Alex Ferrari (footballer)

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Alex Ferrari
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Modena, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back , right-back
Team information
Current team
 Sampdoria
Number 25
Youth career
1998–2002 Modena Est
2002–2013 Bologna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2019 Bologna 35 (0)
2014 → Crotone (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2018 → Verona (loan) 38 (1)
2018–2019 → Sampdoria (loan) 6 (0)
2019– Sampdoria 62 (1)
2023 → Cremonese (loan) 16 (0)
International career‡
2015 Italy U20 1 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U21 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 June 2017

Alex Ferrari (born 1 July 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Sampdoria. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.

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Club career

Ferrari was born in Modena. He played for lowly Modena Est, before joining Bologna's youth setup in 2002, aged eight, [2] and was promoted to the Primavera squad in the mid–2011.[ citation needed ]

On 3 December 2013, Ferrari made his first-team debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 home loss against Siena, for the season's Coppa Italia. [3] On 14 January of the following year he was loaned to Crotone. [4]

In January 2017 he signed a new 4+1⁄2-year contract with Bologna. [5] He moved on loan to Hellas Verona on 27 January 2017, lasting until the end of the season. [6] On 12 July 2017, his loan at Verona was extended until June 2018, with an obligation to buy. [7] [8] [9]

On 13 June 2018, Ferrari signed to Serie A club Sampdoria, on loan until 30 June 2019 with an option to buy. [10] The deal was later turned permanent. [11] On 2 January 2023, he joined fellow Serie A club Cremonese on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. [12]

International career

Ferrari made his debut with the Italy U21 on 2 June 2016, in a friendly match against France.

In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager Luigi Di Biagio. [13] He made his only appearance of the tournament In Italy's second group match on 21 June, a 3–1 defeat to Czech Republic. [14] Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat to Spain on 27 June. [15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 May 2022 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bologna 2013–14 Serie A 0010——10
Crotone (loan) 2013–14 Serie B 2000——20
Bologna 2014–15 Serie B10010—20130
2015–16 Serie A21010——220
2016–17 1000——10
Total320300000350
Hellas Verona (loan) 2016–17 Serie B13000——130
2017–18 Serie A25120——271
Total381200000401
Sampdoria 2018–19 Serie A6010——70
2019–20 12010——130
2020–21 12010——130
2021–22 23110——241
Total531400000571
Career total12529000001342

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References

  1. ↑ "201819 Alex Ferrari".
  2. ↑ Alex Ferrari: "Ho più fiducia in me stesso" (Alex Ferrari: "I have more self confidence"); Zero Cinquanto, 27 March 2013 (in Italian) Archived 17 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Bologna fuori dalla Coppa Italia. Feddal fa felice il Siena al 122' (Bologna out of Coppa Italia. Feddal makes Siena happy in the 122nd minute); QN, 4 December 2013 (in Italian)
  4. ↑ Bologna: Ferrari in prestito al Crotone (Bologna: Ferrari on loan to Crotone); La Gazzetta dello Sport, 14 January 2014 (in Italian)
  5. ↑ "Alex Ferrari extends contract" (Press release). Bologna F.C. 1909. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ferrari moves to Hellas Verona on loan" (Press release). Bologna F.C. 1909. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "CALCIOMERCATO VERONA, DOPPIO COLPO: TORNANO FERRARI E ZUCULINI". Goal.com. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Alex Ferrari to Verona" (Press release). Bologna F.C. 1909. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Bentornati Alex Ferrari Franco Zuculini" [Welcome back Alex Ferrari, Franco Zuculini] (Press release) (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ferrari signed with Sampdoria". 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  11. ↑ La Sampdoria riparte dai suoi punti fissi: chi rimane, sampnews24.com, 4 June 2019
  12. ↑ "FERRARI NUOVO CALCIATORE DELLA CREMONESE". www.uscremonese.it (in Italian). 2 January 2023. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Czech Republic 3-1 Italy". UEFA.com. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "Spain U21 3-1 Italy U21". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  16. ↑ Alex Ferrari at Soccerway
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