Ian Ferguson (footballer, born 1968) explained

Ian Ferguson
Birth Date:1968 8, df=y
Birth Place:Dunfermline, Scotland
Youthyears1:19??–1987
Youthclubs1:Lochgelly Albert
Years1:1987–1992
Years2:1992–1993
Years3:1993–1997
Years4:1997–1999
Years5:1998–1999
Years6:1999
Years7:1999–2000
Years8:2000–2001
Years9:2001–2002
Years10:2002–2004
Caps1:111
Caps2:60
Caps3:42
Caps4:55
Caps5:4
Caps6:7
Caps7:10
Caps8:27
Caps9:24
Caps10:9
Totalcaps:349
Goals1:23
Goals2:9
Goals3:6
Goals4:16
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:4
Goals8:8
Goals9:6
Goals10:0
Totalgoals:72

Ian Ferguson (born 5 August 1968 in Dunfermline) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played for ten clubs in a seventeen-year senior career.

Career

Ferguson began his career at junior club Lochgelly Albert in the 1980s. In 1987, he signed professional terms with Raith Rovers, and went on to make 111 league appearances for the Stark's Park club, scoring 23 goals.

In 1992, he moved to Edinburgh to join Hearts in a £100,000 deal. In just under two years with the Jambos, he scored nine goals in 60 appearances, the most notable being the winner in an Edinburgh Derby in March 1992. Ferguson signed for St Johnstone for £110,000 in 1993, but his four years in Perth were blighted by injury and he managed only 42 league appearances.

Ayr United came in for Ferguson's services in 1997, and with his injuries behind him, managed to score sixteen goals in 55 games with the Honest Men, including a crucial strike in a Scottish Cup tie against local rivals Kilmarnock.

Ferguson left Ayr in 1999 after only two years, and went on to play for six other clubs in as many years, bringing his professional career to a close in 2004 with Berwick Rangers. After leaving Shielfield Park, He returned to his junior football roots with Bo'ness United. He later played with Rosebank AFC in Dunfermline.