Ugo Ferrante (; 18 July 1945 – 29 November 2004) was an Italian

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and

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who played as a defender, in the role of

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or libero.

Club career

During his club career, Ferrante played for

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, Fiorentina (1963–72), and Vicenza (1972–76). He had a successful career with Fiorentina, winning the Torneo di Viareggio, the

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hungar ...

, and the Coppa Italia in 1966, as well as the

1968–69 Serie A The 1968–69 Serie A season was won by Fiorentina. Teams Palermo, Hellas Verona and Pisa had been promoted from Serie B. Events The goal difference was introduced for the relegations instead of the tiebreakers. Final classification Results ...

title; he also reached two more Mitropa Cup finals in 1965 and 1972, as well as a Coppa della Alpi Final in 1970 during his time with the club, also playing in the European Cup Winners' Cup, the

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, and the

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International career

At international level, Ferrante earned 3 caps for the Italy national football team between 1970 and 1971. He was included in the Italian squad for the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...

, although he did not make a single appearance as Italy went on to reach the final of the tournament, only to be defeated by Brazil.

Death

Ferrante died in 2004, at the age of 59, due to a throat tumor.

Honours

Club

;Fiorentina * Torneo di Viareggio: 1966 * Coppa Italia: 1965–66 *

: 1966 * Serie A: 1968–69

International

;Italy * FIFA World Cup (Runner-up):

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

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