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
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.
soccer football who-i-am
Do you know who I am? Why, have you forgotten?
player order paper
Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves
suits wayne
I'm sure the mantelpiece of captaincy will suit Wayne
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.
chance normally players quality
We know we have got quality players up front, normally when they get a chance they put it away,
expecting
We're not expecting it to be the same as then at all,
english-athlete lived pitch
I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season.
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When we played together at West Ham I thought we had one of the best strikers in the league in John,