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For other people named Alex Ferguson, see Alex Ferguson (disambiguation).

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Sir Alex Ferguson
CBE
Personal information
\n Ferguson in 2009
Full name	\nAlexander Chapman Ferguson
Date of birth	\n (1941-12-31) 31 December 1941 (age 83)
Place of birth	\nGlasgow, Scotland
Position(s)	\nForward
Youth career
	\nHarmony Row Boys Club
	\nDrumchapel Amateurs
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1957\u20131960	\nQueen's Park	\n31	\n(15)
1960\u20131964	\nSt Johnstone	\n37	\n(19)
1964\u20131967	\nDunfermline Athletic	\n89	\n(66)
1967\u20131969	\nRangers	\n41	\n(25)
1969\u20131973	\nFalkirk	\n95	\n(37)
1973\u20131974	\nAyr United	\n24	\n(9)
Total	\n	\n317	\n(171)
International career
1960	\nScotland Amateurs^[1]	\n1	\n(1)
1967	\nScotland^[2]^[3]	\n4	\n(3)
1967	\nScottish Football League XI^[4]	\n2	\n(1)
Managerial career
1974	\nEast Stirlingshire
1974\u20131978	\nSt Mirren
1978\u20131986	\nAberdeen
1985\u20131986	\nScotland
1986\u20132013	\nManchester United
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish retired football manager and former player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as the greatest manager of all time and has won more trophies (49) than any other manager in the history of football.^[5] Ferguson is often credited for valuing youth during his time at Manchester United, particularly in the 1990s with the \"Class of '92\", who contributed to making the club one of the richest and most successful in the world.^[6]\n

Ferguson played as a forward for several Scottish clubs, including Dunfermline Athletic and Rangers. While playing for Dunfermline, he was the top goalscorer in the Scottish league during the 1965\u201366 season. Towards the end of his playing career, he also worked as a coach, then started his managerial career with East Stirlingshire and St Mirren. Ferguson then enjoyed a highly successful period as manager of Aberdeen, winning three Scottish league championships, four Scottish Cups and both the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in 1983. He briefly managed Scotland following the death of Jock Stein, taking the team to the 1986 World Cup.\n

Ferguson was appointed manager of Manchester United in November 1986. During his 26 years with Manchester United, he won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, and two UEFA Champions League titles. He was knighted in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours list for his services to the game.^[7] Ferguson is the longest-serving manager of Manchester United, having overtaken Sir Matt Busby's record on 19 December 2010. He retired from management at the end of the 2012\u201313 season, having won the Premier League in his final season.\n

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Date	University	Degree\n
1996	University of Salford	Master of Arts (MA)^[352]\n
December 1997	Robert Gordon University	Doctor of Laws (LL.D)^[353]\n
2001	Glasgow Caledonian University	Doctorate\n
2002	University of St Andrews	Doctorate\n
2009	Manchester Metropolitan University	Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)^[354]\n
29 June 2011	University of Stirling	Doctor of the University (D.Univ)^[355]\n
12 October 2011	University of Manchester	Doctorate^[356]\n
2014	Ulster University	Doctor of Science (D.Sc)^[357]\n

Club\n	Season\n	League\n	Cup\n	League Cup\n	Europe\n	Total\n
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Queen's Park^[15]^[358]\n
1958\u201359\n	8	4					\u2014	8	4\n
1959\u201360\n	23	11					\u2014	23	11\n
Total\n	31	15					\u2014	31	15\n
St Johnstone^[358]\n	1960\u201361\n							\u2014		\n
1961\u201362\n							\u2014		\n
1962\u201363\n							\u2014		\n
1963\u201364\n							\u2014		\n
Total\n	37	19					\u2014		\n
Dunfermline Athletic^[358]\n	1964\u201365\n										\n
1965\u201366\n										\n
1966\u201367\n										\n
Total\n	89	66								\n
Rangers^[359]\n	1967\u201368\n	29	19	5	0	6	2	6	3	46	24\n
1968\u201369\n	12	6	1	0	4	2	3	3	20	11\n
Total\n	41	25	6	0	10	4	9	6	66	35\n
Falkirk\n	1969\u201370^[360]\n	21	15	3	3			\u2014		\n
1970\u201371^[361]\n	28	13	0	0			\u2014		\n
1971\u201372^[362]\n	28	9	2	1	9	4	\u2014	39	14\n
1972\u201373^[363]\n	18	0	2	1	0	0	\u2014	20	1\n
Total\n	95	37	7	5			\u2014		\n
Ayr United\n	1973\u201374^[364]\n	24	9	4	1	0	0	\u2014	28	10\n
Total\n	24	9	4	1	0	0	\u2014	28	10\n
Career total\n	317	171					6	0		\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref\n
P	W	D	L	Win %\n
East Stirlingshire\n	June 1974\n	October 1974\n	17\n	9\n	2\n	6\n	052.9\n	^[365]\n
St Mirren\n	October 1974\n	May 1978\n	169\n	74\n	41\n	54\n	043.8\n	^[365]\n
Aberdeen\n	June 1978\n	6 November 1986\n	459\n	272\n	105\n	82\n	059.3\n	^[365]^[366]\n
Scotland\n	1 October 1985\n	30 June 1986\n	10\n	3\n	4\n	3\n	030.0\n	^[367]\n
Manchester United\n	6 November 1986\n	19 May 2013\n	1,500\n	895\n	338\n	267\n	059.7\n	^[368]^[369]\n
Total\n	2,155\n	1,253\n	490\n	412\n	058.1\n	\u2014\n

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Early life

Playing career

Club

International

Managerial career

East Stirlingshire

St Mirren

Aberdeen

Late 1970s

1980s and silverware

European success and Scottish national side

Manchester United

Appointment and first FA Cup title

United's European firsts and Ferguson's seconds

1993\u201395: Double win and loss

1995\u201398

1998\u201399: Treble success

1999\u20132002: Title hat-trick, retirement plan

2002\u20132006: Rebuilding and transition

Second Champions League trophy

World champions and further league titles

Retirement

Controversies

Gordon Strachan

David Beckham

Champions League draw fixing

Rock of Gibraltar

BBC

Referees

\"Fergie Time\"

Legacy

Personal life

Honours

Player

Manager

Orders and special awards

Honorary degrees

Career statistics

As a player

As a manager

Published works

See also

Notes

References

External links

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