| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1959-01-20)20 January 1959 (age 66) | ||
| Place of birth | Crema, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1976 | Crema | ||
| 1976–1978 | Torino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1976 | Crema | 8 | (0) |
| 1976–1978 | Torino | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1981 | →Reggina (loan) | 84 | (3) |
| 1981–1989 | Torino | 208 | (4) |
| 1989–1993 | Lecce | 102 | (0) |
| Total | 402 | (7) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994–1997 | Reggina | ||
| 1998–2000 | Torino(Giovanissimi) | ||
| 2000–2001 | Torino(Allievi) | ||
| 2000–2003 | Torino(Primavera) | ||
| 2003 | Torino(Assistant) | ||
| 2003 | Torino | ||
| 2003–2005 | Torino(Primavera) | ||
| 2005 | Casale | ||
| 2010–2016 | Torino(Team manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Giacomo Ferri (born 20 January 1959) is an Italianfootballmanager and former player, who played as adefender.[1]
He is the brother ofRiccardo, who was also a former player.
He is nicknamedBig Jim.[1]
Ferri began his playing career for Frassati inLombardy, before he transferred to Crema in IV Serie. At age 16, he debuted for the first team where he made eight appearances. He then transferred toTorino, where he passed through the youth ranks and thePrimavera.
In 1978, he moved toReggio Calabria where withReggina he disputed three seasons inSerie C1. He returned to Torino in 1981 where he remained until relegation in 1989, when he moved toLecce.
He accumulated 264 appearances and scored 4 goals inSerie A.
Ferri started coaching the youth teams of Reggina before becoming assistant coach of the first team in the 1994–95 season that gained promotion toSerie B.
His career as a coach is largely tied to Torino: as youth coach to first-team coach, the latter task covered in the closing months of the2002–03 season. In 2005, he left Torino arriving atCasale, where his tenure ended with a dismissal.
In 2010, he returned to Torino with the task of team manager. On 5 July 2016 he was succeeded byLuca Castellazzi.[1]