# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-ferguson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:24:29.237Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-ferguson"
name: "Martin Ferguson"
slug: "martin-ferguson"
description: "Martin Murphy Ferguson is a Scottish former football player, manager and scout and was the chairman of Airdrieonians but stepped down from the role in June 2023 to be Associated Director. He is the brother of former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. He was Manchester United's chief European scout, and as such he was often sent to monitor players in mainland Europe."
tagline: "Scottish football player and manager (born 1942)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1942-12-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.58
  momentum:             0.6382978723404255
  historical:           5.498562666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Ferguson_(footballer)"
    title: "Martin Ferguson (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مارتن فيرغسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85)"
    title: "مارتن فيرجسون (لاعب كورة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Ferguson_(pi%C5%82karz)"
    title: "Martin Ferguson (piłkarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Ferguson"
    title: "Martin Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Ferguson"
    title: "Martin Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6775421"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump