Trivias Of Rio Ferdinand
- He started playing football at the age of 10.
- He was born to his Irish mother, Janice Lavender, and Saint Lucian's father, Julian Ferdinand. He has several brothers and sisters: one brother and three sisters on his father's side and a brother and sister from his mother's remarriage.
- His brother, Anton Ferdinand, also plays as a defender, while his cousins are Les Ferdinand who was capped 17 times by the England national team, and Kane Ferdinand, who represented Ireland at the youth level.
- In 2000, he joined Premier side Leeds United for a record-breaking fee of £18 million as well as becoming the world's most expensive defender.
- In 2002, he joined fellow Premier League side Manchester United on a five-year deal for around £30 million, becoming the most expensive British footballer in history at the time and the world's most expensive defender for a second time, a title he had lost in 2001 to Lilian Thuram.
- In September 2003, he missed a drug test and was banned from competition for eight months from January until September 2004.
- He announced his retirement from professional football on 30 May 2015.
- He played 81 times for the England national team between 1997 and 2011, making him England's second most capped black player behind Ashley Cole with 107.
- In May 2013, he announced his retirement from international football, saying that "it's the right time to make room for young players and focus on the club career".
- In September 2017, he announced his intention to become a professional boxer, partly to help him cope with the death of his wife.
