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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Bologna 35 (0)
2014Crotone (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2018Verona (loan) 38 (1)
2018–2019Sampdoria (loan) 6 (0)
2019– Sampdoria 62 (1)
2023Cremonese (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.

Club career[edit]

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+12-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[edit]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 22 May 2022[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bologna 2013–14 Serie A 0 0 1 0 1 0
Crotone (loan) 2013–14 Serie B 2 0 0 0 2 0
Bologna 2014–15 Serie B 10 0 1 0 2 0 13 0
2015–16 Serie A 21 0 1 0 22 0
2016–17 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 32 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Hellas Verona (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 13 0 0 0 13 0
2017–18 Serie A 25 1 2 0 27 1
Total 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 1
Sampdoria 2018–19 Serie A 6 0 1 0 7 0
2019–20 12 0 1 0 13 0
2020–21 12 0 1 0 13 0
2021–22 23 1 1 0 24 1
Total 53 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 57 1
Career total 125 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 134 2

References[edit]

  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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