| Alex Ferrari | |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Modena, Italy |
| Height: | 1.91 m[1] |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Sampdoria |
| Clubnumber: | 25 |
| Youthyears1: | 1998–2002 |
| Youthclubs1: | Modena Est |
| Youthyears2: | 2002–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | Bologna |
| Years1: | 2013–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Bologna |
| Caps1: | 33 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | → Crotone (loan) |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Hellas Verona (loan) |
| Caps3: | 39 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs4: | → Sampdoria (loan) |
| Caps4: | 6 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019– |
| Clubs5: | Sampdoria |
| Caps5: | 62 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2023 |
| Clubs6: | → Cremonese (loan) |
| Caps6: | 16 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 3 September 2023 |
Alex Ferrari (born 1 July 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Sampdoria. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.
Ferrari was born in Modena. He played for lowly Modena Est, before joining Bologna's youth setup in 2002, aged eight,[2] and was promoted to the Primavera squad in the mid–2011.
On 3 December 2013, Ferrari made his first-team debut, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–2 home loss against Siena, for the season's Coppa Italia.[3] On 14 January of the following year he was loaned to Crotone.[4]
In January 2017 he signed a new -year contract with Bologna.[5] He moved on loan to Hellas Verona on 27 January 2017, lasting until the end of the season.[6] On 12 July 2017, his loan at Verona was extended until June 2018, with an obligation to buy.[7] [8] [9]
On 13 June 2018, Ferrari signed to Serie A club Sampdoria, on loan until 30 June 2019 with an option to buy.[10] The deal was later turned permanent.[11] On 2 January 2023, he joined fellow Serie A club Cremonese on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[12]
Ferrari made his debut with the Italy U21 on 2 June 2016, in a friendly match against France.
In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager Luigi Di Biagio.[13] He made his only appearance of the tournament In Italy's second group match on 21 June, a 3–1 defeat to Czech Republic.[14] Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat to Spain on 27 June.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Bologna | 2013–14 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| Crotone (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie B | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Hellas Verona (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 1 | |||||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Sampdoria | 2019–20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24 | Serie B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 69 | 1 | |||||
| Cremonese (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 157 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 174 | 2 | |||