Rio Gavin Ferdinand is an English footballer, captain of the English nationwide team. He plays daily as central defender in the Premier Organization club Manchester United.
Ferdinand began his football career in different young people groups. He came with last to West Ham United where he came with the youth degrees to 1996, as an eighteen years of age, making his professional debut in the Premier League. He rapidly ended up being a preferred with the followers. He played his initial global for England in 1997 versus Cameroon. Ferdinand came to be the youngest protector ever to play for England on the global stage. His accomplishments and also fantastic potential attracted the rate of interest of Leeds United as well as he transferred to the club for a record sum of 18 million extra pounds. He remained for 2 periods at the club as well as came to be captain in 2001.
In July 2002, Ferdinand was purchased by Manchester United for around ₤ 30 million, or virtually 400 million. He became one of the most expensive defender ever before. Ferdinand was having won the Premier League, his initial fantastic value, in his very first effective full season with the club. More successes attained in 2006/2007 period when the club won both the organization and also UEFA Champions League. In March 2008 Ferdinand for the very first time captain of the English nationwide team. Under Fabio Capello's leadership, he was first vice-captain, yet after John Terry shed his role as team captain was called Ferdinand in February 2010 as captain.
Ferdinand has two sons, Lorenz and also Tate, with his future wife Rebecca Ellison. Ferdinand originates from a football household: his sibling, Anton Ferdinand, playing as central defender in the Queens Park Rangers FC and also his cousin Les Ferdinand is a former English internationals.
Our collection contains 14 quotes who is written / told by Rio.
"I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season"
"You want to come home from a tournament with a winner's medal. That's not the fans or the media putting us under pressure, that's the pressure we put ourselves under"
"You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you"
"There is a huge responsibility on all of us to get England through. It would be one of the biggest disasters in sports history if we blew it and we must make sure it does not happen"
"I've heard people say it looks as if I don't care and I've certainly read that, but the way I play is natural. I don't think I can change it. I know I'm working as hard as the next man, even if it doesn't always look that way"
"There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind"
"Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves"
"I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here"
"Four years ago maybe we thought we were inferior to Brazil, subconsciously we didn't see ourselves beating them. Now we believe in ourselves, we can be on the pitch with any team in the world and think we can win"
"No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered"
"If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football. We'd probably be on a downward spiral. It's good that people have different ideas about who should play"
"If any player has a bad game it's there in the back of your mind in the next game. There's always a hangover. It is like a wounded animal in a way, as you want to get out there as quick as possible and rectify it"
"People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that night I felt lower than a snake's belly. The reality is still there"
