Salvatore Ferraro (born 8 September 1983) is an Italian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Ferraro started his career at

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. In 2001-2002 he was part of the Nerazzurri youth team, but made his debut against

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on 11 April 2002, playing 90 minutes in the return leg of the

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semifinal. A few days later, he played his only

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game, replacing

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in the clash against

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. In January 2003, he was graduated from Primavera Team (under-20 Team), he was loaned to

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of Serie C1.

A.C. Milan

Ferraro (half of rights were valued at €1.75 million), along with

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, Giuseppe Ticli (50% valued €1.75 million) and Marco Varaldi (half of the rights valued €1.75 million) were moved to city rival

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, and

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(50% valued €1.5 million), Ronny Diuk Toma (50% valued €1.5 million), Simone Brunelli and Matteo Deinite (50% valued €1.5 million) moved to Inter. Both clubs co-owned the eight players. The deal later criticized as using player transfer to make false profit in balance sheet, it is because the transfer fees were paid via player exchange, but the transfer fees in the balance sheet could be adjusted by the two clubs. He was immediately left on loan to

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of Serie C1. In summer 2004, he was loaned to

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of Serie C1, and then to Vittoria, also in Serie C1. In summer 2005, he moved to

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of Serie C1. In summer 2006, he moved to

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of Serie C1.

Benevento

In summer 2007,

bought remaining half player's rights from Inter, for €300,000 (while Giuseppe Ticli's half for €100,000; Giordano to Inter for €50,000, Deinite for €250,000, which only €100,000 cash involved from Milan to Inter, and in 2008 deal between Varaldi and Toma solved by Inter paid Milan the same amount), and Ferraro moved to

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of Serie C2 on loan. In summer 2008 he terminated his remain contract with Milan in order to join Benevento in free transfer. It made Milan registered an accounting losses of €25,000.

Lanciano & Ternana

In July 2010 he was signed by

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in two-year contract. In July 2011 he was transferred to

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International career

Ferraro played in

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qualification for the

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(now equivalent to the under-17 team). He was then capped for the U-17 team, the feeder team of U-18 team (now equivalent to the U-19 team). In mid-2001 he was promoted to the U-19 team and played few friendlies. In August 2002 he was selected to the U-20 team for a youth event in

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References

External links

Inter Archive
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FIGC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferraro, Salvatore 1983 births Footballers from Catanzaro Living people Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Inter Milan players AC Prato players AC Milan players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players Rimini FC 1912 players ASD Calcio Club Vittoria 2020 players FC Lumezzane players San Marino Calcio players Benevento Calcio players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players Ternana Calcio players US Catanzaro 1929 players US Grosseto 1912 players AC Tuttocuoio 1957 San Miniato players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players Mantova 1911 players Forlì FC players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players 21st-century Italian sportsmen