Luca Ferretti (born 6 March 1983) is an

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former

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who played as a

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Career

Early career

Born in

Montecchio Emilia Montecchio Emilia ( Reggiano: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about west of Reggio Emilia. Montecchio Emilia borders the follow ...

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, Ferretti started his career at

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmigiano-Reggiano, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 ...

, located at

, Emilia-Romagna. In June 2003, Milan swapped their youth products with Parma, which Davide Favaro, Marco Donadel and

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left for Parma and Milan got Ferretti, Roberto Massaro and

Filippo Porcari Filippo Porcari (born 28 April 1984) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Porcari played over 100 matches at the Italian third highest level. He followed Novara promoted from the third division to the first in 2 successive ...

, all in a co-ownership deal. The deals were fined in 2009 because the clubs inflated the price of players to gain a false profit show in balance sheet.

Lega Pro

Ferretti was immediately loaned to

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for Reggiana but in mid-season left for

Legnano Legnano (; or ''Lignàn'') is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the north-westernmost part of the Metropolitan City of Milan, Province of Milan, about from central Milan. With 60,259, it is the thirteenth-most populous township in Lombardy. Le ...

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

. At the end of season, Parma got all registration rights from Milan. In the next season, he left for Aglianese where he played 32 league matches. In 2005, he was signed by

San Marino Calcio Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Victor San Marino, better known as Victor San Marino, is a San Marino, Sammarinese professional association football club based in the city of Acquaviva, San Marino, Acquaviva, that competes in the Eccellenz ...

. But after played 3 league matches, he quit professional football. In August 2008, he signed a 1-year contract with

Lecco Lecco (, , ; lmo, label=Lecchese, Lècch ) is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferretti, Luca Italian men's footballers Parma Calcio 1913 players AC Reggiana 1919 players AC Legnano players ASD Victor San Marino players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Men's association football forwards Footballers from the Province of Reggio Emilia 1983 births Living people Italian male long-distance swimmers