Ciro Ferrara
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Full name | Ciro Ferrara[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 11 February 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1984 | Napoli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1994 | Napoli | 247 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2005 | Juventus | 253 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 500 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1987 | Italy U21 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988 |
Italy Olympic | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–2000 | Italy | 49 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Italy (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Italy (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Juventus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Italy U21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Sampdoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 |
Wuhan Zall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ciro Ferrara .
Club career
Napoli
A native of Naples, Ferrara began his career with the youth system of hometown club Napoli in 1980. He graduated the primavera youth squad in 1984, and began to earn first team call-ups that season. He made 14 total appearances with the club in his first full season. The following season, Ferrara became a part of the starting XI, and he soon began earning call-ups to the Italy national team, making the squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also scored one of Napoli's goals as they won the 1989 UEFA Cup final. In addition to the UEFA Cup, with Napoli he won two Serie A titles (in 1986–87 and 1989–90), the 1987 Coppa Italia final, and the 1990 Supercoppa Italiana, the latter over his future team, Juventus.[3]
Juventus
In the summer of 1994, Ferrara transferred to
Throughout his Juventus career, Ferrara played an important role in the club's backline, with his vast experienced and dominating defensive style. Throughout his 12-year tenure with the club, Ferrara formed impressive defensive partnerships with the likes of
International career
For Italy, Ferrara was capped 49 times and played 1 match each at the 1990 FIFA World Cup on home soil (where Italy finished in third place after a semi-final penalty shootout defeat to Argentina) and at UEFA Euro 2000 (where Italy reached the final, losing to France on a golden goal). Ferrara took part at Euro 1988, where Italy reached the semi-finals, although he did not appear during the tournament. The same year, he was a member of the Italy team that finished in fourth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics after reaching the semi-final.[3][4]
Style of play
An elegant yet powerful and aggressive defender, Ferrara was known throughout his career for his composure, anticipation, technical skills, ball-playing ability, versatility, and class, which enabled him to play anywhere along the back-line, both in the centre, as a man-marker ("stopper"), or as a full-back, usually on the right flank, and allowed him to adapt to various formations and systems.[3][5] A world-class defender, who is regarded as one of the best Italian centre-backs of his generation,[3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Welsh former winger Ryan Giggs described Ferrara and his defensive teammate at Juventus Paolo Montero as "...the toughest defenders [he] played against", also adding that they were often very hard in their challenges,[12] while Polish former midfielder Zbigniew Boniek has stated that Ferrara was the best defender he ever faced.[13] A precocious talent in his youth, Ferrara later established himself as one of the best defenders in the world in his prime. He was considered to be a complete, experienced, consistent, cautious and successful defender, with a good positional sense, who was quick, athletic, strong in the air, a good tackler, and who excelled at reading the game and marking his opponents;[3][5][6][14][8][9][11][15] these skills enabled him to be effective in both a man-marking and a zonal marking defensive system.[9] In addition to his defensive skills, he was also known for his offensive contribution as a centre-back,[15] and was also capable of playing as a sweeper.[16] In spite of his tenacious playing style, he was also known to be a fair and correct player.[8][15] In addition to his ability as a defender, he was also known for his professionalism, leadership, strong personality, and his commanding presence both on the pitch and in the dressing room.[9][17]
Coaching career
Ferrara was part of the Italian technical staff for the
During the summer, the team was then strengthened with high-profile signings such as Brazilian internationals
Six days later, Juventus were knocked out of the Coppa Italia by Inter 2–1 at the San Siro, leading the board of directors to ultimately sack Ferrara after weeks of speculation regarding his position, replacing him with Alberto Zaccheroni until the end of the season.[22]
On 22 October 2010, Ferrara was announced as new head coach of the Italy under-21 team, with former teammate Angelo Peruzzi his assistant.[23] Under Ferrara, the Azzurrini remain unbeaten in the 2013 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifiers as of June 2012. On 2 July 2012, he left the country's U-21 side to coach newly promoted Serie A side Sampdoria for the 2012–13 season. However, he was sacked on 17 December 2012.[24][25]
Personal life
With his fellow Neapolitan friend and former defensive teammate Fabio Cannavaro, Ferrara has helped establish a charity foundation, Fondazione Cannavaro Ferrara, specialising in the procurement of cancer research equipment and surgery for special cases of cancer for a hospital in their native Naples. The foundation also aims to help at risk youth in Naples.[26]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Napoli | 1984–85 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
1985–86 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||||
1986–87 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 38 | 2 | |||
1987–88 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 1 | |||
1988–89 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | – | 47 | 1 | |||
1989–90 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 45 | 0 | |||
1990–91 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4 | ||
1991–92 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 1 | ||||
1992–93 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 39 | 4 | |||
1993–94 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 2 | ||||
Total | 247 | 12 | 46 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 322 | 15 | ||
Juventus | 1994–95 | Serie A | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | – | 49 | 2 | |
1995–96 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
1996–97 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 5 | ||
1997–98 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
1998–99 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
1999–00 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 41 | 1 | |||
2000–01 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | |||
2001–02 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 4 | |||
2002–03 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
2003–04 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
2004–05 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 253 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 72 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 358 | 20 | ||
Career total | 500 | 27 | 72 | 4 | 100 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 680 | 35 |
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Italy | 1987 | 3 | 0 |
1988 | 4 | 0 | |
1989 | 7 | 0 | |
1990 | 5 | 0 | |
1991 | 6 | 0 | |
1992 | 0 | 0 | |
1993 | 0 | 0 | |
1994 | 0 | 0 | |
1995 | 6 | 0 | |
1996 | 4 | 0 | |
1997 | 8 | 0 | |
1998 | 1 | 0 | |
1999 | 1 | 0 | |
2000 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 49 | 0 |
Coach
- As of 23 March 2017
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Juventus | 2009 | 2010 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 50.00 | |
Italy U-21 | 2010 | 2012 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 63.16 | |
Sampdoria | 2012 | 2012 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 33.33 | |
Wuhan Zall
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2016 | 2017 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 50.00 | |
Total | 80 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 50.00 |
Honours
Player
Napoli[29]
Juventus[3]
- Serie A: 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03
- Coppa Italia: 1994–95
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003
- UEFA Champions League: 1995–96[30]
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999[31]
- UEFA Super Cup: 1996[32]
- Intercontinental Cup: 1996[33]
- UEFA Champions League: Runner-up: 1996–97,[34] 1997–98,[35] 2002–03[36]
Italy Olympic Team
- Summer Olympic Games: semi-finals: 1988
Italy
- UEFA European Championship: Runner-up: 2000[38]
- FIFA World Cup: Bronze Medal: 1990[39]
- UEFA European Championship: Bronze Medal: 1988[40]
- Scania 100 Tournament: 1991[41]
Individual
- ESM Team of the Year: 1996–97[42]
- FIFA XI (Reserve): 2000[43]
- Premio Nazionale Carriera Esemplare "Gaetano Scirea": 2003[44]
- Pallone d'Argento: 2003[45]
Orders
- 5th Class / Knight: Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 1991[46]
- 4th Class / Officer: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana: 2000[47]
Assistant coach
Italy[3]
Notes
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- ^ UEFA Euro 1988 at UEFA.com
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External links
- Ciro Ferrara – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile on Italian FAwebsite (in Italian)