Matteo Ferrari Biography

Matteo Ferrari

Matteo Gayano Ferrari (born December 5, 1979 in Aflou, Algeria) is an Italian football player who is playing for Besiktas JK in the Turkcell Süper Lig. Matteo was born in italian to an Italian father and a Guinean mother. He grew up in Ferrara and has a brother who also used to be a football player.

Careers

In association

Of Algeria in the African-born Italians began his career in the youth of SPAL Ferrara. His next club was Inter Milan, where he first played in the youth and from 1996 into the first team was fetched. In January 1998, Ferrari for a half year to Genoa CFC. In the 1998/99 season played at the right defender U.S. Lecce. 1999/2000 went on to AS Bari. 2000/01 Matteo Ferrari came back to his first professional club Inter Milan. From 2001 to 2004 was the Italians in the AC Parma under contract. After a relative long time in the Parmiggiani, he moved for one season at AS Roma before he Roma a year later in the 2005/06 season on loan to Everton FC left. From 2006 to 2008 the defender played back at AS Roma, extended his contract and is not transferred to the 2008/09 season replacement for CFC-free Genoa, where he was a three-year contract signed.

In the national team

Matteo Ferrari went through from the U-15 all-youth teams in his country. In 2000 he won with the Italian U-21-selection under coach Marco Tardelli in Slovakia to the European Championship title.

For the Italian national team completed a Ferrari past eleven games. His debut was on 20 he November 2002 under Giovanni Trapattoni at 1:1 in friendly match against Turkey in Pescara. 2004 included the defensive player of the Italian contingent for the European Championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, where he is not used and came with his team after the group round ausschied. A short time later, Matteo Ferrari represented his country in the football tournament of the Summer Olympic Games in Athens. He completed all six games and won with that of Claudio Gentile trained team the bronze medal.

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