Rio Ferdinand

**Rio Gavin Ferdinand**  (born 7 November 1978) is a retired English football player. He is now a pundit for BT Sport.

On 8 November 2022, he was given a Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his service of sport and charities.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|West Ham United|1995–96|Premier League|1|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|1|0|||
|1996–97|Premier League|15|2|1|0|1|0|—|—|17|2|||||
|1997–98|Premier League|35|0|6|0|5|0|—|—|46|0|||||
|1998–99|Premier League|31|0|1|0|1|0|—|—|33|0|||||
|1999–2000|Premier League|33|0|1|0|4|0|3|0|6|0|46|0|||
|2000–01|Premier League|12|0|—|2|0|—|—|14|0||||||
|AFC Bournemouth (loan)|1996–97|Second Division|10|0|—|—|—|1|0|11|0|||||
|rowspan="3"|Leeds United|2000–01|Premier League|23|2|2|0|—|7|1|—|32|3|||
|2001–02|Premier League|31|0|1|0|2|0|7|0|—|41|0||||
|rowspan="13"|Manchester United|2002–03|Premier League|28|0|3|0|4|0|11|0|—|46|0||
|2003–04|Premier League|20|0|0|0|0|0|6|0|1|0|27|0|||
|2004–05|Premier League|31|0|5|0|1|0|5|0|0|0|42|0|||
|2005–06|Premier League|37|3|2|0|5|0|8|0|—|52|3||||
|2006–07|Premier League|33|1|7|0|0|0|9|0|—|49|1||||
|2007–08|Premier League|35|2|4|0|0|0|11|1|1|0|51|3|||
|2008–09|Premier League|24|0|3|0|1|0|11|0|4|0|43|0|||
|2009–10|Premier League|13|0|0|0|1|0|6|0|1|0|21|0|||
|2010–11|Premier League|19|0|2|0|1|0|7|0|0|0|29|0|||
|2011–12|Premier League|30|0|1|0|0|0|6|0|1|0|38|0|||
|2012–13|Premier League|28|1|2|0|0|0|4|0|—|34|1||||
|2013–14|Premier League|14|0|1|0|1|0|7|0|0|0|23|0|||
|Queens Park Rangers|2014–15|Premier League|11|0|1|0|0|0|—|—|12|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|England|1997|1|0|
|1998|4|0|||
|1999|3|0|||
|2000|2|0|||
|2001|9|0|||
|2002|9|1|||
|2003|5|0|||
|2004|3|0|||
|2005|8|0|||
|2006|12|0|||
|2007|8|1|||
|2008|8|1|||
|2009|4|0|||
|2010|4|0|||
|2011|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ferdinand goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|15 June 2002|Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan|26||1–0|3–0|2002 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|align="center"|2|12 September 2007|Wembley Stadium, London, England|62||3–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification||||||||
|align="center"|3|11 October 2008|Wembley Stadium, London, England|71||1–0|5–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**West Ham United**
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999

**Manchester United
- Premier League: 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Football League Cup: 2005–06, 2008–09
- FA Community Shield: 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011
- UEFA Champions League: 2007–08
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2008

**Individual'''

- West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 1997–98
- PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2001–02, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13
- Premier League Player of the Month: October 2001
- ESM Team of the Year: 2007–08
- FIFPro World XI: 2007–08
- London Youth Games Hall of Fame: 2010 inductee
- Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2011–12)
    - Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons (Panel choice)
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2016 Inductee
- BAFTA Award for Best Single Documentary: 2018.
- Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) from London South Bank University: 3 March 2022.
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Civil Division "For services to Association Football and to Charity" in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours List: 1 June 2022.
- Premier League Hall of Fame: 2023

## Bibliography

|Title|Year published|Pages|Ref.|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Rio: My Story_|2007|470||
|_Rio: My Decade as a Red_|2013|256||
|_#2Sides: My Autobiography_|2014|271||
|_Thinking Out Loud: Love, Grief and Being Mum and Dad_|2017|288||

## Related pages

- List of doping cases in sport

## Infobox (person)

- **playername**: Rio Ferdinand

- **image**: Web Summit 2015 - Dublin, Ireland - 22183056474 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Rio Ferdinand on 5 November 2015
- **fullname**: Rio Gavin Ferdinand
- **birth place**: Peckham, London, England
- **position**: Midfielder (football), Defender (retired)
- **clubnumber**: 5
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1993
- **youthyears2**: 1993–1995
- **youthclubs1**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **youthclubs2**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **years1**: 1995–2000
- **years2**: 1996–1997
- **years3**: 2000–2002
- **years4**: 2002–2014
- **years5**: 2014–2015
- **clubs1**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **clubs2**: →A.F.C. Bournemouth, Bournemouth (loan)
- **clubs3**: Leeds United A.F.C., Leeds United
- **clubs4**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **clubs5**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps1**: 127
- **goals1**: 2
- **caps2**: 10
- **goals2**: 0
- **caps3**: 54
- **goals3**: 2
- **caps4**: 312
- **goals4**: 7
- **caps5**: 11
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 514
- **totalgoals**: 11
- **nationalyears1**: 1997–2009
- **nationalteam1**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps1**: 76
- **nationalgoals1**: 3