Lewis Ferguson

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Lewis Ferguson
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Hamilton, Scotland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 19
Youth career
2009–2013 Rangers
2013–2017 Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Hamilton Academical 13 (0)
2018–2022 Aberdeen 132 (27)
2022– Bologna 63 (13)
International career‡
2017–2018 Scotland U19 7 (0)
2018 Scotland U20 1 (0)
2018–2020 Scotland U21 11 (0)
2021– Scotland 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:30, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Lewis Ferguson (born 24 August 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Bologna, whom he also captains, and the Scotland national team.

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After playing youth football for Rangers and Hamilton Academical, Ferguson made his senior debut for the latter club in the 2017–18 season. After four seasons with Aberdeen he moved to Italian club Bologna in 2022.

A Scotland youth international, Ferguson made his senior debut in 2021.

Early life

Lewis Ferguson was born on 24 August 1999 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. [1]

Club career

Hamilton Academical

Ferguson is a graduate of the Hamilton Academical youth system after earlier being part of the setup at Rangers. [2] [3] He made his senior debut for Hamilton on 20 January 2018, [4] and became a regular in the team in the latter part of the 2017–18 season, replacing Greg Docherty who had moved to Rangers. [5]

With his contract due to expire at the end of that season, Ferguson signed a pre-contract agreement with Aberdeen in May 2018. [5] [6] He was one of seven first-team players who left Hamilton at the end of the 2017–18 season. [7]

Aberdeen

Ferguson made his competitive debut for Aberdeen on 26 July 2018, in the first leg of a Europa League tie against Burnley at Pittodrie Stadium. [8] [9] He scored his first senior goal in the second leg at Turf Moor – a "stunning overhead kick" – although Burnley eventually won the tie on aggregate after extra time. [10] On 28 October, he helped Aberdeen to reach the 2018 Scottish League Cup Final by scoring the only goal of the semi-final against Rangers at Hampden Park. [11] By the end of the calendar year, he had also scored three league goals, all in the closing minutes of each fixture, with two of them (a free kick against Kilmarnock [12] and another overhead kick against Livingston) [13] winning the matches for his team.

In February 2019, Ferguson extended his contract with Aberdeen, keeping him at the club until 2024. [14] In April, he played at Hampden Park again, but this time was sent off for a dangerous challenge as Aberdeen lost to Celtic in the semi-final of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup. [15] In May 2019, he was nominated for the season's PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year; the award was won by Ryan Kent. [16]

Ferguson was the club's top scorer during the 2020–21 season, with 10 goals in 41 appearances. [17] Aberdeen rejected an offer from Watford for Ferguson in May 2021, after which he submitted a written transfer request. [17]

Bologna

On 12 July 2022, Italian club Bologna announced the signing of Ferguson for an undisclosed transfer fee. [18] [19] He made his debut as a substitute in a 2–0 away defeat to Milan on 27 August 2022, [20] and made two more substitute appearances before his first start against Napoli on 16 October. [21] His first goal came a week later, the second in a 2–0 win at home to Lecce, and he scored again the following week – the equaliser in a 2–1 away win over Monza. [20] On 12 November 2022, he scored Bologna's third goal in a 3–0 win over Sassuolo, a curling effort from the edge of the penalty area after a one-two with Nicolás Domínguez that was later named the Serie A goal of the month for November 2022. [22] [23] Ferguson started 28 games for Bologna during the 2022–23 season as they finished ninth in Serie A. [24] He scored seven goals during the season, which was the highest tally by a Scottish player in an Italian league season since Denis Law played for Torino in 1961–62. [24]

In July 2023, Ferguson signed a new contract with Bologna that is due to run until the end of the 2026–27 season. [24] In October 2023 he became Bologna's captain, [25] [26] and he continued in that role , [27] [28] [29] until suffering a knee injury in April 2024. [30] [31] Ferguson became the top Scottish scorer in Serie A history on 23 December 2023, overtaking Denis Law, when he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against Atalanta. [32]

International career

Ferguson was called up by the Scotland under-19 team in August 2017, [33] and he went on to make appearances at the under-19, under-20 and Scotland under-21 levels. [34] Ferguson received his first call-up to the senior Scotland squad in August 2021 for games against Denmark, Moldova and Austria. [35] He made his debut against Denmark on 1 September 2021 in a 2–0 away loss, coming on for Billy Gilmour in added time. [36]

He suffered a knee injury in April 2024 which required surgery and put his participation at Euro 2024 into doubt. [30] [31]

Personal life

Lewis is the son of Derek Ferguson and nephew of Barry Ferguson, both former professional footballers with clubs including Rangers, and the Scotland national team. [37] His cousin Kyle Ferguson is also a footballer (they were teammates as children in the Rangers academy). [2] His daughter Lake was born in November 2022. [38]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hamilton Academical U20s 2016–17 [1] ————1 [lower-alpha 3] 010
2017–18 [1] ————1 [lower-alpha 3] 010
Total000000002020
Hamilton Academical 2017–18 [4] Scottish Premiership 1301000——140
Aberdeen 2018–19 [8] Scottish Premiership33660312 [lower-alpha 4] 1—448
2019–20 [39] Scottish Premiership28141106 [lower-alpha 4] 1—393
2020–21 [40] Scottish Premiership35930003 [lower-alpha 4] 1—4110
2021–22 [41] Scottish Premiership361121106 [lower-alpha 5] 4—4516
Total1322715251177—16937
Bologna 2022–23 Serie A 32710———337
2023–24 Serie A31620———336
Total6313300000006613
Career total20840192511772025150

International

As of match played 26 March 2024 [34]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Scotland 202120
202230
202350
202420
Total120

Honours

Individual

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