Johad Ferretti (born 30 May 1994) is an Italian professional

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who plays for

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club

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Club career

Genoa

Born in Marseille, France to Italian parents, Ferretti started his career at France, and then returned to his native country for

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. He was a member of age-specific under-17 team in 2010–11 season, in National "Allievi" League. On 4 January 2012 Ferretti and Andrea Caracciolo were signed by

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's youth system and first team on temporary deals respectively. Ferretti made his

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debut in 2012–13 season for Genoa's youth team. He was booked in that match.

AC Milan

On 31 August 2012 he was signed by

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, in a cashless swap with goalkeeper Antonio Donnarumma. Both players were valued for €1.8 million transfer fee. Ferretti spent a season with the youth team before he leaving Milan in temporary deals. On 11 July 2013 he was signed by

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. In 2014, he was signed by

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. On 10 January 2015 he was signed by

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AlbinoLeffe

On 11 January 2016 Ferretti was signed by AlbinoLeffe.

Cremonese

On 1 October 2016 Ferretti was signed by

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Ternana

On 2 August 2017 Ferretti joined

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on a two-year contract.

Serie C

On 8 July 2018 Ferretti joined

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. On 31 January 2019 he joined Lucchese until the end of the 2018–19 season. For undisclosed reasons, he was not registered for Lucchese and on 26 February 2019 he signed with

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instead. After 1.5 years without a club, on 16 February 2021 he signed with Turris.

International career

Ferretti was a member of

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. He also played for the U19 team at

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. However the team ''de facto'' an under-20 team in June 2013, as born 1994 was eliminated from the final round of 2012–13 season and ineligible to 2013–14 edition.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferretti, Johad 1994 births Living people Footballers from Marseille Italian people of French descent Italian men's footballers Olympique de Marseille players Genoa CFC players Novara FC players AC Milan players Benevento Calcio players SPAL players FC Matera players Ternana Calcio players SSD Città di Teramo players Lucchese 1905 players AS Gubbio 1910 players US Sestri Levante 1919 players SS Formia Calcio players ASD Akragas 2018 players SSD Tivoli Calcio 1919 players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Eccellenza players Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy 21st-century Italian sportsmen