# Rio Ferdinand

> He broke the British transfer record twice before he turned 24, then anchored Manchester United's defence through six Premier League titles and a Champions League crown - until an eight-month ban for missing a drugs test in 2003 cut a hole in the middle of it all.

*English association football player (born 1978)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rio-ferdinand

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1978-11-07
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Rio Gavin Ferdinand was born 7 November 1978 and came through West Ham's academy, making his Premier League debut in 1996 and winning Hammer of the Year a season later. At 19 he became England's youngest-ever defender in a 1997 match against Cameroon. Leeds paid £18 million for him in 2000 - a British record - and made him captain a year later, but Manchester United broke the record again in July 2002 with a £30 million deal. He won the league in his first season, then in September 2003 missed a drugs test and sat out eight months, losing half a campaign, a cup final, and Euro 2004. When he returned he made the PFA Team of the Year four times in five years, won five more league titles, and lifted the Champions League in 2008. His contract ran out in 2014; he spent one season at Queens Park Rangers, was relegated, and retired on 30 May 2015. In 2017 he announced plans to box professionally, in part to cope with his wife's death.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 79.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 90.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #198
- **Category rank:** #57
- **Total followers across platforms:** 1,770,000

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/rioferdy5 (@rioferdy5)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/rioferdy5/ (@rioferdy5)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/RioFerdinandOfficial (@RioFerdinandOfficial)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1214457/ (@nm1214457)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.rioferdinand.com/
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPAiS32go3-GwTO0kmlVX7g (@@rioferdinandpresents, 1,770,000 followers)

## Timeline
- **2023** - Premier League Hall of Fame
- **2014** - Queens Park Rangers F.C.
- **2002** - Manchester United F.C.
- **2000** - Leeds United F.C.
- **1997** - England national under-21 association football team
- **1997** - England men's national association football team
- **1996** - West Ham United F.C.
- **1996** - England national under-18 association football team
- **1996** - AFC Bournemouth
- **1978** - Born

## Sources
- [里奧·費迪南](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%8C%E5%A5%A7%C2%B7%E8%B2%BB%E8%BF%AA%E5%8D%97)
- [Rio Ferdinand](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand)
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- [Фердинанд, Рио](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BE)
- [リオ・ファーディナンド](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89)
- [Рыа Фердынанд](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4)
- [Рио Фърдинанд](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%A4%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4)
- [রিও ফার্ডিনান্ড](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1)
- [Rio Ferdinand](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand)
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- [Ρίο Φέρντιναντ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%AF%CE%BF_%CE%A6%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84)
- [Rio Ferdinand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand)
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- [Rio Ferdinand](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand)
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- [ریو فردیناند](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF)
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- [ריו פרדיננד](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A0%D7%93)
- [Rio Ferdinand](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rio_Ferdinand)
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- [리오 퍼디난드](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4_%ED%8D%BC%EB%94%94%EB%82%9C%EB%93%9C)

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