Anton Ferdinand

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Anton Ferdinand
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Anton Ferdinand, 2013
Personnel
Surname Anton Julian Ferdinand
birthday February 18, 1985
place of birth PeckhamEngland
size 183 cm
position Defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2003-2008 West Ham United 138 (5)
2008-2011 Sunderland AFC 85 (0)
2011-2013 Queens Park Rangers 44 (0)
2013 →  Bursaspor  (loan) 7 (0)
2013-2014 Antalyaspor 3 (0)
2014 Police United
2014-2016 Reading FC 21 (0)
2016-2018 Southend United 65 (2)
2018-2019 FC St. Mirren 18 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2004-2007 England U-21 17 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 3, 2019

Anton Julian Ferdinand (born February 18, 1985 in Peckham ) is an English football player and former U-21 international . He is the younger brother of England international Rio Ferdinand and a cousin of former Premier League player Les Ferdinand .

Player career

society

The defender made his Football League Championship debut on the first day of the 2003/04 season against Preston North End , until 2008 he played for West Ham United in the Premier League . In the summer break of 2008 he moved to Sunderland AFC . The transfer fee was about eight million pounds. On August 31, 2011, he moved to the Premier League newly promoted Queens Park Rangers and signed a three-year contract.

On January 29, 2013 Ferdinand moved to the end of the season on loan to the Turkish first division club Bursaspor .

In the summer of 2013 Ferdinand switched to Antalyaspor , another Turkish first division club. After this club missed relegation after one season, Ferdinand left the club after a year.

National team

Ferdinand made his debut in the England U-21 national team on April 17, 2004 in a game against Ukraine and played 17 games in which he did not score. He had to turn down an invitation as a substitute for the English World Cup team due to an injury.

Others

In October 2006, Anton Ferdinand was briefly arrested in connection with a brawl outside a nightclub and released after paying bail . A hearing in November 2006 had no consequences.

Racism allegations Ferdinand against the national player and Chelsea FC captain John Terry ended in mid-July 2012 with an acquittal for Terry.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Ferdinand makes Sunderland switch" (BBC Sport)
  2. QPR sign Sunderland defender Anton Ferdinand (BBC Sport)
  3. ANTON JOINS BURSASPOR
  4. ^ "Footballer charged with assault" (BBC Sport)
  5. ^ Racism allegation: John Terry acquitted of racism allegation at Spiegel Online , July 13, 2012 (accessed July 13, 2012).