Les Ferdinand
Ferdinand watching the last QPR home game of the 2014–15 season v Newcastle
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Leslie Ferdinand | ||
| Date of birth | 8 December 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Paddington, London, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Southall | |||
| 1985–1986 | Hayes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1987 | Hayes | 33 | (19) |
| 1987–1995 | Queens Park Rangers | 163 | (80) |
| 1988 | → Brentford (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | → Beşiktaş (loan) | 24 | (14) |
| 1995–1997 | Newcastle United | 68 | (41) |
| 1997–2003 | Tottenham Hotspur | 118 | (33) |
| 2003 | West Ham United | 14 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Leicester City | 29 | (12) |
| 2004–2005 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | (1) |
| 2005 | Reading | 12 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 443 | (184) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998 | England B | 1 | (1) |
| 1993–1998 | England | 17 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015 | Queens Park Rangers (caretaker manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Leslie "Les" Ferdinand MBE (born 8 December 1966) is an English former footballer and current football coach and Director of Football at his former club Queens Park Rangers. A former striker, his playing career included spells at Queens Park Rangers, Beşiktaş, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, Reading and Watford during which period he earned 17 caps for England. Ferdinand is the eighth highest scorer in the Premier League with 149 goals.
He is the cousin of football-playing brothers Rio and Anton Ferdinand and Dagenham & Redbridge player Kane Ferdinand.
He was made an MBE in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours.
On 5 November 2008 Ferdinand joined fellow ex-Tottenham player Tim Sherwood on the coaching staff of Tottenham Hotspur, to work with the strikers. Ferdinand left the club on 19 June 2014.
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