World Cup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td>12 September 2007</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a>, London, England</td> <td align="center">62</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Russia_national_football_team" title="Russia national football team">Russia</a></td> <td align="center">3–0</td> <td align="center">3–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Euro 2008 qualification">UEFA Euro 2008 qualification</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>11 October 2008</td> <td>Wembley Stadium, London, England</td> <td align="center">71</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_national_football_team" title="Kazakhstan national football team">Kazakhstan</a></td> <td align="center">1–0</td> <td align="center">5–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2010 FIFA World Cup qualification">2010 FIFA World Cup qualification</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2></div> West Ham United <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Intertoto_Cup" title="UEFA Intertoto Cup">UEFA Intertoto Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/1999_UEFA_Intertoto_Cup" title="1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup">1999</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li></ul> Manchester United<a href="#cite_note-206">[199]</a><a href="#cite_note-manchestereveningnews.co.uk-8">[8]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a>: <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_FA_Premier_League" title="2002–03 FA Premier League">2002–03</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_FA_Premier_League" title="2006–07 FA Premier League">2006–07</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Premier_League" title="2007–08 Premier League">2007–08</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Premier_League" title="2008–09 Premier League">2008–09</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Premier_League" title="2010–11 Premier League">2010–11</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Premier_League" title="2012–13 Premier League">2012–13</a><a href="#cite_note-PL-207">[200]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">Football League Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/2006_Football_League_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Football League Cup Final">2005–06</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Football_League_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Football League Cup Final">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">FA Community Shield</a>: <a href="/wiki/2003_FA_Community_Shield" title="2003 FA Community Shield">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_FA_Community_Shield" title="2007 FA Community Shield">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_FA_Community_Shield" title="2008 FA Community Shield">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_FA_Community_Shield" title="2011 FA Community Shield">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a>: <a href="/wiki/2008_UEFA_Champions_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 UEFA Champions League Final">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">FIFA Club World Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/2008_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final">2008</a></li></ul> Individual <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C.#Hammer_of_the_Year" title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United Hammer of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_West_Ham_United_F.C._season" title="1997–98 West Ham United F.C. season">1997–98</a><a href="#cite_note-GUIDE-21">[21]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year" title="PFA Team of the Year">PFA Premier League Team of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)#FA_Premier_League_3" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">2001–02</a>,<a href="#cite_note-208">[201]</a> <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)#FA_Premier_League_6" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">2004–05</a>,<a href="#cite_note-209">[202]</a> <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)#FA_Premier_League_8" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">2006–07</a>,<a href="#cite_note-210">[203]</a> <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)#Premier_League" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">2007–08</a>,<a href="#cite_note-211">[204]</a> <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2000s)#Premier_League_2" title="PFA Team of the Year (2000s)">2008–09</a>,<a href="#cite_note-212">[205]</a> <a href="/wiki/PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(2010s)#Premier_League_4" title="PFA Team of the Year (2010s)">2012–13</a><a href="#cite_note-213">[206]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Player_of_the_Month" title="Premier League Player of the Month">Premier League Player of the Month</a>: <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_FA_Premier_League#Monthly_awards" title="2001–02 FA Premier League">October 2001</a><a href="#cite_note-PL-207">[200]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Sports_Media#ESM_Team_of_the_Year" title="European Sports Media">ESM Team of the Year</a>: 2007–08<a href="#cite_note-214">[207]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFPro_World_XI" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFPro World XI">FIFPro World XI</a>: 2007–08<a href="#cite_note-215">[208]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Youth_Games" title="London Youth Games">London Youth Games</a> Hall of Fame: 2010 inductee<a href="#cite_note-216">[209]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Premier League 20 Seasons Awards</a> (1992–93 to 2011–12)<a href="#cite_note-217">[210]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_20_Seasons_Awards#Fantasy_Teams_of_the_20_Seasons" title="Premier League 20 Seasons Awards">Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons (Panel choice)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame</a>: 2016 Inductee<a href="#cite_note-218">[211]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Premier_League_Hall_of_Fame" title="Premier League Hall of Fame">Premier League Hall of Fame</a>: 2023<a href="#cite_note-BBC_Sport_halloffame-219">[212]</a></li></ul> Orders and special awards <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="British Academy Television Awards">BAFTA</a> Award for <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Single_Documentary" title="British Academy Television Award for Best Single Documentary">Best Single Documentary</a>: <a href="/wiki/2018_British_Academy_Television_Awards" title="2018 British Academy 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Rincón">Rincón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_FIFA_Club_World_Championship_final" title="2005 FIFA Club World Championship final">2005</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rog%C3%A9rio_Ceni" title="Rogério Ceni">Rogério Ceni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2006 FIFA Club World Cup final">2006</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fernand%C3%A3o_(footballer,_born_1978)" title="Fernandão (footballer, born 1978)">Fernandão</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2007 FIFA Club World Cup final">2007</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Maldini" title="Paolo Maldini">Maldini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2008 FIFA Club World Cup final">2008</a>: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ferdinand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2009 FIFA Club World Cup final">2009</a>: <a href="/wiki/Carles_Puyol" title="Carles Puyol">Puyol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2010 FIFA Club World Cup final">2010</a>: <a href="/wiki/Javier_Zanetti" title="Javier Zanetti">Zanetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2011 FIFA Club World Cup final">2011</a>: <a href="/wiki/Carles_Puyol" title="Carles Puyol">Puyol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2012 FIFA Club World Cup final">2012</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_(footballer,_born_1979)" title="Alessandro (footballer, born 1979)">Alessandro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2013 FIFA Club World Cup final">2013</a>: <a href="/wiki/Philipp_Lahm" title="Philipp Lahm">Lahm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2014 FIFA Club World Cup final">2014</a>: <a href="/wiki/Iker_Casillas" title="Iker Casillas">Casillas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2015 FIFA Club World Cup final">2015</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Iniesta" title="Andrés Iniesta">Iniesta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2016 FIFA Club World Cup final">2016</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Ramos" title="Sergio Ramos">Ramos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2017 FIFA Club World Cup final">2017</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Ramos" title="Sergio Ramos">Ramos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2018 FIFA Club World Cup final">2018</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Ramos" title="Sergio Ramos">Ramos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2019 FIFA Club World Cup final">2019</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Henderson" title="Jordan Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2020 FIFA Club World Cup final">2020</a>: <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Neuer" title="Manuel Neuer">Neuer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2021 FIFA Club World Cup final">2021</a>: <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Azpilicueta" title="César Azpilicueta">Azpilicueta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2022 FIFA Club World Cup final">2022</a>: <a href="/wiki/Karim_Benzema" title="Karim Benzema">Benzema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_FIFA_Club_World_Cup_final" title="2023 FIFA Club World Cup final">2023</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Walker" title="Kyle Walker">Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="European_Cup_and_UEFA_Champions_League_winning_captains" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: gold;;background:gold;"><link 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Champions League">European Cup and UEFA Champions League</a> <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">winning captains</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: gold;;width:1%">European Cup era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1956_European_Cup_final" title="1956 European Cup final">1956</a>: <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Miguel Muñoz">Muñoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_European_Cup_final" title="1957 European Cup final">1957</a>: <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Miguel Muñoz">Muñoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_European_Cup_final" title="1958 European Cup final">1958</a>: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Alonso_(footballer,_born_1927)" title="Juan Alonso (footballer, born 1927)">Alonso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_European_Cup_final" title="1959 European Cup final">1959</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Z%C3%A1rraga" title="José María Zárraga">Zárraga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_European_Cup_final" title="1960 European Cup final">1960</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_Z%C3%A1rraga" title="José María Zárraga">Zárraga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_European_Cup_final" title="1961 European Cup final">1961</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_%C3%81guas" title="José Águas">Águas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_European_Cup_final" title="1962 European Cup final">1962</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_%C3%81guas" title="José Águas">Águas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_European_Cup_final" title="1963 European Cup final">1963</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cesare_Maldini" title="Cesare Maldini">C. Maldini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_European_Cup_final" title="1964 European Cup final">1964</a>: <a href="/wiki/Armando_Picchi" title="Armando Picchi">Picchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_European_Cup_final" title="1965 European Cup final">1965</a>: <a href="/wiki/Armando_Picchi" title="Armando Picchi">Picchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_European_Cup_final" title="1966 European Cup final">1966</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paco_Gento" title="Paco Gento">Gento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_European_Cup_final" title="1967 European Cup final">1967</a>: <a href="/wiki/Billy_McNeill" title="Billy McNeill">McNeill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_European_Cup_final" title="1968 European Cup final">1968</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_European_Cup_final" title="1969 European Cup final">1969</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gianni_Rivera" title="Gianni Rivera">Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_European_Cup_final" title="1970 European Cup final">1970</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rinus_Isra%C3%ABl" title="Rinus Israël">Israël</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_European_Cup_final" title="1971 European Cup final">1971</a>: <a href="/wiki/Velibor_Vasovi%C4%87" title="Velibor Vasović">Vasović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_European_Cup_final" title="1972 European Cup final">1972</a>: <a href="/wiki/Piet_Keizer" title="Piet Keizer">Keizer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_European_Cup_final" title="1973 European Cup final">1973</a>: <a href="/wiki/Johan_Cruyff" title="Johan Cruyff">Cruyff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_European_Cup_final" title="1974 European Cup final">1974</a>: <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Beckenbauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_European_Cup_final" title="1975 European Cup final">1975</a>: <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Beckenbauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_European_Cup_final" title="1976 European Cup final">1976</a>: <a href="/wiki/Franz_Beckenbauer" title="Franz Beckenbauer">Beckenbauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_European_Cup_final" title="1977 European Cup final">1977</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emlyn_Hughes" title="Emlyn Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_European_Cup_final" title="1978 European Cup final">1978</a>: <a href="/wiki/Emlyn_Hughes" title="Emlyn Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Cup_final" title="1979 European Cup final">1979</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_McGovern_(footballer)" title="John McGovern (footballer)">McGovern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_European_Cup_final" title="1980 European Cup final">1980</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_McGovern_(footballer)" title="John McGovern (footballer)">McGovern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_European_Cup_final" title="1981 European Cup final">1981</a>: <a href="/wiki/Phil_Thompson" title="Phil Thompson">Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_European_Cup_final" title="1982 European Cup final">1982</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Mortimer" title="Dennis Mortimer">Mortimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_European_Cup_final" title="1983 European Cup final">1983</a>: <a href="/wiki/Horst_Hrubesch" title="Horst Hrubesch">Hrubesch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Cup_final" title="1984 European Cup final">1984</a>: <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Souness" title="Graeme Souness">Souness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_European_Cup_final" title="1985 European Cup final">1985</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gaetano_Scirea" title="Gaetano Scirea">Scirea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_European_Cup_final" title="1986 European Cup final">1986</a>: <a href="/wiki/%C8%98tefan_Iovan" title="Ștefan Iovan">Iovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_European_Cup_final" title="1987 European Cup final">1987</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Pinto_(footballer,_born_1961)" title="João Pinto (footballer, born 1961)">Pinto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_European_Cup_final" title="1988 European Cup final">1988</a>: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Gerets" title="Eric Gerets">Gerets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Cup_final" title="1989 European Cup final">1989</a>: <a href="/wiki/Franco_Baresi" title="Franco Baresi">Baresi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_European_Cup_final" title="1990 European Cup final">1990</a>: <a href="/wiki/Franco_Baresi" title="Franco Baresi">Baresi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_European_Cup_final" title="1991 European Cup final">1991</a>: <a href="/wiki/Stevan_Stojanovi%C4%87" title="Stevan Stojanović">Stojanović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_European_Cup_final" title="1992 European Cup final">1992</a>: <a href="/wiki/Andoni_Zubizarreta" title="Andoni Zubizarreta">Zubizarreta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: gold;;width:1%">UEFA Champions League era</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1993_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="1993 UEFA Champions League final">1993</a>: <a href="/wiki/Didier_Deschamps" title="Didier Deschamps">Deschamps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="1994 UEFA Champions League final">1994</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mauro_Tassotti" title="Mauro Tassotti">Tassotti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="1995 UEFA Champions League final">1995</a>: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Blind" title="Danny Blind">Blind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="1996 UEFA Champions League final">1996</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gianluca_Vialli" title="Gianluca Vialli">Vialli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="1997 UEFA Champions League final">1997</a>: <a href="/wiki/Matthias_Sammer" title="Matthias Sammer">Sammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="1998 UEFA Champions League final">1998</a>: <a href="/wiki/Manolo_Sanch%C3%ADs" title="Manolo Sanchís">Sanchís</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="1999 UEFA Champions League final">1999</a>: <a href="/wiki/Peter_Schmeichel" title="Peter Schmeichel">Schmeichel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="2000 UEFA Champions League final">2000</a>: <a href="/wiki/Manolo_Sanch%C3%ADs" title="Manolo Sanchís">Sanchís</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="2001 UEFA Champions League final">2001</a>: <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Effenberg" title="Stefan Effenberg">Effenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="2002 UEFA Champions League final">2002</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Hierro" title="Fernando Hierro">Hierro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_UEFA_Champions_League_final" title="2003 UEFA Champions League final">2003</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Maldini" title="Paolo Maldini">P. 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title="Johnny Byrne (footballer)">Byrne</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Martin_Peters" title="Martin Peters">Peters</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hurst" title="Geoff Hurst">Hurst</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hurst" title="Geoff Hurst">Hurst</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Moore" title="Bobby Moore">Moore</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hurst" title="Geoff Hurst">Hurst</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Moore" title="Bobby Moore">Moore</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bonds" title="Billy Bonds">Bonds</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Brooking" title="Trevor Brooking">Brooking</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Pop_Robson" title="Pop Robson">B. Robson</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bonds" title="Billy Bonds">Bonds</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bonds" title="Billy Bonds">Bonds</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Brooking" title="Trevor Brooking">Brooking</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Brooking" 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Pearce">Pearce</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Schemmel" title="Sébastien Schemmel">Schemmel</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Cole" title="Joe Cole">Cole</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Etherington" title="Matthew Etherington">Etherington</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Sheringham" title="Teddy Sheringham">Sheringham</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Gabbidon" title="Danny Gabbidon">Gabbidon</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Tevez" title="Carlos Tevez">Tevez</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Green" title="Robert Green">Green</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Parker" title="Scott Parker">Parker</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Parker" title="Scott Parker">Parker</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Parker" title="Scott Parker">Parker</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Noble" title="Mark Noble">Noble</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Winston_Reid" title="Winston Reid">Reid</a></li> <li>2014: <a 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Gradel">Gradel</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Snodgrass" title="Robert Snodgrass">Snodgrass</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Byram" title="Sam Byram">Byram</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Ross_McCormack" title="Ross McCormack">McCormack</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Mowatt" title="Alex Mowatt">Mowatt</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Taylor_(footballer,_born_1993)" title="Charlie Taylor (footballer, born 1993)">Taylor</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Wood_(footballer,_born_1991)" title="Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991)">Wood</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(footballer,_born_1985)" title="Pablo Hernández (footballer, born 1985)">Hernández</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(footballer,_born_1985)" title="Pablo Hernández (footballer, born 1985)">Hernández</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Hern%C3%A1ndez_(footballer,_born_1985)" title="Pablo Hernández (footballer, born 1985)">Hernández</a></li> 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Armfield">Armfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_Jr." title="Alan Ball Jr.">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Banks" title="Gordon Banks">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barnes" title="John Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Bastin" title="Cliff Bastin">Bastin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendon_Batson" title="Brendon Batson">Batson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Beardsley" title="Peter Beardsley">Beardsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Bell_(footballer,_born_1946)" title="Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946)">Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Bergkamp" title="Dennis Bergkamp">Bergkamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Beckham" title="David Beckham">Beckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">Best</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Blanchflower" title="Danny Blanchflower">Blanchflower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bloomer" title="Steve Bloomer">Bloomer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bonds" title="Billy Bonds">Bonds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liam_Brady" title="Liam Brady">Brady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bremner" title="Billy Bremner">Bremner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Brooking" title="Trevor Brooking">Brooking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Buchan" title="Charlie Buchan">Buchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Butcher" title="Terry Butcher">Butcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Callaghan" title="Ian Callaghan">Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Cantona" title="Eric Cantona">Cantona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raich_Carter" title="Raich Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Charles" title="John Charles">Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Charlton" title="Bobby Charlton">B. Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Charlton" title="Jack Charlton">J. Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Clemence" title="Ray Clemence">Clemence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Cohen" title="George Cohen">Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Crompton" title="Bob Crompton">Crompton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish" title="Kenny Dalglish">Dalglish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixie_Dean" title="Dixie Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Doherty_(footballer)" title="Peter Doherty (footballer)">Doherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Edwards" title="Duncan Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Fashanu" title="Justin Fashanu">Fashanu</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ferdinand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Finney" title="Tom Finney">Finney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Francis" title="Trevor Francis">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Gallacher" title="Hughie Gallacher">Gallacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne" title="Paul Gascoigne">Gascoigne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Gerrard" title="Steven Gerrard">Gerrard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Giggs" title="Ryan Giggs">Giggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Giles" title="Johnny Giles">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gray_(footballer,_born_1948)" title="Eddie Gray (footballer, born 1948)">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Greaves" title="Jimmy Greaves">Greaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Hansen" title="Alan Hansen">Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Haynes" title="Johnny Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Hoddle" title="Glenn Hoddle">Hoddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emlyn_Hughes" title="Emlyn Hughes">E. Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes" title="Mark Hughes">M. Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Hunt" title="Roger Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Hunter_(footballer)" title="Norman Hunter (footballer)">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hurst" title="Geoff Hurst">Hurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Ince" title="Paul Ince">Ince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Irwin" title="Denis Irwin">Irwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_James_(footballer)" title="Alex James (footballer)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Jennings" title="Pat Jennings">Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Jones_(Welsh_footballer)" title="Cliff Jones (Welsh footballer)">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Keane" title="Roy Keane">Keane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keegan" title="Kevin Keegan">Keegan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Kompany" title="Vincent Kompany">Kompany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lampard" title="Frank Lampard">Lampard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Law" title="Denis Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Lawrenson" title="Mark Lawrenson">Lawrenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Lawton" title="Tommy Lawton">Lawton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Lee_(footballer)" title="Francis Lee (footballer)">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Leslie_(English_footballer)" title="Jack Leslie (English footballer)">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Le_Tissier" title="Matt Le Tissier">Le Tissier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Liddell" title="Billy Liddell">Liddell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Lineker" title="Gary Lineker">Lineker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Lofthouse" title="Nat Lofthouse">Lofthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Mackay" title="Dave Mackay">Mackay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilf_Mannion" title="Wilf Mannion">Mannion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McGrath_(footballer)" title="Paul McGrath (footballer)">McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McIlroy" title="Jimmy McIlroy">McIlroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McLintock" title="Frank McLintock">McLintock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Meredith" title="Billy Meredith">Meredith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Milburn" title="Jackie Milburn">Milburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Moore" title="Bobby Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Mortensen" title="Stan Mortensen">Mortensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Mullery" title="Alan Mullery">Mullery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Neville" title="Gary Neville">Neville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Owen" title="Michael Owen">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Pearce" title="Stuart Pearce">Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Peters" title="Martin Peters">Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Ramsey" title="Alf Ramsey">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrille_Regis" title="Cyrille Regis">Regis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Roberts" title="Charlie Roberts">Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Robertson_(footballer,_born_1953)" title="John Robertson (footballer, born 1953)">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Br. 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