Islam Feruz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Islam Salieh Feruz | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Kismayo, Somalia | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Chelsea | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Celtic | ||
| 2011–2014 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → OFI Crete (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Blackpool (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Hibernian (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Excel Mouscron (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Scotland U16 | 3 | (1) |
| 2009–2012 | Scotland U17 | 18 | (7) |
| 2012 | Scotland U19 | 5 | (3) |
| 2012 | Scotland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Scotland U21 | 4 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2013 (UTC) |
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Islam Salieh Feruz (born 10 September 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Chelsea.
Feruz spent most of his youth career with Celtic, before moving to Chelsea in September 2011 after rejecting a professional contract with the Scottish club. He is yet to make a competitive appearance for the Chelsea first team, having mostly represented the team at U21 level in recent seasons. He has also had loan spells at OFI Crete, Blackpool and Hibernian.
A resident of Scotland and naturalised citizen of the United Kingdom, Feruz declared in 2009 that he would play for the Scotland national football team, and has represented the country at several youth levels.
Feruz was born in Somali, Somalia in 1995. He was raised by his mother Aisha and stepfather Albashir Ali. He has three sisters: Kauthar, Ethil and Rahma.Wales Online and The Scottish Sun indicate that there is some uncertainty about his childhood and background.
According to Feruz's mother, the family moved to Yemen in 2001 to escape violence, and from there sought asylum in the United Kingdom. However, articles appearing in the Perthshire Advertiser and Sunday Mail report that the family lived in Tanzania before emigrating directly to the UK.
The family initially moved to London when Feruz was aged five, before later re-locating to Glasgow. There, he attended Hillhead High School, one of the most racially diverse secondary schools in Scotland. He and his family originally lived in a high-rise flat in Castlemilk, but Feruz later moved them to an upscale area in Glasgow's Charing Cross.
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