his career. On 28 August 2010, he played his 1,000th senior match in Northern Ireland – in Lisburn Distillery's 2–1 win over Newry City. Ferguson made his final career appearance on 30 April 2011, playing for Lisburn Distillery in their 4–3 home win over Cliftonville. International career Having been previously capped for Northern Ireland B, Ferguson was first called into the Northern Ireland squad late in 1998. He made his debut against Canada on 7 April 1999 but did not play again until 2001. In all he won five caps, and represented the Irish League representative team four times, scoring twice. Managerial career Ferguson was appointed manager of Ballymena United on 30 December 2011. His first game in charge was against Linfield F.C. on 8 January 2012, and won his first trophy as manager when the Sky Blues defeated Ferguson's former club Linfield in the County Antrim Shield final on 27 November 2012. Ferguson led Ballymena United to the Irish Cup final for the first time since winning the cup in 1989 where they were beaten 2–1 in the final by Glenavon. Ferguson was sacked in 2016 and replaced by David Jeffrey. Honours Player Glenavon Irish Cup (1): 1996–97 Gold Cup (2): 1990–91, 1997–98 Floodlit Cup (1): 1996–97 County Antrim Shield (2): 1990–91, 1995–96 Mid-Ulster Cup (1): 1990–91 IFA Charity Shield (1): 1992 (shared) Linfield Irish League (6): 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 Irish Cup (4): 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 Irish League Cup (4): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2007–08 County Antrim Shield (5): 1997–98, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 IFA Charity Shield (1): 2000 Setanta Cup (1): 2005 Lisburn Distillery Irish League Cup (1): 2010–11 Manager Ballymena United County Antrim Shield (2): 2012–13, 2015–16 Individual Irish League top scorer (2) 1994-95 (27 goals), 2003–04 (25 goals) Ulster Footballer of the Year (3) 2000-01, 2003–04, 2005–06 Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year (3) 2000-01, 2003–04, 2005–06 Northern Ireland PFA Player of the Year (1) 1994 See also List of men's footballers with the most official appearances List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals References External links NIFG 1969 births Living people Association footballers from Belfast Association footballers from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland international footballers Ulster Footballers of the Year Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Players of the Year Ards F.C. players Glenavon F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Lisburn Distillery F.C. players NIFL Premiership players Ballymena United F.C.