Emanuele Ferraro
{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Emanuele Ferraro
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|9|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Santa Teresa di Riva, Italy
| height = {{Height|m=1.79}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Brescia
| years1 = 1998–1999 | caps1 = 25 | goals1 = 1 | clubs1 = Ospitaletto
| years2 = 1999–2000 | caps2 = 7According to List of 1. FC Magdeburg players | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = 1. FC Magdeburg
| years4 = 2000–2001 | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 4 | clubs4 = Gubbio
| years5 = 2001–2002 | caps5 = 24 | goals5 = 8 | clubs5 = Grosseto
| years6 = 2002–2003 | caps6 = 33 | goals6 = 19 | clubs6 = Corigliano
| years7 = 2003–2005 | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = Ascoli
| years8 = 2004 | caps8 = 10 | goals8 = 2 | clubs8 = → Vis Pesaro (loan)
| years9 = 2004–2005 | caps9 = 34 | goals9 = 14 | clubs9 = → Ancona (loan)
| years10 = 2005–2010 | caps10 = 96 | goals10 = 27 | clubs10 = Salernitana
| years11 = 2008–2009 | caps11 = 32 | goals11 = 7 | clubs11 = → Piacenza (loan)
| years12 = 2010–2011 | caps12 = 21 | goals12 = 2 | clubs12 = Taranto
| years13 = 2011 | caps13 = 14 | goals13 = 2 | clubs13 = → Paganese (loan)
| years14 = 2011 | caps14 = 13 | goals14 = 2 | clubs14 = Messina
| years15 = 2011–2012 | caps15 = 15 | goals15 = 0 | clubs15 = Ancona
| manageryears1 = 2013 | managerclubs1 = Gelbison
| manageryears2 = 2021 | managerclubs2 = FC Messina
}}
Emanuele Ferraro (born 8 September 1978) is an Italian football coach and former player.
Playing career
=Early career=
Born in Santa Teresa di Riva, Sicily, Ferraro started his career with Lombardy club Brescia. After a Serie D season with Ospitaletto, which 10 km away from province capital Brescia, he left for German Fußball-Regionalliga club Magdeburg and played his first match on 11 August 1999.
In mid-2000, Ferraro returned to Italy and played a season for Serie C2 club Gubbio. In the next season he left for Serie D team Grosseto. He finished as the group F runner-up and later admitted to Serie C2. In 2002–03 season, he scored a career high of 19 league goals for Serie D team Corigliano.
=Ascoli=
In June 2003, he was signed by Serie B team Ascoli. Ferraro was lack of chance to play and left for Serie C1 club Vis Pesaro in January 2004. In June 2004, he was signed by Serie C2 club Ancona.{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2004/giugno/28/Rifondazione_Modena_ga_10_0406287244.shtml|title=Rifondazione Modena|date=28 June 2004|accessdate=21 October 2010|last=Reggianini|first=Paolo|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian}} Once again he scored a double figure for the team and the whole team only scored 34 goals.
At the start of 2005–06 Serie A season, Ferraro returned to Ascoli Piceno and played twice in 2005–06 Coppa Italia. However, he was not in Ascoli's Serie A plan.
=Salernitana=
In the last day of 2005 summer transfer window, he was signed by Serie C1 club Salernitana Calcio 1919 along with Gaetano Vastola,{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2005/settembre/02/Grosseto_arriva_Nero_ga_10_0509028375.shtml|title=Grosseto, arriva Lo Nero|date=2 September 2005|accessdate=21 October 2010|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|last=Ricci|first=Filippo Maria}} which the club was newly found to replace the bankrupt Serie B team Salernitana Sport. Ferraro gained a regular place in 2006–07 Serie C1 and scored a double figure again: 15 goals or {{frac|2|5}} of the team. However, he played less regularly in the next season and scored 7 goals with the Serie C1 champion. He was the second striker of the team, behind Arturo Di Napoli.
On 1 September 2008, he was loaned to fellow Serie B side Piacenza.{{cite news|url=http://www.piacenzacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1994&Itemid=39|title=Arrivano Ferraro e Rickler |date=1 September 2008|accessdate=21 October 2010|work=Piacenza Calcio|language=Italian}} With the Emilia side, he partnered with Davide Moscardelli in 442 formation or on the bench when the coach use 433 formation. He scored 7 league goals, which is the second best scorer behind Moscardelli (8 goals).
In 2009–10 Serie B season, Ferraro return to Salerno but only made 7 starts in Serie B.
=Taranto=
On 1 February 2010, he left the Serie B struggler and was signed by Lega Pro Prima Divisione team Taranto.{{cite news|url=http://www.astaranto.it/index.php/2010/02/01/chiude-i-battenti-il-mercato-di-riparazione-arriva-ferraro-via-correa-magallanes-e-nocentini/|title=Chiude i battenti il mercato di riparazione. Ecco Ferraro. Via Correa, Magallanes e Nocentini|date=1 February 2010|accessdate=21 October 2010|work=AS Taranto Calcio|language=Italian|first=Marco|last=Sebastio}} In January 2011 he was loaned to Paganese.{{cite news|url=http://www.astaranto.it/index.php/2011/01/20/partono-in-prestito-scarpa-e-ferraro/|title=Partono in prestito Scarpa e Ferraro|date=20 January 2011|accessdate=25 January 2011|work=AS Taranto Calcio|language=Italian}}
=Late career=
In September 2011 he was signed by Serie D club A.C.R. Messina{{cite news|url=http://www.acrmessinasrl.it/dettaglionews.aspx?pkid=548|title=Tre nuovi giallorossi|date=8 September 2011|accessdate=7 November 2011|work=ACR Messina|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425052014/http://www.acrmessinasrl.it/dettaglionews.aspx?pkid=548|archivedate=25 April 2012}} after he terminated his contract with Taranto.{{cite news|url=http://www.astaranto.it/index.php/2011/09/03/rescinde-emanuele-ferraro/|title=Rescinde Emanuele Ferraro|date=3 September 2011|accessdate=7 November 2011|work=AS Taranto Calcio|language=Italian}}
Coaching career
After retirement, Ferraro took on a coaching career, and was at the helm of Serie D club Gelbison in 2013; he successively went on to become a youth coach for Salernitana and Cosenza, leaving the latter role in March 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.messinasportiva.it/il-fc-messina-cerca-una-scossa-emanuele-ferraro-succede-a-mancuso-in-panchina/|title=Il Fc Messina cerca una scossa: Emanuele Ferraro succede a Mancuso in panchina|accessdate=14 October 2021 |date=14 October 2021|work=Messina Sportiva|language=Italian}} On 14 October 2021, he took over as the head coach of FC Messina in the Serie D league, following a dismal start in the season with four losses in five league games. He was released by FC Messina in December 2021 following the club's exclusion from the league.
Honours
- Serie C1: 2008
References
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External links
- {{ESPN FC|68255}}
- {{Soccerway|emanuele-ferraro/58542}}
- [http://aic.football.it/scheda/6380/ferraro-emanuele.htm Football.it Profile] {{in lang|it}}
- [http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/2010/calcio/serieb/giocatori/giocatore_emanuele_ferraro_272659682.shtml La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile] {{in lang|it}}
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