Don Ferguson (born January 2, 1963) is a Canadian

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coach and former professional player.

Club career

At age 17, he began playing professionally in Portugal in their national soccer league. He then moved to England, where he joined first division club Luton Town. After leaving Luton he joined Welsh club

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in the English fourth division, playing under non-contract terms in the 1985–86 season, making 20 appearances. He also played professionally in Canada in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with

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, Ottawa Pioneers/Intrepid, the

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, and Hamilton Steelers.

International career

Ferguson played for the Canadian Olympic team in 1983 helping them to qualify for the 1984 Olympics, although he did not play in the Olympics. He also played for the Canadian national team, making three appearances.

Coaching career

After his playing career, Ferguson served as a youth soccer coach for a variety of youth soccer clubs in Ontario - Brampton SC, Guelph SC, Bolton SC, Georgetown SC, Mississauga Falcons SC, Markham SC, Dixie SC, Toronto FC Academy, and Bryst Soccer Academy, as well as an

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Provincial Coach from 2007-2009 and a Durham Soccer Association Coach from 2010-2011. In 2005, he joined Aurora YSC as a youth soccer coach and joined their League1 Ontario competitive team, when launched in 2016. Since 2011, he has served as the Goalkeeping coach for the

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men's and women's Gryphons soccer teams. With the Gryphons, he won an OUA championship and the 2016 bronze medal at the U SPORTS Championships with the Gryphon’s men’s program, and the 2017 OUA gold medal with the women's team. For 2020, he became an assistant coach for North Mississauga in League1 Ontario. In 2021, he joined expansion League1 Ontario club Guelph United serving as an assistant and goaltending coach. He also serves as a coach for the Canadian para soccer team.

References

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