Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand
Rio Gavin Ferdinandis an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He played 81 times for the England national football team between 1997 and 2011, and was a member of three FIFA World Cup squads. He is regarded by many to be one of England's greatest ever players and he is one of the most decorated English footballers of all time...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth7 November 1978
criticism english-athlete games heads held outside poland
We don't like the criticism and after the Austria and Poland games we want to be able to go outside with our chests out and our heads held high.
hangover player games
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.
football reality games
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.
games next behind-you
You get a bad result one week and it's a natural reaction to go out in the next game and put it behind you and do well.
football taken games
For too long now, European football authorities have not taken the problem of racism in the game seriously and refuse to acknowledge how widespread the problem is.
bother fans lads time training waiting
I've been waiting a long time and the fans have been getting on to me. It does bother me, in training the lads get on to me.
delay game massive obviously trying win
Saturday's game is massive for us. They will obviously be trying to win the league, but it's up to us to try and delay that for as long as possible.
colleague matter needs player saying senior whether
It doesn't matter whether you are a senior player or not, if something needs saying to a colleague it will be said,
absolute fantastic player scotland
He's a fantastic player who's done very well in Scotland and he's an absolute handful.
devastated heard shocked
I was shocked and devastated when I heard the verdict.
drop job teams today
We've got to get our own job done and we've managed to do that today and if other teams drop points, then so be it.
anywhere english-athlete house imperative order remain win
We've got to get our house in order first before we look anywhere else. It's imperative we win every game, we've got to remain consistent.
best ham league played together west
When we played together at West Ham I thought we had one of the best strikers in the league in John,
proves quality
That just proves the quality we have here with some of the young players.