Emanuele Ferraro (born 8 September 1978) is an Italian

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and former player.

Playing career

Early career

Born in

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, Sicily, Ferraro started his career with

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. After a

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season with

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, which 10 km away from province capital

, he left for German

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club

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and played his first match on 11 August 1999. In mid-2000, Ferraro returned to Italy and played a season for

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Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennine Mountains, Apennines. History Prehistory The ol ...

. In the next season he left for Serie D team

Grosseto Grosseto () is a city and a ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the province of Grosseto and the main city of the Maremma region. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the ...

. 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

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team Ascoli. Ferraro was lack of chance to play and left for

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club

Vis Pesaro Vis Pesaro dal 1898 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Vis Pesaro, is an Italian association football club located in Pesaro, Marche. The club currently plays in Serie C. The team is the largest in the city and among the oldest in Italy. Vis Pesa ...

in January 2004. In June 2004, he was signed by Serie C2 club

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. 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 The 2005–06 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 104th season of top-tier Italian football, the 74th in a round-robin tournament. The league commenced on 28 August 2005 and finished on 14 May 2006. While Juventus w ...

season, Ferraro returned to

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and played twice in

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. 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

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along with Gaetano Vastola, 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 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 2007, and the playoff phas ...

and scored a double figure again: 15 goals or 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

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. On 1 September 2008, he was loaned to fellow Serie B side

Piacenza Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more ...

. 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

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season, Ferraro return to

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but only made 7 starts in Serie B.

Taranto

On 1 February 2010, he left the Serie B struggler and was signed by

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team

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. In January 2011 he was loaned to Paganese.

Late career

In September 2011 he was signed by

club

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after he terminated his contract with Taranto.

Coaching career

After retirement, Ferraro took on a coaching career, and was at the helm of

club Gelbison in 2013; he successively went on to become a youth coach for

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and

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, leaving the latter role in March 2021. On 14 October 2021, he took over as the head coach of FC Messina in the

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

: 2008

References

External links

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Football.it Profile

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile
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