Claudio Ferrarese (born 7 September 1978) is a retired Italian footballer.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1978-09-07) 7 September 1978 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | Verona, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Virtus Verona | |||
| Hellas Verona | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2000 | Hellas Verona | 36 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | → Pistoiese (loan) | 34 | (3) |
| 2001–2003 | Cittadella | 45 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | → Napoli (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Piacenza (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Ternana | 38 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Salernitana | 35 | (4) |
| 2005–2006 | Cagliari | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Torino | 16 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Verona | 35 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Cremonese | 26 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Spezia | 21 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Trento | 14 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Sambonifacese | 19 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Fersina–Perginese | 10 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Virtus Verona | 19 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Trento | ? | (20) |
| National team | |||
| 1996 | Italy U18[1] | 4 | (3) |
| 1996 | Italy U19[1] | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Verona, Veneto, Ferrarese started his professional career at Hellas Verona F.C. Ferrarese also played for Virtus Verona before he was signed by Hellas.[3] In January 2001 he left for fellow Veneto club AS Cittadella–Padova[4] in co-ownership deal for 2,000 million Italian lire (€1,032,914).[5] Cittadella relegated to Serie C1 in 2002. In June 2002 the club also acquired Ferrarese outright from Verona.[6] Ferrarese was a player for S.S.C. Napoli in Serie B and Piacenza in Serie A (swap with Dario Marcolin[7]) in 2002–03 season. In July 2003 Ferrarese was signed by Ternana. In July 2004 Ferrarese, Alex Brunner and Christian Terni were signed by Salernitana. On 22 August 2005 Ferrarese moved to Cagliari.[8] However, on 2 January 2006 Ferrarese left for Torino F.C.[9] Torino finally promoted to Serie A in 2006. The club forced to stay in 2005–06 Serie B due to financial difficulties. Ferrarese only played once in 2006–07 Serie A. On 4 January 2007 Ferrarese returned to Verona.[10] Ferrarese was a regular starter in 2006–07 Serie B.[11] Verona relegated to Serie C1 in 2007. On 4 January 2008 Ferrarese moved again, this time to fellow third division club Cremonese.[12] Ferrarese's contract was terminated in mutual consent on 26 June 2009.[13] After without a club for 4 months, he was signed by Spezia of the fourth division.[14] However, due to the termination was documented to Lega Calcio after 1 July, his availability was delayed to winter transfer windows.[13] Ferrarese made his debut in January 2010. In June his contract was renewed.[15]
Since 2012 Ferrarese was a player of Serie D clubs. He also won promotion to Serie D from Eccellenza for Trento in 2012.
Ferrarese played twice in 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualification. (now renamed to U19 event)