27 Facts About Shane Ferguson

Shane Kevin Ferguson was born on 12 July 1991 and is a Northern Irish professional footballer for Derry City and the Northern Ireland national team.

Shane Ferguson previously played for Newcastle United in the Premier League, where he had two spells on loan to Birmingham City of the English Championship, as well as Rangers of the Scottish Championship and Scottish Professional Football League and Millwall of the EFL Championship.

Shane Ferguson then spent five and a half seasons with Millwall and three with Rotherham United.

Shane Ferguson is capable of playing anywhere on the left flank as a full back or winger.

Shane Ferguson joined the Newcastle United youth system in July 2007.

Shane Ferguson made his first team debut at left back on 25 August 2010, in a League Cup tie away at Accrington Stanley.

Shane Ferguson made his Premier League debut on 5 January 2011 against West Ham United as a second-half substitute.

Shane Ferguson made his first Premier League start against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 2 April 2011.

Shane Ferguson signed a new five-year contract on 27 May 2011, having made a good impression in the final part of the season.

In late February 2013, Shane Ferguson joined Championship club Birmingham City on loan until 1 April.

Shane Ferguson's loan was extended until the end of the season, and he made 11 appearances before returning to Newcastle.

In July 2013, Shane Ferguson rejoined Birmingham on loan for the season.

Shane Ferguson played regularly at the start of the season, but fell out of favour, and appeared only three times in the last three months of the season after the arrival of Liverpool's Jordon Ibe on loan.

Shane Ferguson was still recovering from a knee ligament injury, and only regained fitness in time to make two appearances: as a second-half substitute in the first leg of the play-off final and as a starter in the second, as Rangers lost out to Motherwell.

Shane Ferguson joined Millwall on loan on 7 August 2015 on a 92-day loan from parent club Newcastle.

On 1 September, Shane Ferguson's loan spell at the club was extended until 9 January 2016.

Shane Ferguson scored his first Millwall goal in November 2015 against Colchester United.

Shane Ferguson made 24 appearances and scored 2 goals for Millwall before returning to Newcastle in January 2016.

On 26 January 2016, Shane Ferguson signed an eighteen-month contract with Millwall for an undisclosed fee.

On 20 July 2021, Shane Ferguson signed a two-year contract with Rotherham United.

On 11 December 2024, Shane Ferguson signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Derry City ahead of their 2025 season.

Shane Ferguson has been capped for the Northern Ireland national team at various youth levels.

Shane Ferguson was called up for the 2011 U21 European Championship qualifier against Germany on 13 November but did not leave the bench.

Shane Ferguson played all three matches of that round, but Northern Ireland failed to win any of the games and finished at the bottom of their group.

However, under-21 coach Steve Beaglehole later stated that he believed Shane Ferguson never attempted to switch allegiances despite failing to respond to Worthington's calls as he had started in all the 2013 European Championship qualifiers from September onwards.

On 20 February 2012 Shane Ferguson was included in Michael O'Neill's first squad following his appointment as the Northern Ireland manager.

Shane Ferguson scored his first goal for Northern Ireland in an international friendly versus Finland on 15 August 2012.