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Full name: Rio Gavin Ferdinand
Date of birth: 7 November 1978 (age 30)
Place of birth: Peckham, London, England
Height: 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)[1]
Playing position: Centre back
Youth career
Eltham Town
19901993 Queens Park Rangers
19931995 West Ham United
Senior career*
19952000 West Ham United
1996 → Bournemouth (loan)
20002002 Leeds United
2002 Manchester United
National team
19972000 England U21
1997 England
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:33, 26 June 2009 (UTC).
National team caps and goals correct as of 15:34, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978) is an English footballer. He plays at centre back for Manchester United in the Premier League and at the international level for the England national football team. He has achieved 70 caps for the English national team while being selected for three FIFA World Cup squads. He is currently the vice-captain of the England national team and stand-in captain for Manchester United.
Personal life
Ferdinand grew up in the Friary council estate, Peckham. He has several brothers and sisters: one brother and three sisters on his father's side and a brother and sister from his mother's remarriage. One of his brothers is Anton Ferdinand, the Sunderland defender, while former England striker Les Ferdinand is his cousin. On 15 March 2008, it was reported that Rio's half brother Jeremiah had been training with the United first team under the eye of Alex Ferguson. In 2006 in Manchester, Ferdinand's girlfriend Rebecca Ellison gave birth to their son Lorenz. Whilst Ferdinand was on holiday with friends and family in Las Vegas in July 2007, he proposed to Ellison and she accepted. The couple had their second child, a boy named Tate, in August 2008. The names of their children stem from the name of one of the couple's favourite actors, Larenz Tate.
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