Anton Ferdinand

**Anton Julian Ferdinand** (born 18 February 1985) is an English former footballer who most recently played for St Mirren as a centre back. He was a product of the West Ham United academy and has also played for their senior team, Queens Park Rangers, Sunderland, Bursaspor, Antalyaspor and Reading.

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|West Ham United|2003–04|First Division|20|0|3|0|3|0|–|–|26|0|||
|2004–05|Championship|29|1|3|0|1|0|–|3|0|36|1||||
|2005–06|rowspan="3"|Premier League|33|2|5|0|0|0|–|–|38|2||||
|2006–07|31|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|–|34|0|||||
|2007–08|25|2|2|0|2|0|–|–|29|2||||||
|rowspan="5"|Sunderland|2008–09|rowspan="4"|Premier League|31|0|3|0|2|0|–|–|36|0||
|2009–10|24|0|0|0|1|0|–|–|25|0||||||
|2010–11|27|0|1|0|2|0|–|–|30|0||||||
|2011–12|3|0|0|0|1|0|–|–|4|0||||||
|rowspan="3"|Queens Park Rangers|2011–12|rowspan="2"|Premier League|31|0|2|0|0|0|–|–|33|0||
|2012–13|13|0|2|0|1|0|–|–|16|0||||||
|Bursaspor (loan)|2012–13|rowspan="2"|Süper Lig|7|0|1|0|–|–|–|8|0||||
|Antalyaspor|2013–14|3|0|3|0|–|–|–|6|0||||||
|rowspan="3"|Reading|2014–15|rowspan="2"|Championship|2|0|0|0|0|0|–|–|2|0||
|2015–16|19|0|3|0|2|0|–|–|24|0||||||
|rowspan="3"|Southend United|2016–17|rowspan="2"|League One|34|2|0|0|0|0|–|2|0|36|2|
|2017–18|31|0|1|0|0|0|–|3|0|35|0|||||
|St Mirren|2018–19|Scottish Premiership|18|0|0|0|0|0|–|1|0|19|0|||

## Honours

**Individual**
- Premier League Player of the Month: January 2006

**West Ham United**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2005

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Anton Ferdinand
- **image**: Anton Ferdinand (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Ferdinand playing for Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland in 2011
- **fullname**: Anton Julian Ferdinand
- **birth place**: Peckham, England
- **position**: Centre back
- **youthclubs1**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **youthyears1**: 1994–2003
- **clubs1**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **clubs2**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **years1**: 2003–2008
- **years2**: 2008–2011
- **caps1**: 138
- **caps2**: 85
- **goals1**: 5
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2011–2013
- **clubs3**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps3**: 44
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2013
- **clubs4**: → Bursaspor (loan)
- **caps4**: 7
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2013–2014
- **clubs5**: Antalyaspor
- **caps5**: 3
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2014
- **clubs6**: Police United F.C., Police United
- **caps6**: 0
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2014–2016
- **clubs7**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **caps7**: 21
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2016–2018
- **clubs8**: Southend United F.C., Southend United
- **caps8**: 65
- **goals8**: 2
- **years9**: 2018–2019
- **clubs9**: St Mirren F.C., St Mirren
- **caps9**: 18
- **goals9**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 381
- **totalgoals**: 7
- **nationalyears1**: 2003
- **nationalteam1**: England under-18 national football team, England U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2005
- **nationalteam2**: England national under-20 football team, England U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2004–2007
- **nationalteam3**: England under-21 national football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 17
- **nationalgoals3**: 0