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Matteo Ferrari 
Personal information Full name Matteo Ferrari Date of birth 5 December 1979 Place of birth Aflou, Algeria Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position Centre back Club information Current club Free agent Youth career 1995–1996 SPAL 1996–1997 Internazionale Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1997–2001 Internazionale 19 (0) 1997–1998 → Genoa (loan) 3 (0) 1998–1999 → Lecce (loan) 13 (0) 1999–2000 → Bari (loan) 26 (0) 2001–2004 Parma 81 (3) 2004–2008 Roma 78 (2) 2005–2006 → Everton (loan) 8 (0) 2008–2009 Genoa 33 (0) 2009–2011 Beşiktaş 46 (0) National team‡ 1999–2002 Italy U21 27 (3) 2000–2004 Italy Olympic 7 (0) 2002–2004 Italy 11 (0) HonoursOlympic Games Competitor for 
ItalyMen's Football Bronze 2004 Athens Team Competition * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2009 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2004 (UTC)Matteo Ferrari (born 5 December 1979) is an Italian footballer, currently a free agent after being released by Beşiktaş J.K..[1]
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Club
Early career
Ferrari started his career at SPAL in 1995, and he can play as left-back or centreback. F.C. Internazionale Milano brought him to their youth system, later loaning him to Genoa C.F.C., U.S. Lecce and A.S. Bari.
He made his Serie A debut on 29 August 1999, A.C. Fiorentina 1–0 A.S. Bari. Ferrari played the full match.
He went back to Inter in summer 2000,[2] making 27 appearances in all competition, but failed to stay, this time sold to Parma AC in co-ownership deal.[3] That season Parma also signed Sébastien Frey from Internazionale and sold Gianluigi Buffon and Lilian Thuram to Juventus.
Parma
A permanent transfer was made because of his good performance in May 2002.[4] That season, Inter also sent Adriano to Parma (in co-ownership deal),[4] and signed Fabio Cannavaro from the Emilia–Romagna side.[5]
Roma
In July 2004, he joined A.S. Roma for €7.25 million[6] (Part of the fee paid via Damiano Ferronetti going in the opposite direction and the loan of Cesare Bovo.),[7] as a replacement of Walter Samuel who went to Real Madrid. He failed to give the performances he had delivered in Parma in his first season with the capital club.
Despite faced a transfer ban blocked Roma to hire players,[8] on 24 August 2004, Giallorossi loaned him to UEFA Champions League competitor Everton for €200,000, with option to purchase for €5.5 million.[9]
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. He returned to the Everton side for the FA Cup 4th Round replay defeat against Chelsea.
In April, 2006, Moyes was taking about summer transfer campaign on evertonfc.com, said the players about to become to be released had showed their performance and made the coach decided whom to stay.[10]
"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.[11]
Ferrari came back to Roma at the beginning of the season 2006–07 as Roma finished 2nd in the previous season and qualified for 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage (benefited due to the scandal) and was first choice central-back partnered with Philippe Mexès, while Cristian Chivu as left back or central back and Christian Panucci as the primary right-back, with Marco Cassetti as replacement. Roma also sent experienced Samuel Kuffour out on loan and sold Leandro Cufré. Ferrari played 27 time in Serie A, 24 of them were starters,[12] helping Roma to achieve second place in Serie A and winning the Coppa Italia.
Genoa
Ferrari signed for Genoa for the 2008–09 Serie A season on free transfer.
Beşiktaş
On July 7, 2009, Genoa confirmed on its official website that Ferrari transferred to Turkish club Beşiktaş J.K. for €4.5 million. He signed a 4-year contract.[13] Ferrari had an injury in the match against Bursaspor and was absent for two months.
He was then released on the 21st of August, 2011.[1]
National team
Algerian born, with an Italian father and a Guinean mother, he chose to play on the Italy national football team. He had played for U15, U16 team, U17, U18, U20, Italy U21 team.
Italy Olympic Team
He played for his country twice at the Olympics, In 2000 and in 2004.
In 2000 Summer Olympics, he only played the quarterfinals match losing to Spain. In 2004 Summer Olympics, he is one of the three over age players allowed. He played all the matches and Italy lost the semi-finals match against Argentina (eventual champion of 2004 Olympics football), but Italy won the Bronze Medal match against Iraq.
Italy A
His first A team call-up is against Serbia and Montenegro (as FR Yugoslavia), but he did not play. In the same year, he made his A team debut against Turkey on 20 November 2002. Not a call-up to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, his first non-friendly appearance was the last Euro 2004 qualifying match against Azerbaijan, replacing Alessandro Nesta for the last 14 minutes.
His last cap was Italy friendly against Tunisia, on 30 May 2004. He also received a call-up from new coach Marcello Lippi in September 2004 but did not play, and was his last call-up.
Personal
Ferrari was born in Algeria to an Italian father and a Guinean mother.[14] He grew up in Ferrara and has a brother who also used to be a football player. He and model Aida Yespica reunited in December 2009. They have a son named Aron, born in 2008.[15]
Career statistics
International statistics
National team Club Season Apps Goals Italy Parma 2002–03 3 0 2003–04 8 0 Total 11 0 International appearances and goals App Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 19 September 2000 Adelaide, Australia 
Nigeria1–1 0 2000 Olympics 1. 20 November 2002 Pescara, Italy 
Turkey1–1 0 Friendly 2. 30 April 2003 Geneva, Switzerland 
Switzerland2–1 0 3. 3 June 2003 Campobasso, Italy 
Northern Ireland2–0 0 4. 20 August 2003 Stuttgart, Germany 
Germany1–0 0 5. 11 October 2003 Reggio Calabria, Italy 
Azerbaijan4–0 0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 6. 12 November 2003 Warsaw, Poland 
Poland1–3 0 Friendly 7. 16 November 2003 Ancona, Italy 
Romania1–0 0 8. 18 February 2001 Palermo, Italy 
Czech Republic2–2 0 9. 31 March 2004 Braga, Portugal 
Portugal2–1 0 10. 28 April 2004 Genoa, Italy 
Spain1–1 0 11. 30 May 2004 Radès, Tunisia 
Tunisia4–0 0 12 August 2004 Volos, Greece 
Ghana2–2 0 2004 Olympics 15 August 2004 
Japan3–2 0 18 August 2004 Piraeus, Greece 
Paraguay0–1 0 21 August 2004 
Mali1–0 0 24 August 2004 
Argentina0–3 0 27 August 2004 Thessaloniki, Greece 
Iraq1–0 0 References
- ^ a b "Besiktas Release Ferrari". SuperLigNews.com. 2011-08-21. http://www.superlignews.com/2011/08/besiktas-release-matteo-ferrari.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "LA SQUADRA A SARRE PER IL RITIRO" (in Italian). inter.it. 2000-07-10. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=it&N=146. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ Andrea Schianchi, Massimo Cecchini, Luca Curino, Giampietro Agus, Sergio Ghisleni, Silvano Stella (2001-07-06). "Parma, non solo Nakata" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2001/luglio/06/Parma_non_solo_Nakata_ga_0_0107062000.shtml. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ a b "TRANSFER MARKET, INTER AND PARMA HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT". inter.it. 2002-05-23. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=2844. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "MEETING BETWEEN PARMA AND INTER IN MILAN – FABIO CANNAVARO SIGNS FOR NERAZZURRI". inter.it. 2002-08-07. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=4142. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "Relazione Semestrale al 31 dicembre 2004" (in Italian). AS Roma. 2005-03-17. http://www.asroma.it/NewsDoc.aspx?Categoria=ITComunicatiFinanziari&Documento=3535. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ "Azzurri pair join Roma". UEFA.com. 2004-08-03. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=212052.html. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
- ^ "Roma face block on transfers". UEFA.com. 2005-07-01. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=313525.html. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ^ "APPROVAZIONE DELLA SITUAZIONE FINANZIARIA MENSILE AL 31 LUGLIO 2005" (in Italian). AS Roma. 2005-08-31. http://www.asroma.it/NewsDoc.aspx?Categoria=ITComunicatiFinanziari&Documento=4240. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- ^ Matthew Gamble (2006-04-09). "MOYES PLANS SUMMER FINE-TUN". Evertonfc.com (Official Site of Everton FC). http://www.evertonfc.com//news/?page_id=8920. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ Scott McLeod (2006-05-08). "DUNC'S EVERTON CAREER OVER". Evertonfc.com (Official Site of Everton FC). http://www.evertonfc.com//news/?page_id=9113. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
- ^ http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/ferrari_mat.shtml
- ^ "Material Event Disclosure (Update)" (in Turkish). Turkish Public Disclosure System (KAP). 8 July 2009. http://www.kap.gov.tr/yay/English/Bildirim/Bildirim.aspx?id=86898. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ Know a player of African origin?
- ^ Matteo and Aida Together Again http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/magazin/magazinhatti/13321255.asp?gid=222
External links
- Matteo Ferrari – FIFA competition record
- Matteo Ferrari at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at Soccerway
- (Italian) Inter Archive
- (Italian) National Team Records
- Profile at TFF
- Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian)
Italy Squad Italy squad – 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Winners (4th Title) 
Italy squad – 2000 Summer Olympics • 2 Bonera • 3 Bellini • 4 Ferrari • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Donati • 7 Marchionni • 8 Brighi • 9 Maccarone • 10 Pirlo • 11 Bonazzoli • 12 Spadavecchia • 13 Castellini • 14 Dainelli • 15 Lucchini • 16 Natali • 17 Blasi • 18 Gatti • 19 Pinzi • 20 Caracciolo • 21 Iaquinta • 22 Pelizzoli • Coach: Gentile
Italy squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Buffon • 2 Panucci • 3 Oddo • 4 Zanetti • 5 Cannavaro (c) • 6 Ferrari • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Vieri • 10 Totti • 11 Corradi • 12 Toldo • 13 Nesta • 14 Fiore • 15 Favalli • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Di Vaio • 18 Cassano • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Perrotta • 21 Pirlo • 22 Peruzzi • 23 Materazzi • Coach: TrapattoniItaly squad – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalists Beşiktaş J.K. – current squad 1 Rüştü · 3 İsmail · 4 Fernandes · 5 İ. Toraman · 6 Sivok · 7 Quaresma · 8 V. Kavlak · 9 Almeida · 10 Bébé · 11 Pektemek · 13 Hilbert · 15 M. Aurélio · 17 Ekrem Dağ · 18 Necip · 19 M. Akyüz · 20 Simão · 21 B. Kaplan · 22 Ersan Gülüm · 23 Hološko · 24 J. Alves · 27 Sidnei · 28 Ernst · 33 Edú · 55 Egemen · 66 T. Kayhan · 80 Muhammed · 90 Umut · 93 Atınç · 99 Cenk · Coach: Carvalhal
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- A.S. Roma players
- Premier League players
- Everton F.C. players
- Association football central defenders
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- F.C. Internazionale Milano players
- Italian footballers
- Italy international footballers
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- Olympic footballers of Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Parma F.C. players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- Italian people of Black African descent
- Italian people of Guinean descent
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- People from Ferrara
- Italian expatriate footballers
- A.S. Bari players
- Genoa C.F.C. players
- U.S. Lecce players
- Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
- Süper Lig players
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Olympic medalists in football
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