Glenn Ferguson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Glenn Ferguson | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Ards | 52 | (13) |
| 1990–1998 | Glenavon | 204 | (99) |
| 1998–2009 | Linfield | 320 | (175) |
| 2009–2011 | Lisburn Distillery | 68 | (24) |
| Total | 544 | (311) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991–2000 | Irish League XI | 4 | (2) |
| 1997–1998 | Northern Ireland B | 2 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Northern Ireland | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2016 | Ballymena United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Glenn 'Spike' Ferguson (born 10 July 1969) is a Northern Irish former football player and current manager. He is currently out of work following being sacked at Ballymena United on 29 February 2016.
During his playing career, he played for Ards and Glenavon before joining Linfield in January 1998 for an Irish League record transfer fee of £55,000. He was released by Linfield in May 2009, after which he signed for Lisburn Distillery where he finished his career.
He is Linfield's top scorer in European competition with 5 goals: Ferguson opening his European account with a consolation goal as Linfield were beaten 5-1 at the Makario Stadium in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. The following week he netted again the home leg.
Ferguson netted twice against FC Haka in the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League and his fifth and final goal in European competition was against Stabæk Fotball in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup.
Ferguson amassed over 1,000 domestic appearances and scored a total of 563 goals in Irish football, placing him 2nd behind Jimmy Jones (646) on the list of all-time goalscorers in Irish Football. He had also been capped 5 times by Northern Ireland.
Glenn was born on 10 July 1969 in the Ulster Hospital Dundonald to Thomas and Ida Ferguson and is the youngest of their three children.
On 1 December 2006, he scored his 226th goal for Linfield, which took his career total to 476, making him the third highest scorer in the history of the local game, behind only Jimmy Jones and Joe Bambrick.
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