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Ciro Ferrara
Italian former footballer and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ciro Ferrara Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃiːro ferˈraːra];[2] born 11 February 1967) is an Italian former footballer and manager. Ferrara spent his playing career as a defender, initially at Napoli and later on at Juventus, winning seven total Serie A titles as well as other domestic and international trophies.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ciro Ferrara[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1967-02-11) 11 February 1967 (age 57) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1984 | Napoli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1994 | Napoli | 247 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2005 | Juventus | 253 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 500 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1987 | Italy U21 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988 | Italy Olympic | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–2000 | Italy | 49 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Italy (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Italy (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Juventus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Italy U21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Sampdoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Wuhan Zall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
His most recent position was as manager of Wuhan Zall. He had also previously coached Juventus and the Italy national under-21 team. As an assistant coach to Marcello Lippi, he won the 2006 FIFA World Cup with Italy.
At international level, he earned 49 caps for the Italian national team and represented the team at the 1988 Summer Olympics, at two UEFA European Championships, in 1988 and 2000, and at the 1990 World Cup.