Francesco Ferrari (basketball)

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Francesco Ferrari
Francesco Ferrari 20250220.jpg
Ferrari with the Italian national team in 2025
No. 24–Virtus Bologna
Position Small forward
League LBA
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (2005-08-18) August 18, 2005 (age 20)
Novara, Italy
NationalityItalian
Listed height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
Playing career2023–present
Career history
2023–2024College Borgomanero
2024–2025United Eagles Cividale
2026–present Virtus Bologna
Career highlights
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
FIBA U20 EuroBasket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Greece Team

Francesco Ferrari (born August 18, 2005) is an Italian professional basketball player for the Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. He also represents the Italian national team.

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Career

College Basketball Borgomanero

Ferrari developed in the youth sector of College Basketball Borgomanero, the club where his father Federico served as general manager. [1] In the 2021–2022 season he made his senior debut with the first team in Serie B Interregionale, the fourth tier of Italian basketball. The following year he split his time between the same league with College Borgomanero and Serie C Silver with Sporting Club Borgomanero, the club’s satellite team. During the 2023–2024 season, he averaged 18.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, once again in Serie B Interregionale. At the same time, he continued to play at youth level. [2] In February 2024 he competed in and won the LBA Next Gen Cup while on loan at Olimpia Milano, earning Finals MVP honors after posting 26 points, 13 rebounds and a performance index rating of 36. [3]

UEB Cividale

Starting from the 2024–2025 season, he officially became a player for United Eagles Basketball Cividale, competing in Serie A2. [4] In his first year with the team coached by Stefano Pillastrini, the nineteen-year-old Ferrari averaged 8.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, and was named Italian MVP of the league for the month of January. [5] On 11 June 2025, he renewed his contract with the Friulian club for a further two seasons. [6] On 10 December 2025, in a rescheduled home game of the 14th round won against Urania Milano, the twenty-year-old Ferrari delivered a 36 point performance, shooting 9/12 from two-point range, a perfect 5/5 from three, and 3/5 from the free-throw line. It was the highest scoring game by a 20-year-old Italian player in one of the two top national divisions since Carlton Myers's 1991 performance. [7]

Virtus Bologna

On 3 January 2026, Ferrari was signed by Virtus Bologna, the reigning Italian championship, on a contract running through 2028. [8]

National team career

Ferrari played for the Italy men's national under-18 basketball team during the 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship (averaged 16.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists) and 2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket (8.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists), his represented teams were eliminated both times in the Round of 16. [9]

In 2025, Ferrari played for the Italian men's national under-20 basketball team in the 2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket and by averaging 15.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists per game led his team to gold medals, defeating the Lithuanian national team in the final 83–66. [10] Ferrari was named the MVP of the 2025 FIBA U20 EuroBasket and included into the tournament's All-Star Five. [11]

Personal life

Ferrari's basketball idol is an Italian basketball player Danilo Gallinari. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Organigramma. College Basketball Borgomanero
  2. ↑ Francesco Ferrari, IRREALE prestazione in U19: segna più punti della squadra avversaria. Basket Universo
  3. ↑ FRANCESCO FERRARI DELL'EA7 EMPORIO ARMANI MILANO È L'MVP IBSA DELLA FINALE DELLA IBSA NEXT GEN CUP 2023/24. Lega Basket Serie A
  4. ↑ Chi è Francesco Ferrari, il nuovo gioiellino della UEB Cividale. Tutto Udinese
  5. ↑ Trofei LNP 2024/2025: il miglior Under 21 di Serie A2 è Francesco Ferrari (UEB Gesteco Cividale). Lega Pallacanestro
  6. ↑ FRANCESCO FERRARI VOLERÀ AL PALAGESTECO FINO AL 2027. United Eagles Basketball
  7. ↑ Francesco Ferrari, 36 punti in A2: non succedeva dai tempi di Carlton Myers. Sky Sport
  8. ↑ FRANCESCO FERRARI NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA VIRTUS BOLOGNA. Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna
  9. ↑ "Francesco Ferrari". FIBA . 25 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Italy overcome Lithuania to claim FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2025 title". FIBA. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Ferrari takes home MVP honors; headlines All-Star Five". FIBA. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Lietuvą finale skandinęs italas – apie svajonių darbą, idealą ir skaudžius komentarus". BasketNews.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
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