Salvatore Ferraro (born 8 September 1983) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender for Cattolica San Marino.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 September 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Catanzaro, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cattolica San Marino | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2002 | Inter | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Inter | 1 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Prato (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2003–2008 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Pavia (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Rimini (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Vittoria (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Lumezzane (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → San Marino (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Benevento (loan) | 39 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Benevento | 43 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | Lanciano | 22 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Ternana | 64 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Catanzaro | 49 | (0) |
| 2015 | Grosseto | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Tuttocuoio | 27 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Pro Patria | 27 | (0) |
| 2017 | Mantova | 13 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Forlì | 17 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Pomigliano | 26 | (1) |
| 2019 | Forlì | 4 | (0) |
| 2019– | Cattolica San Marino | 10 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1999 | Italy U-15 | 3 | (0) |
| 2000 | Italy U-16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Italy U-17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2001 | Italy U-19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2002 | Italy U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:46, 26 April 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editFerraro started his career at Internazionale. In 2001-2002 he was part of the Nerazzurri youth team, but made his debut against Feyenoord on 11 April 2002, playing 90 minutes in the return leg of the UEFA Cup semifinal.[1] A few days later, he played his only Serie A game, replacing Clarence Seedorf in the clash against Chievo. In January 2003, he was graduated from Primavera Team (under-20 Team), he was loaned to Prato of Serie C1.
A.C. Milan
editFerraro (half of rights were valued at €1.75M), along with Alessandro Livi, Giuseppe Ticli (50% valued €1.75M) and Marco Varaldi (half of the rights valued €1.75M) were moved to city rival A.C. Milan, and Matteo Giordano (50% valued €1.5M), Ronny Diuk Toma (50% valued €1.5M), Simone Brunelli and Matteo Deinite (50% valued €1.5M) moved to Inter. Both clubs co-owned the 8 players. The deal later criticized as using player transfer to make false profit in balance sheet, it is because the transfer fees were paid via player exchange, but the transfer fees in the balance sheet could be adjusted by the two clubs.[2][3]
He was immediately left on loan to Pavia of Serie C1.
In summer 2004, he was loaned to Rimini of Serie C1, and then to Vittoria, also in Serie C1.
In summer 2005, he moved to Lumezzane of Serie C1.
In summer 2006, he moved to San Marino of Serie C1.
Benevento
editIn summer 2007, A.C. Milan bought remaining half player's rights from Inter, for €300,000 (while Giuseppe Ticli's half for €100,000; Giordano to Inter for €50,000, Deinite for €250,000, which only €100,000 cash involved from Milan to Inter,[4] and in 2008 deal between Varaldi and Toma solved by Inter paid Milan the same amount), and Ferraro moved to Benevento of Serie C2 on loan. In summer 2008 he terminated his remain contract with Milan in order to join Benevento in free transfer.[5] It made Milan registered an accounting losses of €25,000.
Lanciano & Ternana
editIn July 2010 he was signed by Lanciano in 2-year contract.[6] In July 2011 he was transferred to Ternana.[7][8]
International career
editFerraro played in 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualification for the Italy national under-16 football team (now equivalent to the under-17 team). He was then capped for the U-17 team, the feeder team of U-18 team (now equivalent to the U-19 team). In mid-2001 he was promoted to the U-19 team and played few friendlies. In August 2002 he was selected to the U-20 team for a youth event in Alcúdia.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Feyenoord 2 – 2 Inter Milan". www.footballdatabase.eu. 11 April 2002. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Inter and AC Milan chiefs face new probe". ESPN Soccernet. Reuters. 17 January 2007. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "L'insulto: "Sei una plusvalenza"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "AC Milan Group 2007 Annual Report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2011.
- ^ "AC Milan Group 2008 Annual Report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). c. 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Arriva Ferraro dal Benevento". SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 (in Italian). 27 July 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Salvatore Ferraro alla Ternana". SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 (in Italian). 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ "Ufficiale: dalla Virtus Lanciano arriva Ferraro". Ternana Calcio (in Italian). 29 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^ "Comunicato stampa" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 16 August 2002. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
External links
edit- Inter Archive
- Salvatore Ferraro at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Football.it Profile (in Italian)
- FIGC (in Italian)