Les Ferdinand

**Les Ferdinand** (born 8 December 1966) is a former football player. He has played for the England national team.

### Club career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Queens Park Rangers|1986–87|First Division|2|0|0|0|0|0|—|2|0||
|1987–88|First Division|1|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|2|0|||
|1989–90|First Division|9|2|0|0|0|0|—|9|2||||
|1990–91|First Division|18|8|1|0|2|0|0|0|21|8|||
|1991–92|First Division|23|10|0|0|2|2|1|0|26|12|||
|1992–93|Premier League|37|20|2|2|3|2|—|42|24||||
|1993–94|Premier League|36|16|1|0|3|2|—|40|18||||
|1994–95|Premier League|37|24|3|1|2|1|—|42|26||||
|Brentford (loan)|1987–88|Third Division|3|0|—|—|—|3|0|||||
|Beşiktaş (loan)|1988–89|Süper Lig|24|14|5|4|||1|0|30|18||
|rowspan="3"|Newcastle United|1995–96|Premier League|37|25|2|1|5|3|–|44|29||
|1996–97|Premier League|31|16|3|1|1|0|5|4|40|21|||
|rowspan="7"|Tottenham Hotspur|1997–98|Premier League|21|5|2|0|1|0|—|24|5||
|1998–99|Premier League|24|5|7|0|4|0|—|35|5||||
|1999–2000|Premier League|9|2|0|0|0|0|0|0|9|2|||
|2000–01|Premier League|28|10|4|0|3|0|—|35|10||||
|2001–02|Premier League|25|9|3|1|5|5|—|33|15||||
|2002–03|Premier League|11|2|0|0|2|0|—|13|2||||
|West Ham United|2002–03|Premier League|14|2|0|0|—|—|14|2||||
|Leicester City|2003–04|Premier League|29|12|2|1|0|0|—|31|13|||
|Bolton Wanderers|2004–05|Premier League|12|1|—|2|1|—|14|2||||
|Reading|2004–05|Championship|12|1|2|0|—|—|14|1||||
|Watford|2005–06|Championship|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0||

### International career statistics

|-
|1993||6||3
|-
|1994||1||0
|-
|1995||1||0
|-
|1996||4||2
|-
|1997||2||0
|-
|1998||3||0
|-
!Total||17||5
|}

## Honours

**Beşiktaş**
- Turkish Cup: 1988–89

**Tottenham Hotspur**
- Football League Cup: 1998–99

**Individual**
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1995–96
- Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 1995–96
- North-East FWA Player of the Year: 1996
- Scorer of the 10,000th Premier League goal – Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 – 2001–02)
- Leicester City Player of the Year: 2003–04
- Newcastle United Hall of Fame Inductee

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Les Ferdinand
<small>Order of the British Empire, MBE</small>
- **image**: LesFerdinandMay2015 (cropped).JPG
- **caption**: Ferdinand watching a Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers match in 2015
- **fullname**: Leslie Ferdinand
- **birth place**: Acton, London, Acton, England
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **currentclub**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers (director of football)
- **youthclubs1**: Viking Greenford F.C., Viking Sports
- **youthclubs2**: Southall F.C., Southall
- **years1**: 1984–1986
- **years2**: 1986–1987
- **years3**: 1987–1995
- **years4**: 1988
- **years5**: 1988–1989
- **years6**: 1995–1997
- **years7**: 1997–2003
- **years8**: 2003
- **years9**: 2003–2004
- **years10**: 2004–2005
- **years11**: 2005
- **clubs1**: Southall F.C., Southall
- **clubs2**: Hayes F.C., Hayes
- **clubs3**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **clubs4**: → Brentford F.C., Brentford (loan)
- **clubs5**: → Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş (loan)
- **clubs6**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **clubs7**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **clubs8**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **clubs9**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
- **clubs10**: Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers
- **clubs11**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **caps2**: 33
- **goals2**: 19
- **caps3**: 163
- **goals3**: 80
- **caps4**: 3
- **goals4**: 0
- **caps5**: 24
- **goals5**: 14
- **caps6**: 68
- **goals6**: 41
- **caps7**: 118
- **goals7**: 33
- **caps8**: 14
- **goals8**: 2
- **caps9**: 29
- **goals9**: 12
- **caps10**: 12
- **goals10**: 1
- **caps11**: 12
- **goals11**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 443
- **totalgoals**: 184
- **nationalyears1**: 1998
- **nationalyears2**: 1993–1998
- **nationalteam1**: England national football B team, England B
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalcaps2**: 17
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **manageryears1**: 2015
- **managerclubs1**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers (caretaker)
- **caps12**: 0
- **clubs12**: Watford F.C., Watford
- **goals12**: 0
- **years12**: 2005–2006