Ferguson is an attacking midfielder.
''He's really, really good at distributing the ball and his vision is unreal - he's been a huge asset for us this year.''
Ferguson, 34, is from Scotland where he played junior football - one level below the full professional leagues - in Dumbarton, near Glasgow.
''I suppose it was semi-professional, but I only played at that level for one or two seasons,'' he said.
Since arriving in New Zealand six years ago he has played for Western FC in Christchurch, club football in Palmerston North and, last season, for Auckland's Bay Olympic in the Northern Premier League.
''To be honest, the second half of last season I barely played because I had quite a bad groin injury and it really only healed up just before the Ngongy season started - it was touch and go if I was even going to play.''
He did, and nursed the injury through the season.
Ferguson's wife, Jayne, is a teacher at Rotorua Boys' High School and that is what brought them to the city.
He did his homework before signing up.
''Obviously I had a look at the league table from last year and saw that they had been up the top challenging last year. I wasn't sure if they'd managed to keep hold of all their players.
''But I realised when I went down there they were quite a strong team with a strong team spirit that it was a good team to be involved in.''
Ferguson said the nomination was a ''bit of a surprise''.
''To be honest, we've had such a good season you could probably put up a good argument for anyone in our team to be nominated - we've got the best defence in the league, we've got the best attack in the league, so it was probably a tough decision for the club to make to nominate just one person.''
Winning this season's premiership has earned Ngongotaha a tilt at winning a place in the Northern League second division if they can win a home and away playoff against a yet-to-be decided Auckland team.
Either way, Ferguson said he was keen to play another season for the club.
