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Leslie Ferdinand Profile and Player Statistics

Leslie Ferdinand

First name:	Leslie
Last name:	Ferdinand
Position:	Attacker
Nationality:

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Leslie Ferdinand has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
Premier League	2004/2005	Bolton Wanderers	16	11	0	1	0	1	0
Premier League	2003/2004	Leicester City	26	9	11	9	0	1	0

Leslie Ferdinand has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: Premier League

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
28/12/2004	Bolton Wanderers	0 - 1	Blackburn Rovers	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	6' Paul Dickov
			25' Jay Bothroyd
			25' Jon Stead
			28' Barry Ferguson
Henrik Pedersen 52'
Ricardo Vaz Té 52'
Ricardo Vaz Té 55'
			59' G. Flitcroft
Gary Speed 72'
Fernando Ruiz Hierro 72'
Stylianos Giannakopoulos 76'
Leslie Ferdinand 76'
Radhi Jaïdi 87'
26/12/2004	Manchester United	2 - 0	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	H2H	+
Joshua Andrew Harrop 10'		1 - 0
			51' El-Hadji Diouf
			51' Augustine Okocha
			63' Kevin Davies
			63' Leslie Ferdinand
			69' Ricardo Vaz Té
			69' Stylianos Giannakopoulos
Cristiano Ronaldo 69'
Paul Scholes 69'
Wayne Mark Rooney 84'
Liam Miller 84'
Paul Scholes 89'		2 - 0
18/12/2004	Bolton Wanderers	0 - 1	Manchester City	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	52' Joey Barton
Augustine Okocha 64'
Ricardo Vaz Té 64'
Henrik Pedersen 75'
Leslie Ferdinand 75'
11/12/2004	Norwich City	3 - 2	Bolton Wanderers	1-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	19' Augustine Okocha
Mathias Svensson 20'
Mathias Svensson 20'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	23' Fernando Ruiz Hierro
			60' Bruno N'Gotty
			66' Iván Campo
Darren Huckerby 69'		2 - 2
			70' Iván Campo
			70' Kevin Nolan
Mattias Jonson 79'
Paul McVeigh 79'
Mathias Svensson 84'		3 - 2
			85' Augustine Okocha
			85' Leslie Ferdinand
			89' Nicky Hunt
			90' Bruno N'Gotty
			90' Júlio César
04/12/2004	Everton	3 - 2	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	16' Kevin Davies
			37' Kevin Davies
Duncan Ferguson 45'		1 - 1
		1 - 2	59' Kevin Davies
Kevin Kilbane 69'
James McFadden 69'
Tim Cahill 69'
Leon Osman 69'
			74' Augustine Okocha
Thomas Gravesen 75'		2 - 2
			76' Nicky Hunt
Radhi Jaïdi 85'		3 - 2
			86' Augustine Okocha
			86' Leslie Ferdinand
			86' Stylianos Giannakopoulos
			86' Kevin Nolan
Duncan Ferguson 86'
Joseph Yobo 86'
07/11/2004	Middlesbrough	1 - 1	Bolton Wanderers	0-0	H2H	+
			23' Nicky Hunt
			39' Kevin Davies
Joseph-Desire Job 46'
Mark Viduka 46'
			49' El-Hadji Diouf
Franck Queudrue 53'
			54' Nicky Hunt
			54' Tal Ben Haim
			62' Stylianos Giannakopoulos
			62' Henrik Pedersen
		0 - 1	72' Henrik Pedersen
Tony McMahon 81'
James Morrison 81'
			86' Jussi Jaaskelainen
			88' El-Hadji Diouf
			88' Kevin Poole
George Boateng 90'		1 - 1
31/10/2004	Bolton Wanderers	2 - 1	Newcastle United	0-0	H2H	+
El-Hadji Diouf 52'		1 - 0
El-Hadji Diouf 54'
Radhi Jaïdi 55'
Fernando Ruiz Hierro 55'
		1 - 1	55' Darren Ambrose
Stylianos Giannakopoulos 62'
Henrik Pedersen 62'
			66' Patrick Kluivert
			66' Laurent Robert
Kevin Davies 70'		2 - 1
			72' Darren Ambrose
			72' Shola Ameobi
			77' Stephen Carr
			77' Olivier Bernard
			84' Laurent Robert
El-Hadji Diouf 84'
Anthony Barness 84'
23/10/2004	Tottenham Hotspur	1 - 2	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	11' Radhi Jaïdi
Robbie Keane 41'		1 - 1
Johnnie Jackson 70'
Jermain Defoe 70'
			72' Kevin Nolan
			72' Henrik Pedersen
		1 - 2	75' Henrik Pedersen
Jamie Redknapp 78'
Sean Davis 78'
Simon Davies 80'
Reto Ziegler 80'
			81' El-Hadji Diouf
			81' Fernando Ruiz Hierro
16/10/2004	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 0	Crystal Palace	1-0	H2H	+
Iván Campo 16'
Henrik Pedersen 16'
			27' Ben Watson
Kevin Davies 45'		1 - 0
			61' Joonas Kolkka
			61' Vassilios Lakis
			69' Ben Watson
			69' Dougie Freedman
El-Hadji Diouf 77'
Khalilou Fadiga 77'
Kevin Davies 83'
Kevin Nolan 90'
Anthony Barness 90'
02/10/2004	West Bromwich Albion	2 - 1	Bolton Wanderers	0-0	H2H	+
			34' Augustine Okocha
			34' El-Hadji Diouf
Nwankwo Kanu 57'		1 - 0
			58' Henrik Pedersen
			58' Stylianos Giannakopoulos
Zoltán Gera 65'		2 - 0
			65' Iván Campo
			65' Blessing Kaku
		2 - 1	73' Stylianos Giannakopoulos
Martin Albrechtsen 81'
Lloyd Dyer 81'
25/09/2004	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 1	Birmingham City	1-0	H2H	+
Radhi Jaïdi 16'		1 - 0
			27' Robbie Savage
		1 - 1	49' Mustafa Izzet
Bruno N'Gotty 57'
El-Hadji Diouf 65'
Stylianos Giannakopoulos 65'
Radhi Jaïdi 74'
			77' Jesper Gronkjaer
			77' David Dunn
Kevin Davies 79'
Leslie Ferdinand 79'
			88' Mustafa Izzet
			88' Julian Gray
18/09/2004	Arsenal	2 - 2	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	H2H	+
Thierry Henry 31'		1 - 0
			43' Iván Campo
			55' El-Hadji Diouf
			55' Leslie Ferdinand
			55' Kevin Davies
			55' Henrik Pedersen
		1 - 1	63' Radhi Jaïdi
Robert Pirès 66'		2 - 1
Gilberto Silva 67'
Edu Gaspar 67'
José Antonio Reyes 70'
Dennis Bergkamp 70'
			75' Iván Campo
			75' Fernando Ruiz Hierro
			79' Leslie Ferdinand
			80' Ricardo Gardner
Robert Pirès 82'
Gaël Clichy 82'
Laurén 84'
		2 - 2	85' Henrik Pedersen
11/09/2004	Bolton Wanderers	2 - 2	Manchester United	0-1	H2H	+
Augustine Okocha 39'
		0 - 1	44' Iván Gabriel Heinze
Nicky Hunt 45'
Henrik Pedersen 46'
El-Hadji Diouf 46'
Kevin Nolan 52'		1 - 1
			64' Kléberson
			64' Cristiano Ronaldo
			74' Ruud van Nistelrooy
			74' David Bellion
Kevin Davies 75'
Leslie Ferdinand 75'
Gary Speed 87'
Fernando Ruiz Hierro 87'
			88' Joshua Andrew Harrop
		1 - 2	90' David Bellion
Leslie Ferdinand 90'		2 - 2
29/08/2004	Bolton Wanderers	1 - 0	Liverpool	1-0	H2H	+
			14' Sami Hyypia
			14' Djimi Traoré
Kevin Davies 38'		1 - 0
			46' Stephen Warnock
			46' Djibril Cissé
Kevin Davies 72'
Leslie Ferdinand 72'
Stylianos Giannakopoulos 75'
Kevin Nolan 75'
Augustine Okocha 85'
Fernando Ruiz Hierro 85'
Fernando Ruiz Hierro 90'
Kevin Nolan 90'
25/08/2004	Southampton	1 - 2	Bolton Wanderers	0-2	H2H	+
			0' Iván Campo
		0 - 1	7' Henrik Pedersen
		0 - 2	27' Augustine Okocha
Rory Delap 30'
Rory Delap 69'
Peter Crouch 69'
			80' Stylianos Giannakopoulos
			80' Kevin Nolan
Peter Crouch 85'		1 - 2
			90' Kevin Davies
			90' Leslie Ferdinand
			90' Henrik Pedersen
			90' Fernando Ruiz Hierro
14/08/2004	Bolton Wanderers	4 - 1	Charlton Athletic	2-0	H2H	+
Augustine Okocha 11'		1 - 0
Henrik Pedersen 30'		2 - 0
Augustine Okocha 59'		3 - 0
			63' Luke Young
		3 - 1	67' Kevin Lisbie
			70' Danny Murphy
			70' Francis Jeffers
			70' Paul Konchesky
			70' Dennis Rommedahl
Henrik Pedersen 72'		4 - 1
Gary Speed 75'
Kevin Davies 77'
Leslie Ferdinand 77'
Kevin Nolan 77'
Stylianos Giannakopoulos 77'
Nicky Hunt 85'
Tal Ben Haim 85'
08/05/2004	Leicester City	3 - 1	Portsmouth	2-0	H2H	+
Matthew Taylor 6'		1 - 0
Paul Dickov 27'		2 - 0
			28' Trésor Lomana LuaLua
Mustafa Izzet 48'
Lilian Nalis 48'
			57' Amdy Faye
			57' Ivica Mornar
		2 - 1	66' Nigel Quashie
			71' Steve Stone
			71' Teddy Sheringham
James Scowcroft 71'		3 - 1
Steve Guppy 74'
Leslie Ferdinand 74'
			76' Shaka Hislop
Marcus Bent 89'
Trevor Benjamin 89'
01/05/2004	Charlton Athletic	2 - 2	Leicester City	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	5' Marcus Bent
Paolo Di Canio 39'
Paul Konchesky 46'
Jerome Thomas 46'
Jonathan Fortune 53'		1 - 1
			58' Steffen Freund
			58' Billy McKinlay
			72' P. Canero
			72' Leslie Ferdinand
			74' Nikos Dabizas
Paolo Di Canio 76'		2 - 1
			78' Paul Dickov
			78' Steve Guppy
Paolo Di Canio 87'
Chris Perry 87'
		2 - 2	88' Leslie Ferdinand
24/04/2004	Leicester City	1 - 1	Manchester City	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	45' Michael Tarnat
Leslie Ferdinand 46'
Marcus Bent 46'
F. Sinclair 64'
Steve Guppy 64'
James Scowcroft 66'		1 - 1
Steffen Freund 71'
Lilian Nalis 71'
			85' Paulo Wanchope Watson
			86' Joey Barton
Marcus Bent 86'
			86' Michael Tarnat
			90' Nicolas Anelka
			90' Antoine Sibierski
17/04/2004	Blackburn Rovers	1 - 0	Leicester City	1-0	H2H	+
L. Amoruso 13'
			13' Billy McKinlay
Nikos Dabizas 42'		1 - 0
			46' Billy McKinlay
			46' Steffen Freund
			63' Leslie Ferdinand
			63' Steve Guppy
Jonathan Douglas 67'
Martin Andresen 68'
Brett Emerton 68'
			78' Matt Heath
			78' P. Canero
05/04/2004	Leeds United	3 - 2	Leicester City	2-0	H2H	+
Michael Duberry 11'		1 - 0
Mark Viduka 13'		2 - 0
			37' Steve Guppy
			37' Paul Dickov
James Milner 73'
			76' Leslie Ferdinand
			76' P. Canero
			76' Steffen Freund
			76' Lilian Nalis
		2 - 1	77' Paul Dickov
		2 - 2	79' Mustafa Izzet
Mark Viduka 83'
Alan Smith 86'		3 - 2
James Milner 88'
Ian Harte 88'
Mark Viduka 90'
			90' Ben Thatcher
28/03/2004	Leicester City	0 - 0	Liverpool	0-0	H2H	+
Matt Heath 32'
Nikos Dabizas 33'
Marcus Bent 45'
Lilian Nalis 46'
Steve Guppy 46'
Paul Dickov 66'
			67' Jamie Carragher
			70' Bruno Cheyrou
			70' Danny Murphy
			73' Dietmar Hamann
			76' Milan Baros
			85' Milan Baros
			85' Florent Sinama-Pongolle
20/03/2004	Leicester City	1 - 1	Everton	0-0	H2H	+
			20' James McFadden
			38' Duncan Ferguson
			39' Thomas Gravesen
			41' Duncan Ferguson
Riccardo Scimeca 44'
Trevor Benjamin 46'
Steve Guppy 46'
			46' James McFadden
			46' Tomasz Radzinski
Leslie Ferdinand 57'
P. Canero 57'
			73' Tomasz Radzinski
			74' Wayne Mark Rooney
		0 - 1	75' Wayne Mark Rooney
Steffen Freund 84'
Lilian Nalis 84'
			88' Wayne Mark Rooney
			88' Kevin Campbell
Marcus Bent 90'		1 - 1
13/03/2004	Birmingham City	0 - 1	Leicester City	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	53' Leslie Ferdinand
Kenny Cunningham 55'
			59' Nikos Dabizas
Stephen Clemence 68'
Stern John 68'
			78' Mustafa Izzet
			80' Trevor Benjamin
			80' P. Canero
Kenny Cunningham 87'
Andy Barrowman 87'
			90' Steffen Freund
			90' Lilian Nalis
28/02/2004	Leicester City	0 - 0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	H2H	+
			64' Kenny Miller
			64' Ioan Ganea
			68' D. Irwin
			68' Mark Clyde
James Scowcroft 68'
Leslie Ferdinand 68'
			82' Henri Camara
			82' Shaun Newton
			85' Alex Rae
22/02/2004	Tottenham Hotspur	4 - 4	Leicester City	3-1	H2H	+
Michael Brown 6'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	9' Gary Doherty
Jermain Defoe 13'		2 - 1
Robbie Keane 28'		3 - 1
			46' G. Taggart
			49' G. Taggart
			49' Callum Davidson
		3 - 2	51' Leslie Ferdinand
			57' Nikos Dabizas
Johnnie Jackson 61'
Darren Anderton 61'
			70' James Scowcroft
		3 - 3	74' Ben Thatcher
			76' Paul Dickov
			78' Leslie Ferdinand
			78' Marcus Bent
Michael Brown 78'
Frédéric Kanouté 78'
		3 - 4	79' Marcus Bent
Mauricio Taricco 83'
			86' Paul Dickov
			86' F. Sinclair
Jermain Defoe 88'		4 - 4
10/02/2004	Leicester City	1 - 1	Bolton Wanderers	1-1	H2H	+
Leslie Ferdinand 16'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	33' Ian Walker
Marcus Bent 36'
James Scowcroft 36'
			36' Kevin Nolan
Ben Thatcher 62'
Lilian Nalis 76'
Callum Davidson 76'
			80' Kevin Davies
			81' Youri Djorkaeff
			81' Javier Moreno Varela
Steve Guppy 83'
Jordan Stewart 83'
07/02/2004	Newcastle United	3 - 1	Leicester City	2-0	H2H	+
Shola Ameobi 30'		1 - 0
G. Taggart 37'		2 - 0
Jermaine Jenas 59'		3 - 0
			64' James Scowcroft
			64' Leslie Ferdinand
Kieron Dyer 69'
Darren Ambrose 69'
			73' Steve Guppy
			73' Jordan Stewart
			75' Paul Dickov
			75' Ben Thatcher
Shola Ameobi 79'
Craig Bellamy 79'
Alan Shearer 79'
Michael Bridges 79'
		3 - 1	80' Leslie Ferdinand
Darren Ambrose 86'
17/01/2004	Middlesbrough	3 - 3	Leicester City	1-0	H2H	+
Juninho 8'		1 - 0
			19' Jordan Stewart
C. Cooper 31'
Andrew Davies 31'
			34' Callum Davidson
		1 - 1	49' Paul Dickov
			50' Billy McKinlay
			53' Nikos Dabizas
Boudewijn Zenden 54'
Joseph-Desire Job 61'
Massimo Maccarone 61'
Boudewijn Zenden 61'
Gaizka Mendieta 61'
Massimo Maccarone 63'
		1 - 2	65' Paul Dickov
		1 - 3	76' Marcus Bent
			83' Marcus Bent
			83' Leslie Ferdinand
			83' Paul Dickov
			83' Craig Hignett
John Curtis 90'		2 - 3
Massimo Maccarone 90'		3 - 3
			90' Billy McKinlay
			90' Keith Gillespie
11/01/2004	Leicester City	0 - 4	Chelsea	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	12' Jerrel Hasselbaink
		0 - 2	44' Jerrel Hasselbaink
			64' Jesper Gronkjaer
			64' Geremi N'Djitap Fotso
Lilian Nalis 68'
P. Brooker 68'
Marcus Bent 68'
Leslie Ferdinand 68'
			69' Jerrel Hasselbaink
			74' Eiður Guðjohnsen
			74' Adrian Mutu
			79' Joe Cole
			79' William Gallas
Billy McKinlay 82'
Craig Hignett 82'
		0 - 3	88' Adrian Mutu
		0 - 4	90' Celestine Babayaro
07/01/2004	Southampton	0 - 0	Leicester City	0-0	H2H	+
Claus Lundekvam 42'
Rory Delap 42'
			64' Leslie Ferdinand
			64' Paul Dickov
			72' Mustafa Izzet
Danny Higginbotham 75'
Fabrice Fernandes 77'
Neill McCann 77'
Michael Lennart Svensson 79'
Kevin Phillips 83'
Agustin Delgado Chala 83'
28/12/2003	Bolton Wanderers	2 - 2	Leicester City	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	18' Marcus Bent
			19' Mustafa Izzet
Bruno N'Gotty 35'		1 - 1
Iván Campo 45'
Iván Campo 54'		2 - 1
			54' Ben Thatcher
			70' Paul Dickov
			70' Leslie Ferdinand
			72' Craig Hignett
			72' P. Brooker
Stylianos Giannakopoulos 75'
Henrik Pedersen 75'
			79' Callum Davidson
			84' Marcus Bent
			84' Jordan Stewart
		2 - 2	90' Leslie Ferdinand
26/12/2003	Leicester City	1 - 1	Newcastle United	0-0	H2H	+
Steve Howey 16'
M. Elliott 16'
Paul Dickov 67'		1 - 0
Jordan Stewart 71'
Callum Davidson 71'
			85' Aaron Hughes
			85' Darren Ambrose
			86' Trésor Lomana LuaLua
			86' Michael Chopra
		1 - 1	90' Darren Ambrose
13/12/2003	Leicester City	0 - 2	Birmingham City	0-1	H2H	+
James Scowcroft 31'
			32' Damien Johnson
M. Elliott 38'
		0 - 1	42' Clinton Morrison
			44' Stephen Clemence
Leslie Ferdinand 46'
John Curtis 46'
Paul Dickov 58'
Ian Walker 61'
Paul Dickov 62'
Danny Coyne 62'
		0 - 2	66' Mikael Forssell
			66' Stephen Clemence
			66' Stan Lazaridis
Ben Thatcher 72'
Marcus Bent 72'
			72' Robbie Savage
			72' Aliou Cissé
			83' Mikael Forssell
			83' Stern John
06/12/2003	Leicester City	1 - 1	Arsenal	0-0	H2H	+
Leslie Ferdinand 50'
			50' Jens Lehmann
Billy McKinlay 59'
Craig Hignett 59'
		0 - 1	60' Gilberto Silva
Marcus Bent 67'
Paul Dickov 67'
			67' Jérémie Aliadière
			67' Sylvain Wiltord
			73' Ashley Cole
			74' Dennis Bergkamp
			74' Gaël Clichy
Leslie Ferdinand 76'
Keith Gillespie 76'
			88' Fredrik Ljungberg
			88' Martin Keown
Craig Hignett 90'		1 - 1
29/11/2003	Portsmouth	0 - 2	Leicester City	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	31' Leslie Ferdinand
		0 - 2	59' Marcus Bent
Hayden Foxe 65'
Matthew Taylor 65'
Arjan de Zeeuw 72'
Alexei Smertin 80'
			81' Leslie Ferdinand
			81' Callum Davidson
Patrik Berger 84'
Yakubu Aiyegbeni 85'
			86' Billy McKinlay
Teddy Sheringham 87'
			90' Marcus Bent
			90' Craig Hignett
22/11/2003	Leicester City	1 - 1	Charlton Athletic	1-0	H2H	+
			17' M. Fish
			17' Mathias Svensson
Leslie Ferdinand 39'		1 - 0
Mustafa Izzet 52'
			64' Kevin Lisbie
			64' Carlton Cole
Leslie Ferdinand 67'
Paul Dickov 67'
			74' Hermann Hreidarsson
		1 - 1	84' Paolo Di Canio
Billy McKinlay 88'
			88' Paolo Di Canio
			88' Chris Powell
09/11/2003	Manchester City	0 - 3	Leicester City	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	12' Jordan Stewart
			12' Mustafa Izzet
Sylvain Distin 52'
		0 - 2	53' Paul Dickov
		0 - 3	58' Marcus Bent
Joey Barton 61'
Paul Bosvelt 61'
Paulo Wanchope Watson 61'
Robbie Fowler 61'
Paul Bosvelt 69'
			78' Billy McKinlay
			79' Marcus Bent
			79' Leslie Ferdinand
			86' Paul Dickov
			86' Craig Hignett
02/11/2003	Leicester City	2 - 0	Blackburn Rovers	0-0	H2H	+
Steve Howey 54'
Keith Gillespie 61'
Ben Thatcher 61'
Leslie Ferdinand 67'
Paul Dickov 67'
F. Sinclair 72'
M. Elliott 72'
Marcus Bent 75'		1 - 0
Paul Dickov 76'
			79' G. Flitcroft
			79' Tugay Kerimoglu
Steve Howey 82'		2 - 0
			82' Vratislav Gresko
			82' Steven Reid
			89' Brett Emerton
25/10/2003	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4 - 3	Leicester City	0-3	H2H	+
		0 - 1	12' Leslie Ferdinand
		0 - 2	15' Leslie Ferdinand
Jóhannes Guðjónsson 22'
Shaun Newton 22'
		0 - 3	35' Riccardo Scimeca
Kenny Miller 45'
H. Kachloul 45'
Colin Cameron 52'		1 - 3
Colin Cameron 60'		2 - 3
			64' Leslie Ferdinand
			64' Marcus Bent
			64' Paul Dickov
			64' Craig Hignett
			65' Keith Gillespie
			65' Lilian Nalis
Alex Rae 68'		3 - 3
			72' James Scowcroft
			73' Craig Hignett
Henri Camara 86'		4 - 3

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