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- NAME: Alex Ferguson
- OCCUPATION: Coach, Soccer Player
- BIRTH DATE: December 31, 1941 (Age: 71)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Glasgow, Scotland
- Full Name: Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson
- AKA: Alex Ferguson
- Nickname: Fergie
- AKA: Alexander Chapman Ferguson
- AKA: Alexander Ferguson
- ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn
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Alex Ferguson is a Scottish soccer player known for his highly successful, long-term management of the Manchester United league.
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Ferguson's crowning achievement came in the 1998-'99 season, when he became the first manager of a British side to win the treble: the Premier League championship, the FA Cup and the European Cup. It marked the start of a stretch in which United won three consecutive Premier League titles, and four in five years. In 2003, Ferguson received the Manager of the Decade award,
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presented by the FA Premier League to mark the first 10 years of the Premiership.
Ferguson again led his side to three straight Premier League titles from 2007-'09, along with European Cup and FIFA Club World Cup victories in 2008, and back-to-back League Cups in 2009-'10. In December 2010, he surpassed the 24-year-plus tenure of Sir Matt Busby to become the longest-serving manager in United's history. Fittingly, he ended the season with another milestone victory that gave United a record 19 Premier League championships.
Personal Life
Ferguson married his wife, Cathy Holding, in 1966. They have three sons: Mark, Darren and Jason. Darren played briefly for his father at Manchester United in the 1990s and later became a soccer manager himself.
A longtime supporter of the Labour Party, Ferguson also serves as a United Kingdom Ambassador for UNICEF. After leading Manchester United to its historic treble in 1999, he was awarded knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
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