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Anton Ferdinand

Anton Julian Ferdinand(born 18 February 1985) is an English formerfootballerwho most recently played forSt Mirrenas acentre back.He was a product of theWest Ham United academyand has also played for theirsenior team,Queens Park Rangers,Sunderland,Bursaspor,AntalyasporandReading.He has also played for England atunder-21 level.Ferdinand retired from professional football in July 2019.

Anton Ferdinand
Ferdinand playing forSunderlandin 2011
Personal information
Full name Anton Julian Ferdinand[1]
Date of birth (1985-02-18)18 February 1985(age 39)[2]
Place of birth Peckham,England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre back[4]
Youth career
1994–2003 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 West Ham United 138 (5)
2008–2011 Sunderland 85 (0)
2011–2013 Queens Park Rangers 44 (0)
2013 →Bursaspor(loan) 7 (0)
2013–2014 Antalyaspor 3 (0)
2014 Police United 0 (0)
2014–2016 Reading 21 (0)
2016–2018 Southend United 65 (2)
2018–2019 St Mirren 18 (0)
Total 381 (7)
International career
2003 England U18 2 (0)
2005 England U20 4 (0)
2004–2007 England U21 17 (0)
Medal record
England
UEFA European U-21 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Background

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Ferdinand was born inPeckham,Greater London,[5]to Janice Lavender fromIrelandand Julian Ferdinand fromSaint Lucia.[6]His brother,Rio,played forWest Ham UnitedandManchester United,and is a former captain of theEngland national football team;and his cousin,Les,is a former England international.[7]Anton showed considerable talent from an early age. Like his brother, Rio, he preferred to play indefence.His ability in this position led to him being signed to West Ham United'sacademy.

Club career

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West Ham United

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Ferdinand joined West Ham aged nine[8]later signing a three-year professional contract in the summer of 2002.[9]He was handed hisfirst teamdebut, by managerGlenn Roeder,in August 2003 when he started the 2–1 victory atPreston North Endon the2003–04season's opening day.[10]He went on to feature in 26 games that season.[11]

Anton with brother Rio inTony Carr's testimonial match

In the2004–05season, he cemented his first team place with several key performances including scoring the opening goal, and his first for West Ham, on the final day of the season as West Ham beatWatford2–1 atVicarage Roadto make theplay-offs.[12][13]In theFinalFerdinand was a member of the team which beat Preston 1–0, earning them promotion back into thePremier Leagueafter an absence of two years.[14]At the end of July 2005, Ferdinand signed a three-year contract extension with the club.[15]

Ferdinand won thePremier League Player of the Monthaward in January 2006, following his brother Rio to become the first brothers to win the award.[16]In the2006 FA Cup FinalagainstLiverpoolin Cardiff, Ferdinand fell to his knees after missing the decisive penalty in the shoot out.[17]During the2005–06 season,Ferdinand was linked withreigning Spanish championsFC Barcelona.[18][19]

In March 2007 it was revealed that Ferdinand had been fined two weeks' wages (estimated at £45,000) for lying about his whereabouts. Ferdinand told the club he needed to go to theIsle of Wightto visit his grandmother when in fact, he went toSouth Carolinato celebrate his 22nd birthday. West Ham lost the following game to relegation rivalsCharlton Athletic0–4.[20]His last goal for West Ham was againstFulhamon 12 January 2008, scoring in the 69th minute to put West Ham 2–1 ahead, which proved to be the winning goal.[21]

Sunderland

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On 27 August 2008, Ferdinand signed for Sunderland for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.[22]Sunderland managerRoy Keanealso stated after the signing of Ferdinand that he viewed him as a future England International.[23]Ferdinand made a promising start to his Sunderland career in a partnership formed withDanny Collinsbut Sunderland's poor results at the start of the 2008–09 season saw Keane experiment with several differentback fourline-ups resulting in Ferdinand being in and out of the side.[24][25]Following captainDean Whitehead's departure toStoke Cityin July 2009,Nyron Nosworthytook Whitehead's vacated number 6 jersey and Ferdinand switched from number 26 to number 5. Ferdinand fell out of favour with new managerSteve Bruceand first team opportunities became limited and he was not initially given a squad number for the 2010–11 Premier League season as loan-signingJohn Mensahwas given Ferdinand's number 5 shirt, but was later given number 29.[26]

Queens Park Rangers

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On 31 August 2011, Sunderland accepted a bid from Queens Park Rangers for Ferdinand.[27]The transfer was confirmed on 1 September. He made his debut on 12 September, playing the full 90 minutes, alongsideDanny Gabbidonin a 0–0 draw withNewcastle UnitedatLoftus Road.[28]On 23 October, in a match between QPR andChelsea,Ferdinand alleged racial abuse by Chelsea captain,John Terry,claiming Terry called him a "fucking black cunt" during the game; a claim denied by Terry.[29]On 1 November, theMetropolitan Policeannounced a formal investigation into the allegations.[30]On 1 February 2012 atWestminster Magistrates' Court,Terry was accused of a racially aggravated public order offence in relation to the game atLoftus Roadon 23 October. He entered a not-guilty plea and stood trial on 9 July.[31]On 13 July, aftera four-day trial,Terry was acquitted.[32]In July, following the court hearing Terry was charged byThe Football Associationwith "using abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards Ferdinand and which included a reference to colour and/or race contrary to FA Rule E3[2]". In September 2012, after a four-day hearing, he was found guilty, banned for four games and fined £220,000.[33]On 9 August 2013, Ferdinand was released by Queens Park Rangers in an effort to cut costs, the club having been relegated to theChampionship.[34]

Loan to Bursaspor

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Ferdinand playing forAntalyasporin 2013

In January 2013, after struggling for a first-team place with QPR, Ferdinand joined Turkish club Bursaspor on loan until the end of the season.[35]Ferdinand played seven games for Bursaspor helping them to fourth place in the2012–13 Super Leagueand a qualifying position in the2013–14 Europa League.[36]

Antalyaspor

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On 14 August 2013, Ferdinand signed for Turkish team Antalyaspor on a three-year contract.[37]At the end of the 2013–14 season he was released by the club.

Police United

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Ferdinand was heavily linked with a move toPolice Unitedof theThai Premier Leagueduring the summer of 2014.[38]The next week, he arrived inBangkokto sign for Police United on 18 June 2014.[39][40]He andTeeratep Winothaiwere unveiled as new Police United signings in a press conference on 20 June and he said former QPR teammateJay Bothroyd,who played forMuangthong United,convinced him to move to Thailand.[41]The BBC later reported that the move had fallen through and that Ferdinand was in advanced negotiations withChampionshipside Reading[42]with the CEO of Police United, Samrit Bunditkitsada, being part of a consortium which bought a 90% stake in the English club in July.[43][44]

Reading

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On 11 August 2014, Ferdinand signed a two-year deal with Reading on a free transfer.[45]Ferdinand did not make his Reading debut until 4 November 2014. He had been side-lined with ahamstringinjury but played the first half in a 3–0 home win againstRotherham United.[46]Reading announced on 9 May 2016, that Ferdinand would leave Reading when his contract expired at the end of June 2016.[47]

Southend United

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On 27 August 2016, Ferdinand signed for Southend United on a one-year deal.[48]On 9 August 2017, Ferdinand signed a new two-year contract to stay at Southend United.[49]At the end of the 2017–18 season he was transfer listed by the club.[50]On 31 August 2018, he left the club by mutual consent and became a free agent.[51]

St Mirren

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On 14 September 2018, he joinedScottish PremiershipsideSt Mirren.[52]In January 2019, Ferdinand signed a contract extension with St Mirren – keeping him at the club until the end of the season.[53]In May 2019, Ferdinand confirmed that he was leaving Saints at the end of his contract.[54]It was confirmed he retired from professional football in July 2019.[55]

International career

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In January 2003, before he'd made his senior debut for West Ham, Ferdinand was tipped byBBC Sportto be called up for theEnglandsquad forUEFA Euro 2008- a tournament that England ultimately failed to qualify for.[56]

Ferdinand was a regular selection forEngland's under-21 side,having made his début in a 3–1 win overUkraineat theRiverside Stadiumon 17 August 2004.[8]

Ferdinand was selected to be part of the England squad for the2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championshipin the Netherlands, and given the number 5 shirt. Going into the tournament whilst recovering from an injury, he made only one appearance off the bench in the semi-final against thehosts.The match finished 1–1 after extra time and in the resulting penalty shootout, he missed the decisive kick as England lost by a record 13–12 score.[57]This was his final U21 appearance.

Ferdinand is also eligible to play for theRepublic of Irelandnational team through his mother andSaint Luciathrough his father.[58]

Outside of football

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Since retirement, Ferdinand has appeared as a pundit ontalkSPORT.[59]In 2025, Ferdinand is set to appear as a contestant on theseventeenth seriesofDancing on Ice.[60]

Personal life

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Anton Ferdinand signing autographs

Ferdinand is aChristian.He is the brother of formerManchester UniteddefenderRio Ferdinand,as well as the cousin of both Les Ferdinand, a former Queens Park Rangers andKane Ferdinand,a midfielder forMaidenhead United.[61]

Court case

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In October 2006, Ferdinand was arrested on assault charges following a fracas outside a nightclub inIlford.He was charged in November 2006.[62]He appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 12 November 2007 charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm andaffray,arising from this incident. It was alleged that Ferdinand had punched Emile Walker. In his defence, Ferdinand said he had feared he was going to be robbed of his £64,000 watch and was defending himself.[63]On 20 November 2007, Ferdinand was acquitted as the jury accepted he was acting in self-defence.[64]

Charity work

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Ferdinand is an Athlete Ambassador for the charityRight To Play.[65]

Racial abuse

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Further information:R v Terry

On 2 November 2011,John Terrywas placed under police investigation following an allegation of racist abuse made at Ferdinand during a match versus Queens Park Rangers.[66][67]Video footage circulated on the internet led to accusations that Terry called Ferdinand a "fucking blackcunt."In response to the video footage, Terry claimed that he was actually asking Ferdinand," Oi, Anton, do you think I called you a black cunt? "[68]On 25 November 2011, Terry was interviewed under caution by the police.[69]On 21 December 2011, he was charged with using racist language by theCrown Prosecution Service.[70]On 3 February 2012, the Football Association stripped Terry of his England captaincy for the second time, stating that Terry would not captain the national team until the racial abuse allegations against him were resolved.[71]

When the trial began in July 2012, Terry entered a not guilty plea and was acquitted of the charge on 13 July 2012. The court established that neither Ferdinand nor anyone else had heard Terry's words, but Terry himself admitted that he had directed the words "fucking black cunt" and "fucking knobhead" at Ferdinand, which was affirmed by two expert lip readers from video evidence. Terry maintained that he used the words as a form ofsarcasmand that he was questioning what he thought had been an allegation of racism from Ferdinand; neither lip reader was able to "identify whether the statement was made as a question or in what type of voice it was said." Chief Magistrate Riddle concluded that while there was no doubt Terry had uttered those words in anger, "it is impossible to be sure exactly what were the words spoken by [Terry] at the relevant time" and that there was a lack of evidence to prove beyond a doubt that Terry had used them as an insult instead of "a challenge to what he believed had been said to him." The court therefore found Terry not guilty.[72][73]

On 27 July 2012, the FA charged Terry for using "abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour" which "included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Ferdinand." The FA had delayed the charge until after the conclusion of Terry's criminal trial. Terry denied the charge.[74]On the eve of the FA's hearing, Terry announced his retirement from the England national football team, saying his position had become "untenable" due to the disciplinary charge. On 27 September 2012, the hearing concluded with Terry being found guilty; he was punished with a four-match ban and a £220,000 fine.[75]

The FA published a 63-page report[76]regarding the disciplinary proceedings conducted by an Independent Regulatory Commission; it labelled aspects of Terry's defence as "improbable, implausible and contrived," finding it "inherently unlikely that if he had been accused by Mr. Ferdinand of calling him something that ended with the words" black cunt ", that Mr. Terry would have added the word" fucking "when he threw the words back, if he was genuinely doing so by way of forceful denial" and "inherently improbable" that he would call Anton Ferdinand a "fucking knobhead" for falsely accusing him of racial abuse. The Commission found it "implausible" that to robustly deny having used the words "black cunt" he "simply repeated" them. His defence in court was not that he had "simply repeated" the words but that he had "sarcastically" repeated them (see above); however, there was no reference to sarcasm in the Regulatory Commission's 63-page written report. The Commission concluded that it was "quite satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that there [was] no credible basis for Mr. Terry's defence that his use of the words 'fucking black cunt' were directed at Ferdinand by way of forceful rejection and/or inquiry. Instead, [the Commission was] quite satisfied, and [found] on the balance of probabilities, that the offending words were said by way of insult."[77][78]

The FA commission was also criticised as a "kangaroo court" and the FA for its lack of independence, for failing to disclose all evidence to the police, failing to tape record their interview with key witnessAshley Cole,for lowering the required burden of proof after the incident had taken place,[79]and for punishing Terry for an offence he had already been cleared of in a criminal court,[80][81][82]in contravention of its own rules, which state that verdicts in criminal cases are "presumed to be correct" unless "clear and convincing evidence" to the contrary emerges.[83]Terry's four-match ban was contrasted withLuis Suárez's eight-match ban for racially abusingPatrice Evra(Suárez received a longer ban for using the insults repeatedly) and a 14-year-old schoolboy's five-match ban for telling a referee his name wasSanta Claus.[80][81]

On 18 October 2012, Terry decided not to appeal against the verdict and his four-match ban. He issued an apology for "the language [he] used in the game" and stated that it was "not acceptable on the football field or indeed in any walk of life." Chelsea announced that they had taken further disciplinary action against Terry while keeping the details confidential.[84]However, Terry and Chelsea still faced media condemnation; Terry was criticised for not directly and personally apologising to Ferdinand, while Chelsea were accused of hypocrisy and double standards by only fining Terry and not stripping him of his captaincy when they have a "zero-tolerance" approach to racism and had previously handed a life ban to a fan who racially abused former Chelsea player Didier Drogba.[85]In a radio interview, Chelsea chairmanBruce Buckand chief executiveRon Gourlaycalled the incident a "lapse of judgement" and "out of character" from Terry and stated that the club had "taken firm disciplinary action appropriate to the circumstances," adding that "we must not forget he was cleared in a court of law."[86]

In November 2020, the BBC broadcastAnton Ferdinand: Football, Racism and Me,a programme looking at racism and the incident with Terry in 2011.[87][88]While promoting the programme onInstagram,Ferdinand received racist abuse by being sent monkey and banana emojis.[89]

Career statistics

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As of match played 26 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 2003–04[90] First Division 20 0 3 0 3 0 – – 26 0
2004–05[91] Championship 29 1 3 0 1 0 – 3[a] 0 36 1
2005–06[92] Premier League 33 2 5 0 0 0 – – 38 2
2006–07[93] 31 0 1 0 1 0 1[b] 0 – 34 0
2007–08[94] 25 2 2 0 2 0 – – 29 2
Total 138 5 14 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 163 5
Sunderland 2008–09[95] Premier League 31 0 3 0 2 0 – – 36 0
2009–10[96] 24 0 0 0 1 0 – – 25 0
2010–11[97] 27 0 1 0 2 0 – – 30 0
2011–12[98] 3 0 0 0 1 0 – – 4 0
Total 85 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 95 0
Queens Park Rangers 2011–12[98] Premier League 31 0 2 0 0 0 – – 33 0
2012–13[99] 13 0 2 0 1 0 – – 16 0
Total 44 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 49 0
Bursaspor(loan) 2012–13[100] Süper Lig 7 0 1 0 – – – 8 0
Antalyaspor 2013–14[100] 3 0 3 0 – – – 6 0
Reading 2014–15[101] Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2015–16[102] 19 0 3 0 2 0 – – 24 0
Total 21 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Southend United 2016–17[103] League One 34 2 0 0 0 0 – 2[c] 0 36 2
2017–18[104] 31 0 1 0 0 0 – 3[c] 0 35 0
Total 65 2 1 0 0 0 – 5 0 71 2
St Mirren 2018–19[105] Scottish Premiership 18 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 19 0
Career total 381 7 30 0 16 0 1 0 9 0 437 7
  1. ^Appearances in theChampionship play-offs
  2. ^Appearance in theUEFA Cup
  3. ^abAppearances in theEFL Trophy

Honours

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West Ham United

Individual

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