LONDON (AFP) – Factfile on Alex Ferguson,
who announced his retirement as Manchester
United manager on Wednesday:
Name: Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Age: 71
Date of birth: December 31, 1941
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland
Playing career
Position: Striker
Teams: Queen’s Park (1957-1960), St
Johnstone (1960-1964), Dunfermline
Athletic (1964-1967), Rangers (1967-1969),
Falkirk (1969-1973), Ayr United
(1973-1974)
Playing honours
St Johnstone
Scottish Football League Division Two (1):
1962-63
Falkirk
Scottish Football League Division Two (1):
1969-70
Managerial career
Teams: East Stirlingshire (1974), St Mirren
(1974-1978), Aberdeen (1978-1986),
Scotland (1985-1986), Manchester United
(1986-2013)
*Sir Alex Ferguson's
Managerial honours
St Mirren
Scottish First Division (1): 1976-77
Aberdeen
Scottish Premier Division (3): 1979-80,
1983-84, 1984-85
Scottish Cup (4): 1981-82, 1982-83,
1983-84, 1985-86
Scottish League Cup (1): 1985-86
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1): 1982-83
UEFA Super Cup (1): 1983
Manchester United
Premier League (13): 1992-93, 1993-94,
1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000,
2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08,
2008-09, 2010-11, 2012-13
FA Cup (5): 1989-90, 1993-94, 1995-96,
1998-99, 2003-04
League Cup (4): 1991-92, 2005-06, 2008-09,
2009-10
Community Shield (10): 1990 (shared), 1993,
1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010,
2011
UEFA Champions League (2): 1998-99,
2007-08
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1): 1990-91
UEFA Super Cup (1): 1991
Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999
FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008
Individual
Premier League Manager of the Season (10):
1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1998-99,
1999-2000, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08,
2008-09, 2010-11
UEFA Manager of the Year (1): 1998-99
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach
Award (1): 1999
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime
Achievement Award (1): 2001
English Football Hall of Fame (Manager) :
2002
European Hall of Fame (Manager): 2008
FIFA Presidential Award: 2011
Other
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(OBE): 1983
Commander of the Order of the British
Empire (CBE): 1995
Knight Bachelor (Kt.): 1999
Source:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/05/sir-alex-ferguson-factfile/