Lewis Ferguson (born 24 August 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Bologna and the Scotland national football team as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 23)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bologna | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2013 | Rangers | ||
| 2013–2017 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Hamilton Academical | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Aberdeen | 132 | (27) |
| 2022– | Bologna | 9 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Scotland U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2018 | Scotland U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Scotland U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2021– | Scotland | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:31, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:38, 15 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
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, he made his senior debut in 2021.
Ferguson was born in Hamilton.[1]
A graduate of the Hamilton Academical youth system after earlier being part of the setup at Rangers,[2][3] Ferguson made his senior debut for Accies on 20 January 2018.[4] He became a regular in the Hamilton 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]
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 signed an extended contract with Aberdeen, due to run until 2024.[14] In April he played at Hampden 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]
On 12 July 2022, Italian club Bologna announced the signing of Ferguson for an undisclosed transfer fee.[18][19]
Ferguson was called up by the Scotland under-19 team in August 2017,[20] making a number of appearances for them.[21] Ferguson received his first call-up to the senior Scotland squad in August 2021 for games against Denmark, Moldova and Austria.[22]
He made his debut against Denmark on 1 September 2021 in a 2–0 away loss, substituting Billy Gilmour in added time.[23]
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.[24] His cousin Kyle Ferguson is also a footballer (they were teammates as children in the Rangers academy).[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hamilton Academical U20s | 2016–17[1] | – | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18[1] | – | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hamilton Academical | 2017–18[4] | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Aberdeen | 2018–19[8] | Scottish Premiership | 33 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 44 | 8 |
| 2019–20[25] | Scottish Premiership | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 39 | 3 | |
| 2020–21[26] | Scottish Premiership | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 41 | 10 | |
| 2021–22[27] | Scottish Premiership | 36 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 5] | 4 | 45 | 16 | |
| Total | 132 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 169 | 37 | ||
| Bologna | 2022–23 | Serie A | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 154 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 195 | 40 | ||
Bologna F.C. 1909 – current squad | |
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SFWA Young Player of the Year | |
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