Claudio Ferrarese (born 7 September 1978) is a retired Italian footballer.

Biography

Born in Verona, Veneto, Ferrarese started his professional career at

Hellas Verona F.C. Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as Hellas Verona or simply Verona, is a professional Italian football club based in Verona, Italy, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the Serie A Championship in 1984–85. His ...

Ferrarese also played for

Virtus Verona Virtus Verona, founded as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia in 1921, sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It c ...

before he was signed by Hellas. In January 2001 he left for fellow Veneto club AS Cittadella–Padova in co-ownership deal for 2,000 million

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(€1,032,914). Cittadella relegated to Serie C1 in 2002. In June 2002 the club also acquired Ferrarese outright from Verona. Ferrarese was a player for

S.S.C. Napoli Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli (), is an Football in Italy, Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in the city of Naples ( it, Napoli, nap, Napule), Camp ...

in Serie B and

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

in Serie A (swap with Dario Marcolin) in 2002–03 season. In July 2003 Ferrarese was signed by

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A (in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seas ...

. In July 2004 Ferrarese,

Alex Brunner Alex Brunner (born 8 December 1973) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as a goalkeeping coach. Football career Early career Brunner started his career at hometown club Triestina. After the club were ...

and Christian Terni were signed by

Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...

. On 22 August 2005 Ferrarese moved to Cagliari. However, on 2 January 2006 Ferrarese left for

Torino F.C. Torino Football Club (), commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. They currently play in Serie A. Founded as ''Foot-Ball Club Torino'' in 1906, Torino are among the mos ...

Torino finally promoted to Serie A in 2006. The club forced to stay in 2005–06 Serie B due to financial difficulties. Ferrarese only played once in 2006–07 Serie A. On 4 January 2007 Ferrarese returned to Verona. Ferrarese was a regular starter in 2006–07 Serie B. Verona relegated to Serie C1 in 2007. On 4 January 2008 Ferrarese moved again, this time to fellow third division club Cremonese. Ferrarese's contract was terminated in mutual consent on 26 June 2009. After without a club for 4 months, he was signed by

Spezia La Spezia (, or , ; in the local Spezzino dialect) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy. La Spezia is the second largest cit ...

of the fourth division. However, due to the termination was documented to Lega Calcio after 1 July, his availability was delayed to winter transfer windows. Ferrarese made his debut in January 2010. In June his contract was renewed. Since 2012 Ferrarese was a player of

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

clubs. He also won promotion to Serie D from

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and A ...

for

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ce ...

in 2012.

International career

Ferrarese played twice in 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualification. (now renamed to U19 event)

References

External links

La Gazetta dello Sport profile (Torino 2006–07)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrarese, Claudio Italian men's footballers Hellas Verona FC players US Pistoiese 1921 players AS Cittadella players SSC Napoli players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players Ternana Calcio players US Salernitana 1919 players Cagliari Calcio players Torino FC players US Cremonese players Spezia Calcio players Men's association football midfielders Italy men's youth international footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Footballers from Verona 1978 births Living people