Calum Ferguson

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Calum Ferguson
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Brechin City
Youth career
Ross County
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2019–2020 Canterbury United 11 (2)
2021 Erie Commodores
2022–2023 Warrenpoint Town 0 (0)
2023– Brechin City 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 Canada U18 5 (1)
2014–2015 Canada U20 6 (1)
2018 Cascadia 6 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2018

Calum Ferguson (born 12 February 1995) is a Scottish football player who plays as a forward for Highland Football League club Brechin City. Born in Scotland, he has represented Canada at youth international level.

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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]

Warrenpoint Town

After spending 2021 with NPSL side Erie Commodores, Ferguson signed with NIFL Premiership side Warrenpoint Town until the end of the season on 13 February 2022. [13]

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, [14] where he scored a goal against Belarus. [15] In 2014, he progressed to the under-20 team and participated at the 2014 Milk Cup [16] and the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. [17]

Ferguson was called up by Cascadia for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup. [18] 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. [19]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2013–14 [20] Scottish Premiership 000000–00
2014–15 [21] Scottish Premiership200000–20
2015–16 [22] Scottish Premiership000000–00
Total200000–00
Montrose (loan) 2014–15 [21] Scottish League Two 4000000040
Albion Rovers 2016–17 [23] Scottish League One 21121401 [lower-alpha 1] 0282
Elgin City 2017–18 [24] Scottish League Two4010102 [lower-alpha 1] 080
Valour FC 2019 Canadian Premier League 8110–0091
Canterbury United 2019–20 New Zealand Premiership 11200–00112
Career total504415030625
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

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References

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  2. ↑ "Scottish Premiership January deals". 1 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Report: Away v Partick : S.Cup". 9 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Inverness CT 3–3 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. 21 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Calum signs". Albion Rovers FC. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Pirie, Mark (18 January 2017). "Calum Ferguson felt like a celebrity after securing Albion Rovers Celtic clash". Daily Record. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Scottish League Two ins and out – summer 2017". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Valour FC sign Calum Ferguson and Federico Peña". Valour FC. 3 April 2019. Archived from the original on 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. 1 2 3 "C. Ferguson". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Valour FC announce roster changes". Valour FC. 7 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 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. ↑ "Late addition!". Warrenpoint Town F.C. 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Canada M18 set for action at COTIF U-20 tournament in Spain". 6 August 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "6ª Jornada 2º Partido CANADA 1 – 0 BIELORRUSIA". 17 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "Canada M20 heads to 2014 Dale Farm Milk Cup". 23 July 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  17. ↑ Rowaan, Dave (5 January 2014). "Canada names squad for CONCACAF U20 Championships". Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "Paddy Power CONIFA World Football Cup 2018 Team List" (PDF). CONIFA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  19. ↑ "Learn the Gaelic for 'free kick' with Ryan Christie and Calum Ferguson". YouTube .
  20. ↑ "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Calum Ferguson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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