Alex Ferrari (footballer)

Alex Ferrari (born 1 July 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Sampdoria.

Alex Ferrari
Personal information
Full name Alex Ferrari
Date of birth (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994
Place of birth Modena, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club 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 15 (0)
National team
2015 Italy U20 1 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U21 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:13, 13 Decemberber 2020 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 June 2017

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.

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 4½-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]

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.[12] He made his only appearance of the tournament In Italy's second group match on 21 June, a 3–1 defeat to Czech Republic.[13] Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat to Spain on 27 June.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 August 2020[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bologna 2013–14 Serie A 001010
Crotone (loan) 2013–14 Serie B 200020
Bologna 2014–15 Serie B 1001020130
2015–16 Serie A 21010220
2016–17 100010
Total 320300000350
Hellas Verona (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 13000130
2017–18 Serie A 25120271
Total 381200000401
Sampdoria 2018–19 Serie A 601070
2019–20 12010130
Total 180200000200
Career total 901700000971

References

  1. http://www.sampdoria.it/player/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. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  10. "Ferrari signed with Sampdoria". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  11. La Sampdoria riparte dai suoi punti fissi: chi rimane, sampnews24.com, 4 June 2019
  12. "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  13. "Czech Republic 3-1 Italy". UEFA.com. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  14. "Spain U21 3-1 Italy U21". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  15. Alex Ferrari at Soccerway
  • "Bologna official profile" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-05-15.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Alex Ferrari at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
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