Alex Ferguson

**Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson**  (born 31 December 1941) is a retired Scottish footballer and retired manager.  He has managed St. Mirren, Aberdeen, and Manchester United. He is widely considered to be the greatest football manager of all time, and has won more trophies than anyone else in the history of English football.

As a player, he played as a forward. He played for multiple Scottish teams, including Dunfermline Athletic and Rangers. After retiring from playing, he started managing at East Stirlingshire. He would be hired by St Mirren, Aberdeen, and the Scotland national team, due to the death of Jock Stein. He was the manager of Scotland at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

In November 1986, he was appointed the manager of Manchester United. He won 38 trophies with Manchester United, including 13 Premier Leagues, 5 FA Cups, 4 Football League Cups, 10 FA Community Shields, 2 UEFA Champions Leagues. He Became The Only Best Coach Ever For Manchester United Dues to  Everyday Winning Trophy making his team one of the best ever in premier League then.He manage the team until his retirement in year 2013.

## Playing Career
He made his debut for Queen's Park at age 16. He would score 20 goals in 31 games for Queens Park. He joined St Johnstone in 1960 to try to get regular gametime. He would score a hat-trick for St Johnstone against Rangers. He signed for Dunfermline in 1964.

In the 1964-65 season, Dunfermline finished 3rd with 49 points. They finished 1 point behind Hearts and Kilmarnock. Ferguson was dropped for the 1964–65 Scottish Cup final. In that final, Dunfermline lost 3-2 against Celtic. He was the joint top scorer in the 1965–66 Scottish Division One season. He and Joe McBride both scored 31 goals. He joined Rangers in 1967, for a Scottish record of £65,000. He would only spend 2 season at Rangers, before joning Falkirk in 1969.

He retired in 1974, after spending 1 season at Ayr United. He scored 171 goals in 317 games throughout his career.

## Managerial Career 
### Early career as manager 
In June 1974, Ferguson became the manager of East Stirlingshire. A year after that, St Mirren offered Ferguson the job as their manager. Ferguson took the job. In 1974, St Mirren were playing in the second division. By 1978, Ferguson had led the club to the First Division title. St Mirren fired Ferguson from his role in 1978.

### Aberdeen 
Ferguson became Aberdeen manager in 1978. At that time, Aberdeen had only won the league title once. Ferguson was still a young manager. His start with Aberdeen did not go very well. Aberdeen lost the Scottish Cup semi-final and the Scottish League Cup final in his first season, and finished fourth in the league.

In the 1979-80 season, Aberdeen won the Scottish league. In 1982, the team won the Scottish Cup. As a result of winning the cup, Aberdeen played in the European Cup Winners' Cup the following season (1982-83). Impressively, Aberdeen beat Bayern Munich on their way to the final. They faced Real Madrid in the final. Aberdeen won that game 2-1 and won the competition. In the next season, Aberdeen beat the European Cup champions Hamburger SV to win the European Super Cup.

Aberdeen won the league title in 1983-84 and 1984-85 seasons and won a couple of domestic cups. He left for Manchester United in November 1986.

### Manchester United 
On 6 November 1986, Manchester United appointed Ferguson as their manager. The team was in the 21st position (out of 22) when he took over, but they finished 11th. Manchester United finished second in the following season, 1987-88.

## Career statistics
### As a player
### As a manager
## Honours
### Player
**St Johnstone**
* Scottish Division Two: 1962–63

**Falkirk**
* Scottish Division Two: 1969–70

**Individual**
* Scottish Division One top scorer: 1965–66

### Manager
**St Mirren**
* Scottish First Division: 1976–77

**Aberdeen**
* Scottish Premier Division: 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85
* Scottish Cup: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86
* Scottish League Cup: 1985–86
* Drybrough Cup: 1980
* European Cup Winners' Cup: 1982–83
* European Super Cup: 1983

**Manchester United**
* Premier League: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13
* FA Cup: 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
* Football League Cup: 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
* France Football 2nd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019
* FourFourTwo Greatest Manager of All Time: 2020
* BBC Sports Personality Diamond Award: 2013
* English Football Hall of Fame (Manager) : 2002
* Scottish Football Hall of Fame: 2004
* European Hall of Fame (Manager): 2008
* FIFA Presidential Award: 2011
* Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 – 2001–02)
** Manager of the Decade
** Most Coaching Appearances (392 games)
* Premier League 20 Seasons Awards (1992–93 – 2011–12)
** Best Manager
* FWA Tribute Award: 1996
* PFA Merit Award: 2007
* Premier League Merit Award: 2012–13
* Mussabini Medal: 1999

### Orders and special awards
* Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE): 1985
* Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE): 1995
* Knight Bachelor (Kt.): 1999
* Freedom of the City of Aberdeen: 1999
* Freedom of the City of Glasgow: 1999
* Freedom of the City of Manchester: 2000
* Freedom of the Borough of Trafford: 2013

### Honorary degrees
Ferguson has received at least eight honorary degrees. These Include:

## References
## Other websites
* Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United Managerial Record  at mufcinfo.com
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* Scottish Football Hall of Fame profile 
* Aberdeen Manager profile at *AFC Heritage Trust*