Fergus Tierney

Tierney born in 2003, raised in Penang, Malaysia, which has enabled him to be a naturalised player and proudly has a Malaysian passport.[7][8]

Started his youth career in Malaysia with Soccer Experience F.C. and his youth football development was challenged during many international football trips where he would play with and against many international professional football academies.

In his youth playing days with Soccer Experience F.C he would play in Europe against academy teams like, Atlético Madrid youth teams,[9] CA Osasuna Cantera, Levante UD Academy,[10] CD Tenerife academy, Rangers F.C. B Team and Academy[11] and many more big clubs in Europe and also played against many quality youth teams in Southeast Asia against youth teams like Barcelona FC Asian academies, Penang FC, JSSL Singapore and many more regional clubs.

Over the years of travelling from Malaysia to play internationally and gain exposure and experience Tierney was invited to train with clubs like, Sunderland A.F.C., Leicester City F.C., Dundee F.C. FC Goa, St Johnstone F.C. and many more.

After the COVID-19 pandemic and when Lockdown eased he was 18 years old and was then invited to train with Penang F.C. first team and also Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. and was very proud in early 2022 to sign a contract with the Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.[12][13][14] and was part of the squad that won the Malaysian Premier League title, Malaysia Premier League[15][16] in 2022, Fergus was coached in 2022 by former Boca Juniors & Argentina National team player Mariano Echeverría.[17][18]

Tierney even though still only 19 years old was called up to the Malaysia national under-23 football team in February 2023 and again called up in March 2023 for the Malaysian team that went on to win the Merlion Cup  for the first time that was held in Singapore.

In April 2023 Tierney was proudly selected again to the Malaysia national under-23 football team for the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Tierney is the son of former PDRM F.C., Penang F.C. and Geylang International FC player and academy coach and TV pundit for Astro SuperSport, Martin Tierney and also his mother Sharon Tierney was an elite athlete who has represented Scottish Athletics national team.