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| Les Ferdinand | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Leslie Ferdinand | |
| Date of birth: | 8 December 1966 | |
| Place of birth: | Paddington,  England
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| Height: | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position: | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
1985–1986 |
Southall Hayes | |
| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 1987–1995 1988 1988–1989 1995–1997 1997–2003 2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005 2005–2006 Total |
Hayes Queens Park Rangers → Brentford (loan) → Beşiktaş (loan) Newcastle United Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Leicester City Bolton Wanderers Reading Watford |
33 (19) 163 (80) 3 (0) 24 (14) 68 (41) 118 (33) 14 (2) 29 (12) 12 (1) 12 (1) 0 (0) 443 (184) |
| National team | ||
| 1998 1993–1998 |
England B England
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1 (1) 17 (5) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2015 | Queens Park Rangers (caretaker manager) | |
Leslie "Les" Ferdinand MBE (born 8 December 1966) is an English former footballer and current football coach and Director of Football at his former club Queens Park Rangers. His playing career included spells at Queens Park Rangers F.C, Beşiktaş, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, Reading and Watford during which period he earned 17 caps for England. Ferdinand is the eighth highest scorer in the Premier League with 149 goals.
He is the cousin of players, brothers Rio and Anton Ferdinand, and Peterborough United player, Kane Ferdinand.
According to different sources, Les Ferdinand scored 310 goals.
He was made an MBE in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours.
On 5 November 2008 Ferdinand joined fellow ex-Tottenham player Tim Sherwood on the coaching staff of Tottenham Hotspur, to work with the strikers. Ferdinand left the club on 19 June 2014.
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| England – UEFA Euro 1996 |
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1. Seaman
2. G. Neville
3. Pearce
4. Ince
5. Adams
6. Southgate
7. Platt
8. Gascoigne
9. Shearer
10. Sheringham
11. Anderton
12. Howey
13. Flowers
14. Barmby
15. Redknapp
16. Campbell
17. McManaman
18. Ferdinand
19. P. Neville
20. Stone
21. Fowler
22. Walker
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| England – 1998 FIFA World Cup |
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1. Seaman
2. Campbell
3. Le Saux
4. Ince
5. Adams
6. Southgate
7. Beckham
8. Batty
9. Shearer (c)
10. Sheringham
11. McManaman
12. Neville
13. Martyn
14. Anderton
15. Merson
16. Scholes
17. Lee
18. Keown
19. L. Ferdinand
20. Owen
21. R. Ferdinand
22. Flowers
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