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Les Ferdinand
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English association football player (born 1966)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Official Les Ferninand annual
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Acton, London, England, UK
Leslie Ferdinand MBE is an English former professional footballer and current coach and who is the director of football at Queens Park Rangers.
Known for
- Transfer 3602024
- Robson Green's Weekend Escapes — Himself2023
- Alan Shearer: Dementia, Football & Me — Self2017
- First Among Equals: The Laurie Cunningham Story — Self2013
- The Race — Self2006
- Match of the Day 2 — Pundit2004
- Top Gear — Self2002
- Do I Not Like That - The Final Chapter — Self1997
- GamesMaster — Self1992
- Match of the Day — Pundit1964
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 2001
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24
- Total plays
- 107
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Les+Ferdinand">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Circular RNAs are a large class of animal RNAs with regulatory potency
· 2013 · cited 6,745x
- Diversity of the Human Intestinal Microbial Flora
· 2005 · cited 6,535x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,481x
- Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke with Perfusion-Imaging Selection
· 2015 · cited 5,072x
- Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
· 2015 · cited 4,219x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- 1988
- → Brentford (loan)
- 1998
- England B
- 2003
- West Ham United
- 2005
- Reading
- 2015
- Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
- Full name
- Leslie Ferdinand
- Date of birth
- ( 1966-12-08 ) 8 December 1966 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Acton , Greater London, England
- Height
- 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- Position
- Striker
- Years
- Team
- 1984 1986
- Southall
- 1986 1987
- Hayes
- 1987 1995
- Queens Park Rangers
- 1988 1989
- → Beşiktaş (loan)
- 1995 1997
- Newcastle United
- 1997 2003
- Tottenham Hotspur
- 2003 2004
- Leicester City
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Forward
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 85
- Image
- LesFerdinandMay2015 (cropped).JPG
- Height
- 180
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1966-12-08
- Commons category
- Les Ferdinand
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- name in native language
- Les Ferdinand
- birth name
- Leslie Ferdinand
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Leslie Ferdinand (born 8 December 1966) is an English football coach, former professional footballer and television pundit.
A striker, his playing career included notable spells in the Premier League with Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers. He also played in Turkey with Beşiktaş and in the Football League with Brentford, Reading and Watford. Prior to becoming a professional player, Ferdinand had played non-league football with both Southall and Hayes. He earned 17 caps for England and was part of the Euro 96 and World Cup 98 squads. He is the eleventh-highest scorer in the history of the Premier League, with 149 goals and he contributed a further 49 assists in the division.