Patrice Ferri is a retired French
association football defender who played professionally in France and Canada.
In 1981, Ferri, then seventeen, signed an apprentice contract with
AS Saint-Étienne
Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), commonly known as A.S.S.E. () or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in ...
. During the 1982-1983, he moved to the first team. In November 1988, Ferri briefly played for
RC Strasbourg
Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...
before moving to
AS Cannes. In 1991, he transferred to
Sporting Toulon Var for one season before spending the 1992-1993 season with
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ...
. In 1993, Ferri moved to Canada and joined the
Montreal Impact of the
American Professional Soccer League
The American Professional Soccer League (APSL) was a professional men's soccer league with teams from the United States and later Canada. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the third American Soccer League with the Western Soccer League. It ...
. In 1993, he was selected as First Team All League. In 1995, Ferri moved back to France where he joined Saint-Étienne for one season. He finished his career with
AS Poissy.
External links
ASSE: Patrice Ferri*
ASSE Portrait: Patrice Ferri, né à Lyon, Vert dans l’âme
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferri, Patrice
Living people
1963 births
American Professional Soccer League players
AS Cannes players
AS Saint-Étienne players
French men's footballers
French expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
French expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players
Olympique Lyonnais players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
SC Toulon players
AS Poissy players
Men's association football defenders