Luca Ferretti (born 6 March 1983) is an

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former

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who played as a

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Career

Early career

Born in

Montecchio Emilia Montecchio Emilia ( Reggiano: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about west of Reggio Emilia. Montecchio Emilia borders the follow ...

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, Ferretti started his career at

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

, located at

, Emilia-Romagna. In June 2003, Milan swapped their youth products with Parma, which Davide Favaro,

Marco Donadel Marco Donadel (born 21 April 1983) is an Italian Association football, football coach and a former midfielder. He is currently the interim head coach of Major League Soccer club CF Montréal. Club career Milan Donadel is a youth product of A.C. ...

and

Mirko Stefani Mirko Stefani (born 25 January 1984) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a defender. Stefani has played once in Serie A and over 100 matches in Serie C2. Playing career Early career Born in Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, ...

left for Parma and Milan got Ferretti, Roberto Massaro and Filippo Porcari, all in a co-ownership deal. The deals were fined in 2009 because the clubs inflated the price of players to gain a false profit show in balance sheet.

Lega Pro

Ferretti was immediately loaned to

Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

for

Reggiana Reggiana may refer to: * A.C. Reggiana 1919, a football club * ASDCF Reggiana, a women's football club * Pallacanestro Reggiana Pallacanestro Reggiana, also simply known as Reggiana or Reggio Emilia, currently known for sponsorship reasons as U ...

but in mid-season left for

Legnano Legnano (; or ''Lignàn'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan, province of Milan, about from central Milan. With 60,259, it is the thirteenth-most populous township in Lombardy. Legnano is located in the ...

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

. At the end of season, Parma got all registration rights from Milan. In the next season, he left for Aglianese where he played 32 league matches. In 2005, he was signed by

San Marino Calcio Associazione Camachista San Marino Calcio, better known as San Marino Calcio, is a Sammarinese professional football club based in the city of Acquaviva, that competes in the Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football, since being promoted i ...

. But after played 3 league matches, he quit professional football. In August 2008, he signed a 1-year contract with

Lecco Lecco (, , ; ) is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). The Bergamasqu ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferretti, Luca Italian men's footballers Parma Calcio 1913 players AC Reggiana 1919 players AC Legnano players San Marino Calcio players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Men's association football forwards Footballers from the Province of Reggio Emilia 1983 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen