, although he was capable of playing anywhere along the back-line.
Ferrari played for
Euro 2004
.
Early life and family
Matteo Ferrari is the Algeria-born son of an Italian petroleum engineer and a mother originally from Guinea.[2] His father worked in various countries throughout Africa because of his vocation. His father died in 1993 when Matteo was 14.
He grew up in Ferrara and has a brother who was a football player. Ferrari and Venezuelan model Aída Yéspica re-united in December 2009. They have a son named Aron, born in 2008.[3]
Club career
Early career
Ferrari started his career at
A.S. Bari
(loan).
He made his Serie A debut on 29 August 1999,
A.S. Bari
where Ferrari played the full match.
He went back to Inter in summer 2000,
Juventus
.
Parma
A permanent transfer was made because of his good performance in May 2002, for €5.7 million.
In three seasons as a starter for Parma, Ferrari appeared in 81 league matches and scored 3 goals. At Parma, Ferrari led his team win their first National convenor.
Roma
On 31 July 2004, he joined A.S. Roma for €7.25 million fee. He also signed a contract worth €2.965 million annually in gross.
Real Madrid
. He failed to give the performances he had delivered in Parma in his first season with the capital club.
Ferrari came back to Roma at the beginning of the
Coppa Italia
. His erratic performance and poor security that has given in defense earned him the nickname Svirgolone as he could not show the same brilliant game during his time at Parma.
Everton (loan)
Despite facing a transfer ban blocking Roma from signing players,[15] on 24 August 2005, the Giallorossi loaned him to UEFA Champions League competitor Everton for €200,000, with an option to purchase for €5.5 million.[16]
It took a few games for him to get accustomed to the Premiership, but Ferrari showed plenty of quality when he finally got going for Everton. Unfortunately that was brought to an end in the 1–0 win over Arsenal, when he sustained nerve damage to his hamstring which kept him out of action. He returned to the Everton side for the FA Cup 4th round replay defeat against Chelsea. In April 2006 Everton FC manager David Moyes was talking about the summer transfer campaign on evertonfc.com and said that based on player performance he had already decided which players he wanted to keep.[17]
"Players are always playing for their future in some way, but we know exactly what they can do and I don't think what happens in the last month of the season will make a big difference to what I have decided."
–David Moyes
In May 2006, Moyes told evertonfc.com, the official site of Everton FC, that Ferrari loan would not be extended.[18]
Genoa
As his contract with Roma expired at the end of
Chievo in a 2–2 draw on 17 May 2009. At Genoa, Ferrari played under coach Gian Piero Gasperini
was a regular player in defense.
Beşiktaş
Ferrari training before the match preparation at Beşiktaş.
After one season at Genoa, Turkish side
İstanbul B.B. on 7 August 2009.[24] On 27 October 2009, Ferrari received a straight red card in a 2–1 win over Kasımpaşa SK.[25] In September 2009, Ferrari had been one of the under-performing players for Besiktas and was expected to leave in the January transfer window.[26] However, Ferrari didn't leave and remained at the club. In the 2010–11 season, Ferrari's play with the first team squad was limited under manager Bernd Schuster and also Ferrari suffered a serious injury in the match against Bursaspor and was absent for two months. After some disputes, Ferrari notified the club to terminate the contract. In his point of view, the club had breached the contract after not allowing him to train with the team in pre-season. The club also notified Ferrari on his AWOL from training, which the club reserved the rights to unilaterally terminate the contract.[23] Following the release, both the player and the club filed lawsuit against each other for breach of contract.[23][27][28]
Court of Arbitration for Sport accepted the request from Ferrari and rejected the counter-claim from Beşiktaş. The court ordered Beşiktaş to pay Ferrari €7,256,641.95 for wage and medical expenses.[23]
Montreal Impact
Following time away from Beşiktaş, Ferrari began training with
Monza in Lega Pro Prima Divisione from 12 November 2011, until the end of December.[29] Ferrari then proceeded to train with Inter Milan, the club where he began his football career.[30]
While training with Inter Milan, the
Montreal Impact organization invited Ferrari to the team's preseason training camp in Los Angeles, on 14 February 2012. During his tryout, Ferrari and the Impact organization began negotiating contractual terms, so that Ferrari can join the club for its inaugural 2012 MLS season.[31] On 1 March 2012, the Impact formally announced that he had signed with the club for the 2012 season.[32]
On 11 May 2013, in a game against Real Salt Lake, Ferrari scored an own goal in the 7th minute to give RSL an early 1–0 lead. However, he redeemed himself by scoring a 93rd-minute winner in an eventual 3–2 win. That would turn out to be the only goal Ferrari scored for the Impact.
On 31 October 2014, Ferrari's option was declined on his contract.[33]
^Andrea Schianchi; Massimo Cecchini; Luca Curino; Giampietro Agus; Sergio Ghisleni; Silvano Stella (6 July 2001). "Parma, non-solo Nakata"(require login). La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 3 May 2010.
^ abcdFC Internazionale Milano SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2002 (in Italian), CCIAA
^Calfapietra, Alessio (10 November 2011). "Matteo Ferrari si allena con il Monza". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Arezzo: TC&C S.r.l. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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