Fergus Tierney

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Fergus Tierney
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Tierney with Johor Darul Ta'zim II in 2023
Personal information
Full name Fergus Tierney
Date of birth (2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Number 23
Youth career
2007–2021 Soccer Experience FC
2022– Johor Darul Ta'zim III
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Johor Darul Ta'zim II 17 (0)
International career‡
2023– Malaysia U23 12 (3)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Malaysia U-22
Merlion Cup
Winner 2023
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 April 2024

Fergus Tierney (born 19 March 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Johor Darul Ta'zim II. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Born in Scotland, he represents Malaysia at youth level.

Contents

Early years

Tierney was born in 2003, and raised in Penang, Malaysia since child, which made him a naturalized player and holds a Malaysian passport. [7] [8]

Club career

Youth

Tierney started his youth career in Malaysia with Soccer Experience FC and his youth football development was challenged during many international football trips where he would play with and against many international professional football academies.

In Tierney youth playing days with Soccer Experience FC, he would play in Europe against academy teams like Atlético Madrid youth teams, [9] CA Osasuna Cantera, Levante UD Academy, [10] CD Tenerife academy, Rangers B Team and Academy [11] and many more big clubs in Europe and also played against many quality youth teams in Southeast Asia against youth teams like FC Barcelona Asian academies, Penang, JSSL Singapore and many more regional clubs.

Over the years of travelling from Malaysia to play internationally and gain exposure and experience Tierney was invited to train with clubs like, Sunderland, Leicester City, Dundee, FC Goa, St Johnstone and many more.

Johor Darul Ta'zim II

After the COVID-19 pandemic and when lockdown was eased, Tierney who was 18 years old at that time, was then invited to train with Penang first team. He also been invited to train with Johor Darul Ta'zim and was very proud in early 2022 to sign a contract with the Malaysia Super League giants where he was coached by former Boca Juniors player Mariano Echeverría. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] He was part of the squad that won the 2022 Malaysia Premier League title. [17] [18]

International career

Youth

At only 19 years old, Tierney was called up to the Malaysia U23 squad in February 2023 and again called up in March 2023 for the Malaysian team that went on to win the Merlion Cup for the first time that was held in Singapore.

In April 2023 Tierney was selected again to the Malaysia U23 squad for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Tierney was again selected in August 2023 for the AFF U-23 Championship held in Thailand where he scored crucial goals including a double against Indonesia U23 to help his Malaysia team win 2–1 and he also helped the team reach the 3rd & 4th Playoff.

In September 2023, Tierney was selected again for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification held in Thailand and helped the Malaysia team advance from the AFC regional qualifiers and reach the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup tournament to be held in Qatar in April 2024.

In April 2024, Tierney was selected for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup tournament.

Personal life

Tierney is the son of former PDRM, Penang and Geylang International football player and academy coach and TV pundit for Astro SuperSport, Martin Tierney and also his mother Sharon Tierney was an elite athlete who has represented Scottish Athletics national team. Also his sisters, Murron Tierney and Grear Tierney are presently competitive footballers with Soccer Experience FC senior girls/ladies team. Both Murron and Grear are licensed Asian Football Confederation youth football coaches.

Honours

Club

JDT II

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References

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  2. ↑ "Tierney tidak sabar beraksi di final Piala Merlion". hmetro.com.my. 25 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Fergus Tierney Jaringkan Gol Debut Bersama Harimau Malaya". edisiviral.com.
  4. ↑ "Elavarasan panggil pemain Scotland sertai latihan pusat". bharian.com.my.
  5. ↑ "Tierney teruja menanti aksi final". klik.com.my.
  6. ↑ "Newbies aplenty in Elavarasan's SEA Games training squad". thestar.com.my.
  7. ↑ "Kenali Pemain Muda JDT Berdarah Scotland, Fergus Tierney Yang Curi Perhatian E. Elavarasan" (in Malay). Grand Stand Kita. 11 February 2023.
  8. ↑ T. Avineshwaran (12 February 2023). "Newbies aplenty in Elavarasan's SEA Games training squad". The Star. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Atletico Madrid academy". competize.com.
  10. ↑ "Levante academy". competize.com.
  11. ↑ "Rangers Football Club".
  12. ↑ "RubenMagnano".
  13. ↑ "Kelab penyokong setia harimau selatan". Facebook .
  14. ↑ "JDT". makanbola.com. 11 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "Onefootball".
  16. ↑ "teamshoot".
  17. ↑ "JDT WINNING". johorsoutherntigers.my. 24 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "JDT". johorsoutherntigers.my.
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