Rio Ferdinand

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Rio Ferdinand
OBE
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Rio Ferdinand on 5 November 2015
Personal information
Full name Rio Gavin Ferdinand
Date of birth (1978-11-07) 7 November 1978 (age 44)
Place of birth Peckham, London, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender (retired)
Number 5
Youth career
1990–1993
1993–1995
Queens Park Rangers
West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2000 West Ham United 127 (2)
1996–1997Bournemouth (loan) 10 (0)
2000–2002 Leeds United 54 (2)
2002–2014 Manchester United 312 (7)
2014–2015 Queens Park Rangers 11 (0)
Total 514 (11)
National team
1997–2009 England 76 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rio Gavin Ferdinand OBE (born 7 November 1978) is a retired English football player. He is now a pundit for BT Sport.

On 8 November 2022, he was given a Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service of sport and charities.

Club career statistics[change | change source]

Club statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
EnglandLeague FA Cup Football League Cup EuropeTotal
1995/96 West Ham United Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0
1996/97 15 2 1 0 0 0 - 16 2
1996/97 Bournemouth Second Division 10 0 0 0 0 0 - 10 0
1997/98 West Ham United Premier League 35 0 6 0 5 0 - 46 0
1998/99 31 0 1 0 1 0 - 33 0
1999/00 33 0 0 0 4 0 10 0 47 0
2000/01 12 0 0 0 0 0 - 12 0
2000/01 Leeds United Premier League 23 2 1 0 2 0 7 0 33 2
2001/02 31 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 40 0
2002/03 Manchester United Premier League 28 0 3 0 4 0 11 0 46 0
2003/04 20 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 26 0
2004/05 31 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 42 0
2005/06 37 3 2 0 5 0 8 0 52 3
2006/07 33 1 7 0 0 0 9 0 49 1
2007/08 35 2 4 0 0 0 11 1 50 3
2008/09 24 0 3 0 1 0 11 0 39 0
2009/10
Country England 399 10 34 0 24 0 85 1 542 11
Total 399 10 34 0 24 0 85 1 542 11

International career statistics[change | change source]

[2]

England national team
YearAppsGoals
1997 1 0
1998 4 0
1999 3 0
2000 2 0
2001 9 0
2002 9 1
2003 5 0
2004 3 0
2005 8 0
2006 12 0
2007 8 1
2008 8 1
2009 4 0
Total 76 3

References[change | change source]

  1. search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4%ED%8D%BC%EB%94%94%EB%82%B8%EB%93%9C&sm=top_sug.pre&fbm=0&acr=3&acq=%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4%ED%8D%BC&qdt=0&ie=utf8
  2. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Rio Ferdinand". www.national-football-teams.com.