Luca Ferri (born 19 March 1980) is an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Ferri started his professional career at

A.S. Roma Associazione Sportiva Roma (''Rome Sport Association''; Italian pronunciation: ) is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its exis ...

. He played his first

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

match against

Juventus Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the ...

on 21 March 1999, replaced

Fabio Petruzzi Fabio Petruzzi (; born 24 October 1970) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career After developing in the Roma Youth System, he played for 13 seasons (253 games, 6 goals) in the Serie A, for the A.S. ...

in the 76th minute. The match ended in 1–1 draw. He also played the next match as

Aldair Aldair Nascimento dos Santos (; born 30 November 1965), known simply as Aldair, is a Brazilian retired association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), centre back, and who was part of the Brazil national footb ...

's last minute substitute. He was loaned to

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 ...

in January 2000 and the club received 50 million

Italian lire The lira ( , ; : lire, , ) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. It was introduced by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1807 at par with the French franc, and was subsequently adopted by the different states that would eventually fo ...

development bonus. In the summer of 2000, he was sold to Roma's sister club,

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

, in a co-ownership deal (i.e. 50% rights), along with

Attilio Nicodemo Attilio Nicodemo (born 25 January 1974) is a former Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Rome, Lazio region, Nicodemo started his senior career at Serie D side Termoli, located at Molise region. He then played 5 season ...

, for 300 million lire. He won

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 ...

champion in 2001, and the duo was sold permanently for 5 billion lire (about €2.5 million). Palermo failed to promoted to Serie A in 2003 after 3 points short with the 4th and last promoted team

Ancona Ancona (, also ; ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region of central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona, homonymous province and of the region. The city is located northeast of Ro ...

. He was out favoured by new Palermo owner

Maurizio Zamparini Maurizio Zamparini (9 June 1941 – 1 February 2022) was an Italian businessman. He was the owner and director of football club Palermo between July 2002 – February 2017 and from July 2017 – December 2018. Biography Zamparini had business ...

(since 2002) and in July 2003 left for league rival Ascoli along with Oscar Brevi. After Palermo won Serie A promotion, Ferri left for Serie C1 side

Teramo Teramo (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo. The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines ( Gran Sasso d'Italia) and the Adriatic coast. Th ...

. In 2006, he left for Cisco Roma and played 3 seasons. In 2009–10 season, he left professional football and played for

Zagarolo Zagarolo is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the region of Lazio of central Italy. It lies southeast of Rome, and it borders the municipalities of Colonna, Gallicano nel Lazio, Monte Compatri, Palestrina, Rome, San Ce ...

Eccellenza Lazio Eccellenza Lazio is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lazio, Italy. It is competed amongst 36 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have ...

(6th level).

Honours

;Palermo *

: 2001

References

External links

Profile at AIC.Football.it
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferri, Luca Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players AS Roma players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Palermo FC players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players SSD Città di Teramo players Atletico Roma FC players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Rome 1980 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen