 Ferrante in 1991 withPisa | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1971-02-04)4 February 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Velletri, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Messina (general manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Napoli | 1 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | →Reggiana (loan) | 25 | (5) |
| 1991–1992 | →Pisa (loan) | 37 | (13) |
| 1992–1993 | Parma | 11 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Piacenza | 27 | (4) |
| 1994–1995 | Perugia | 33 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Salernitana | 30 | (6) |
| 1996–2004 | Torino | 232 | (114) |
| 2001 | →Inter Milan (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2004 | Catania | 19 | (5) |
| 2005 | Bologna | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Ascoli | 26 | (8) |
| 2006–2007 | Pescara | 15 | (1) |
| 2007 | Hellas Verona | 18 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marco Ferrante (born 4 February 1971) is an Italian former professionalfootballer who played as aforward. With 125 total goals scored forTorino, he is the fifth-highest scorer in the history of the Torinese club behindGuglielmo Gabetto (127) and ahead ofValentino Mazzola (123).
After spending his youth career withNapoli, Ferrante made hisSerie A debut with the club's senior side againstComo on 25 June 1989, winning the1989–90 Serie A title with the team the following season. He subsequently spend two seasons inSerie B withReggiana andPisa, scoring 13 goals during the1991–92 Serie B season. After returning to Napoli in 1992, he moved toParma in November on a co-ownership deal. Thefollowing season, Napoli sold him to newly promoted Serie A sidePiacenza. He spent the next two seasons atPerugia, andSerie B sideSalernitana, respectively.[1]
Ferrante is most famous for the eight years he spent withTorino, after moving to the club in 1996. During his time in Turin, he became one of the club's all-time top goal-scorers, especially thanks to his goal-scoring tally in Serie B. He scored 27 goals during the1998–99 season, which earned him the title of Serie B top-scorer, and also helped the club to gainSerie A promotion, although they were immediately relegated back toSerie B the following season. His Serie A record tally was ten goals with Torino during the2001–02 season, when he came back to the club following a brief stint on loan atInter Milan in2001 where he played 11 games and scored once against Udinese, helping Torino qualify for the2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[2] During that season, he notably scored a goal in theDerby della Mole return leg, against local rivals and eventual championsJuventus,celebrating the goal by mimicking "Bull-horns" with his hands (the bull is the symbol of the Torino side, as it isthe city's coat of arms; the club is also known in its contracted form as "Toro", which means bull in Italian). Juventus midfielderEnzo Maresca attracted controversy later in the match when he imitated Ferrante's celebration following his late equaliser, as the match ended 2–2.[3] He remained with the club in 2004, after scoring 114 goals for the club over 235 league matches in Serie A and Serie B.[1]
He moved toCatania in 2004, spending half aseason with the club before being sold toBologna, under managerCarlo Mazzone, although he was unable to save the club from relegation toSerie B. He spent his final season inSerie A withAscoli, scoring eight goals. He retired at the conclusion of the2006–07 Serie B season, spending half the season withPescara, and the rest withVerona, who were relegated toSerie C1 at the end of the season. As of the conclusion of the 2005–06 Serie A season, Ferrante played 172 Serie A games and scored 48 goals. He also played 290 Serie B games and scored 111 goals.[1]
Ferrante made one appearance with theItaly national under-21 football team in 1992, in a friendly match againstEgypt on 10 July. He was included in the Italian squad that took part at the1992 Summer Olympic games in Barcelona, but he failed to make appearance throughout the tournament. He was never capped for Italy at senior level.[4]
After retirement, he became a football agent. In June 2019, he was appointed general manager ofSerie D clubMessina.[5]
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