Luca Ferri (born 19 March 1980) is an

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former

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who played as a defender.

Career

Ferri started his professional career at

A.S. Roma ' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...

. He played his first

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match against

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on 21 March 1999, replaced

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in the 76th minute. The match ended in 1–1 draw. He also played the next match as

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's last minute substitute. He was loaned to

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''). ...

in January 2000 and the club received 50 million

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development bonus. In the summer of 2000, he was sold to Roma's sister club,

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, in a co-ownership deal (i.e. 50% rights), along with

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, for 300 million lire. He won

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champion in 2001, and the duo was sold permanently for 5 billion lire (about €2.5 million). Palermo failed to promoted to Serie A in 2003 after 3 points short with the 4th and last promoted team

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. He was out favoured by new Palermo owner

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(since 2002) and in July 2003 left for league rival

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along with

Oscar Brevi Oscar Brevi (born 15 December 1967) is an Italian football manager and a former defender. Career Player Brevi from 1995 to 2009 has played for Solbiatese, Lumezzane, Como, Palermo, Ascoli, Torino and Venezia. Coach On 20 October 2009 he was ...

. After Palermo won Serie A promotion, Ferri left for Serie C1 side

Teramo Teramo (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Tèreme ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo. The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines (Gran Sasso d'Italia) ...

. In 2006, he left for

Cisco Roma Atletico Roma Football Club was an Italian football club based in Rome, Italy. The club was founded as Nuova Tor Sapienza Calcio, which was renamed to Cisco Tor Sapienza in 1998. Under several merger, the club was subsequent known as A.S. Cis ...

and played 3 seasons. In 2009–10 season, he left professional football and played for

Zagarolo Zagarolo is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the region of Lazio of central Italy. It lies southeast of Rome, and it borders the municipalities of Colonna, Gallicano nel Lazio, Monte Compatri, Palestrina, Rome, San Cesar ...

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(6th level).

Honours

;Palermo *

: 2001

References

External links

Profile at AIC.Football.it
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferri, Luca Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players AS Roma players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Palermo FC players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players SSD Città di Teramo players Atletico Roma FC players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Rome 1980 births Living people