Feruz spent most of his youth career with Celtic, before moving to Chelsea in September 2011 after rejecting a professional contract with the Scottish club.
[9] He and his family originally lived in a high-rise flat in Castlemilk, but Feruz later moved them to an upscale area in Glasgow's Charing Cross.
The team's manager John Sludden said that after only 20 minutes he could tell Feruz was a special player and compared his talent to that of Paul McStay, Charlie Nicholas and Aiden McGeady.
[12] Celtic youth coach Tommy Burns successfully campaigned for them to be able stay in Scotland,[13] and for the Feruzes to be granted British passports.
He also expressed his disappointment that a player who Celtic had helped to stay in the country and moved into an expensive flat was possibly going to leave the club.
[21] Feruz made his Chelsea first team debut against a Malaysia League XI on 21 July 2013, coming on as a substitute in the 32nd minute for Kevin De Bruyne,[22] but after half time he was replaced by André Schürrle.
[27] After cancelling his move to Russia, on 1 September 2014, Feruz signed a season-loan deal with Superleague Greece club OFI Crete, managed by Gennaro Gattuso.
[28] Twelve days later he made his only league appearance for the team, replacing Mayron George for the final 28 minutes of a 3–0 defeat to Olympiacos at the Karaiskakis Stadium.
[30] His only other game was also in the Cup group stages, starting at the Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium in a 1–0 win over Skoda Xanthi on 30 October and making way for eventual goalscorer George at half time.
[31] After training with Championship side Cardiff City earlier that month,[32] on 16 January 2015, Feruz joined another team in that division, Blackpool, for the remainder of the season.
[33] He made his Blackpool debut in a 2–0 defeat away to Wolverhampton Wanderers the following day, replacing Steve Davies for the final eight minutes at the Molineux Stadium.
[40] Feruz failed to make an impact at Hibs and his loan was terminated on 14 January 2016 after the player had made just six substitute appearances in his time at the club.
[43] Ten days later, he made his debut in the first division of Belgium in a 5–1 home defeat against Zulte Waregem, replacing Simon Diedhiou in the 70th minute.
[46] Three days later, Feruz made his Swindon Town debut in their 2–1 victory over Bolton Wanderers, featuring for 60 minutes before being replaced by Jermaine Hylton.
[12] After turning in a poor performance at an Under-20 tournament in the Netherlands in May 2012, Feruz attracted some controversy when he tweeted that he "would love to play in the African Nation Cup!
[53] Speaking after that game, Scottish FA performance chief Mark Wotte stated his belief that Feruz could be a top striker for the full national team.