Rio Gavin Ferdinand Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978) is an English professional footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers. He plays as a centre-back. He played 81 times for the England national football team between 1997 and 2011, and has been a member of three FIFA World Cup squads.Ferdinand began his football career playing for various youth teams, finally settling at West Ham United where he progressed through the youth ranks and made his professional Premier League debut in 1996. He became a fan favourite, winning the 'Hammer of the Year award' the following season. He earned his first senior international cap in a match against Cameroon in 1997, setting a record as the youngest defender to play for England at the time. His achievements and footballing potential attracted Leeds United and he transferred to the club for a record-breaking fee of £18 million. He spent two seasons at the club, becoming the team captain in 2001.He joined Manchester United in July 2002 for around £30 million, breaking the transfer fee record once more. He won the Premier League, his first major club honour, in a successful first season at the club. In September 2003, he missed a drugs test and was banned from competition for eight months from January until September 2004, causing him to miss half a Premier League season, Manchester United's FA Cup triumph, and the Euro 2004 international competition. Upon his return, he established himself in the Manchester United first team and received plaudits for his performances, featuring in the PFA Team of the Year four times in five years. More club success followed with another Premier League win in the 2006–07 season and a Premier League and UEFA Champions League double the following year. His career at United, in which he won 6 Premier League titles, ended when his contract expired in 2014, and he subsequently joined Queens Park Rangers.Ferdinand has three children, Lorenz, Tate and Tia, with his wife Rebecca Ellison. He was born into a footballing family: brother Anton Ferdinand is also a centre-back for Thai club Police United, and former England international striker Les Ferdinand and Peterborough United midfielder Kane Ferdinand are his cousins. Off the pitch he is involved with youth charities, film, music, and television including the prank series Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups.
I've heard it said I must be gutted to have been brought up in a place like Peckham. Rubbish.
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I never once didn't accept responsibility for that drug test. I've always accepted full responsibility - I should have gone to the test, but I genuinely forgot. My excuse was a simple excuse, and people are still picking on it and saying, 'That's bollocks', but I'm sorry, that's the truth, that's what happened. I forgot.
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When I'd go out on a date with a girl, I used to know within the first hour whether she was good for me. [The interviewer asks how he knew.] Well, you might ask, 'What do you want to do?' And if she sat there looking pretty and said, 'Ah, I don't know', it was not a good start. I liked it if they were driven or wanted to do something on their own.
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I used to read every, well, most nights. I think reading helps me in terms of relaxing. It helps me to get my mind off the game a little bit more and it helps me to be a little bit more focused.
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[on his late wife] When we started going out, I said, 'If we moved in together, would you stop working?' And she said, 'Are you crazy? I'd be bored'. I admire stuff like that. I wouldn't have any respect for someone who was going with somebody because he was successful.
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He [Joe Cole] has always been a slippery little git!
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[Describing a night out he was invited to by Jamie Redknapp at the age of 17] People were buying the players drink after drink and there were birds crawling all over them. Jamie's a good-looking lad, of course, but I soon learned that if you're a footballer it doesn't matter how pig-ugly you are, you will always get attention from the fittest birds. Crazy, innit? The world we live in is mad because . . . I'll be honest with you, if I saw an ugly bird and she was a celebrity with loads of money, she wouldn't attract me at all. It's true, but some people are different, some people say, 'Yeah, I don't fancy him, but I'll sacrifice his looks if he is bringing all of the other stuff'. I don't understand that mentality. I think you've got issues if you're doing that kind of thing, but a lot of people are.
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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.
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It doesn't matter whether you're a senior or not, if something needs saying to a colleague it will be said.
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Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders.
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Footballers are creatures of habit and for as long as I can remember at United, it was a ritual that we had low-fat chips the night before a game. We loved our chips, but [manager David] Moyes comes in and, after his first week, he says we can't have chips anymore.
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People have an opinion of me from what they read in the papers and the image painted by the media, and I probably haven't helped myself. But my mates and the people close to me know what I'm really like. I'm not trying to paint this picture of a do-goody who never does anything wrong; I've made mistakes and have done things I would change . . . The stuff in Ayia Napa, the drug test - I would like to change that, but these things happen for a reason to help you learn and appreciate where you are in life. One of the hardest things for me about becoming a footballer was accepting that I had to be responsible for my actions, that I have a responsibility to people and to young kids. That's hard to grasp when you're just a kid yourself. For Michael Owen it was easy, his life was . . . I wouldn't say simple, but he was quite a mature 18-year-old and he dealt with the bright lights admirably. I was an outgoing kind of child, willing to see things for myself and to get burnt. And I have been burnt, but there's a lot that I wouldn't change as well because, like I've said, I have seen a lot with my own eyes and learned.
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2008 Champions League winner, with Manchester United.
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His first child, Lorenz, was born the 24th of July 2006
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He played for England in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups of Soccer.
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Together with girlfriend Rebecca, he's expecting his first baby in August 2006.
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League Cup Winner 2006.
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His favorite player was John Barnes.
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Rio supported Liverpool as a boy.
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England international footballer (central defender)
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Playing career: West Ham United FC 1996-2001; Leeds United AFC 2001-2002; Manchester United FC 2002-
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Joined Manchester United from Leeds United for a British record fee of £29 million in summer 2002
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Was forced to serve an eight-month playing ban for missing a routine drugs test (January-September 2004), in addition to being fined, by the Football Association
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His younger brother, Anton Ferdinand, plays for West Ham United, where Rio began his career.
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Was named after Rio Grande.
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Is the cousin of former England striker Les Ferdinand.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dead Man Running
2009
executive producer
Rio Ferdinand's World Cup Wind-ups
2006
TV Mini-Series executive producer: Next Generation
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments
2014
TV Series
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Crystal Maze
2016
TV Series
Himself - Contestant
Match of the Day: Euro 2016
2016
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Analyst / Himself - Former Team-mate / Himself - England 1997-2011 / ...
Sport Relief 2016
2016
TV Movie
Himself
Ronaldo
2015
Documentary
Himself
Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Manchester United 2002-2014
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2015
TV Series
Himself
FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments
2015
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
2014
TV Special
Himself
Match of the Day at 50
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Rio in Rio
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Whenever! ...w/Jamie Stangroom
2014
TV Series
Himself
Life of Ryan: Caretaker Manager
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Match of the Day 2
2004-2013
TV Series
Himself
The Xtra Factor
2012
TV Series
Himself - Celebrity Panel
Let's Get Gold
2012
TV Series
Himself - Judge
Up Close with Rio Ferdinand
2011
TV Movie
Himself
Dynamo: Magician Impossible
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Sport Relief 2010
2010
TV Special
Himself
A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards
2009
TV Special
Himself
Live from Studio Five
2009
TV Series
Themselves
Goal! III
2009
Video
Himself
2006 FIFA World Cup
2006
TV Mini-Series
Himself - England / Himself
Rio Ferdinand's World Cup Wind-ups
2006
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Dream Team
2006
TV Series
Himself
Match of the Day
2004-2005
TV Series
Himself
Manchester United: Play Like Champions
2003
Video documentary
Himself
The Premiership
2003
TV Series
Himself
Sport Relief
2002
TV Special
Himself
2002 FIFA World Cup
2002
TV Mini-Series
Himself - England
Germany 1 England 5
2001
Video documentary
Himself
XVI FIFA World Cup 1998
1998
TV Mini-Series
Himself - England
Face of the Year
1997
TV Movie
Himself - Judge
Football World Cup
1954
TV Series
Himself - Expert
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Comedy Summit: The World's Ultimate Prankster
2011
TV Movie
Himself
Breakfast
2010
TV Series
Himself - Footballer
England's Worst Ever Football Team
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002
2002
Video documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Rio Ferdinand's World Cup Wind-ups (2006) as Producer
Match of the Day: Euro 2016 (2016) as Himself - Analyst / Himself / Himself - England 1997-2011 / Himself - Former Team-mate
$17 Million
