Calum Ferguson

Calum Ferguson (born 12 February 1995) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a forward for New Zealand club Canterbury United.

For the Australian cricketer, see Callum Ferguson.
Calum Ferguson
Personal information
Full name Calum Ferguson
Date of birth (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Canterbury United
Number 15
Youth career
Ross County
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 (0)
2014 → Montrose (loan) 4 (0)
2016–2017 Albion Rovers 21 (1)
2017–2018 Elgin City 10 (0)
2019 Valour FC 8 (1)
2019– Canterbury United 11 (2)
National team‡
2013 Canada U18 5 (1)
2014–2015 Canada U20 6 (1)
2018– Cascadia 6 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2018

Club career

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

After progressing through the youth ranks at Inverness, Ferguson made the game-day squad for the first time with the Caley Jags against his former club Ross County on 19 May 2013.[1] Ferguson was loaned to Montrose in early 2014.[2] He played four games before his loan ended. He would again make the game-day squad with Inverness against Partick Thistle on 7 February 2015 in the Scottish Cup.[3] Ferguson finally made his debut for Inverness against Kilmarnock on 21 February as a substitute in a 3–3 draw.[4]

Albion Rovers

After leaving Inverness at the end of the 2015–16 season, Ferguson signed for Scottish League One side Albion Rovers in July 2016, after impressing as a trialist in a pre-season friendly against Motherwell.[5] Ferguson hit the headlines with Albion Rovers when he scored a dramatic last minute winner in the Scottish Cup against Queen of the South to send his side through to play Celtic.[6]

Elgin City

In summer 2017, Ferguson signed with Scottish League Two side Elgin City.[7]

Valour FC

On 3 April 2019, Ferguson signed with Canadian Premier League side Valour FC after a trial.[8] He had previously spent time on trial with HFX Wanderers FC.[9] He made his debut for Valour on 8 May against Cavalry FC.[10] On 11 May, Ferguson scored his first goal for Valour in a 1–0 win over HFX Wanderers.[10] On 7 October 2019, Ferguson was granted an early leave from the club to pursue opportunities in New Zealand.[11]

Canterbury United

On 1 November 2019, Ferguson signed with New Zealand Football Championship side Canterbury United FC.[12] He made his debut on 2 November as a starter in a 1–0 loss to Eastern Suburbs.[10]

International career

Ferguson's mother was born in Canada, and as a result he has eligibility for both Canada and Scotland. He made his debut for Canada at the under-18 level at the 2013 Torneo COTIF,[13] where he scored a goal against Belarus.[14] In 2014, he progressed to the under-20 team and participated at the 2014 Milk Cup[15] and the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[16]

Ferguson was called up by Cascadia for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.[17] He finished the tournament with 5 goals in 6 games as Cascadia finished 6th overall.

Personal life

Ferguson is a fluent speaker of Scottish Gaelic and appeared regularly on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and BBC Alba.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 24 January 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2013–14[19] Scottish Premiership 000000–00
2014–15[20] Scottish Premiership 200000–20
2015–16[21] Scottish Premiership 000000–00
Total 200000–00
Montrose (loan) 2014–15[20] Scottish League Two 4000000040
Albion Rovers 2016–17[22] Scottish League One 21121401[lower-alpha 1]0282
Elgin City 2017–18[23] Scottish League Two 4010102[lower-alpha 1]080
Valour FC 2019 Canadian Premier League 8110–0091
Canterbury United 2019–20 New Zealand Premiership 11200–00112
Career total 504415030625
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References
  1. "Ross County 1 - 0 Inverness CT". 19 May 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. "Scottish Premiership January deals". 1 February 2014.
  3. "Report: Away v Partick : S.Cup". 9 February 2015.
  4. "Inverness CT 3–3 Kilmarnock". 21 February 2015.
  5. "Calum signs". Albion Rovers FC. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  6. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/calum-ferguson-felt-like-king-9639267
  7. "Scottish League Two ins and out - summer 2017". BBC. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. "Valour FC sign Calum Ferguson and Federico Peña". Valour FC. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  9. Gareth Hampshire (28 February 2019). "Wanderers hold trials for the final few places in the squad". HFX Wanderers FC. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. "C. Ferguson". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. "Valour FC announce roster changes". Valour FC. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  12. Gordon Findlater (1 November 2019). "Dragons to face defending champs". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  13. "Canada M18 set for action at COTIF U-20 tournament in Spain". 6 August 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  14. "6ª Jornada 2º Partido CANADA 1 – 0 BIELORRUSIA". 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  15. "Canada M20 heads to 2014 Dale Farm Milk Cup". 23 July 2014.
  16. Rowaan, Dave (5 January 2014). "Canada names squad for CONCACAF U20 Championships".
  17. "Paddy Power CONIFA World Football Cup 2018 Team List" (PDF). CONIFA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  18. "Learn the Gaelic for 'free kick' with Ryan Christie and Calum Ferguson".
  19. "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  20. "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  21. "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  22. "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  23. "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.


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