Damiano Ferronetti (born 1 November 1984) is an Italian former

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who played as a

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. He could also play as a

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Club career

Ferronetti started his football career with

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. He was loaned to

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team

U.S. Triestina Calcio Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its ...

for the 2003–04 season.

Parma

In summer 2004, he was involved in

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transfer, which half of the registration rights was sold to

Parma F.C. Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in Decembe ...

, for €750,000. In June 2007, all of the rights was bought by Parma by a sum of €350,000.

Udinese

In August 2007 Ferronetti was sold to

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for €2 million, with

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moved to Parma for €3 million. In 2008–09 season, he competed the right-back position with

Marco Motta Marco Motta (; born 14 May 1986) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right back. Motta is a former Italy international and made his senior international appearance in 2010; at youth level, he participated in the 2008 Summer ...

as the left back were occupied by

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and

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. In 2009–11 seasons he never played for two anterior cruciate ligaments injury, in the same knee.

Genoa

He was signe by

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on 31 August in a one-year deal.

Ternana

On 8 August 2013 Ferronetti 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 a one-year contract. His contract was renewed on 1 August 2014.

International career

Ferronetti was a member of the Italy under-21 squad that took part at the

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, but did not play any matches during the tournament. He started his national career at

2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship The 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 19th edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. It was the last under-16 championship, before changing the name as under-17 championships. England hosted the championship, during ...

(now renamed to U17 event but with the same age limit)

Footnotes

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferronetti, Damiano 1984 births Living people People from Albano Laziale Italian men's footballers AS Roma players US Triestina Calcio 1918 players Parma Calcio 1913 players Udinese Calcio players Torino FC players Genoa CFC players Ternana Calcio players Serie A players Serie B players Men's association football midfielders Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital