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"Leslie "Les" Ferdinand" Order of the British Empire/MBE is an English former Association football/footballer and current football coach and Director of Football at his former club Queens Park Rangers F.C./Queens Park Rangers. His playing career included spells at Queens Park Rangers F.C, Be?ikta? J.K./Be?ikta?, Newcastle United F.C./Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur F.C./Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United F.C./West Ham United, Leicester City F.C./Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers F.C./Bolton Wanderers, Reading F.C./Reading and Watford F.C./Watford during which period he earned 17 caps (football)/caps for England national football team/England. Ferdinand is the eighth highest scorer in the Premier League with 149 goals.

He is the cousin of players, brothers Rio Ferdinand/Rio and Anton Ferdinand, and Peterborough United F.C./Peterborough United player, Kane Ferdinand. Nicknamed Sir Les, he was made an Order of the British Empire/MBE in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours.

On 5 November 2008 Ferdinand joined fellow ex-Tottenham player Tim Sherwood on the coaching staff of Tottenham Hotspur, to work with the strikers. Ferdinand left the club on 19 June 2014.