| Claudio Ferrarese | |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Verona, Italy |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Virtus Verona |
| Youthclubs2: | Hellas Verona |
| Years1: | 1995–2000 |
| Caps1: | 36 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Clubs1: | Hellas Verona |
| Years2: | 1999–2000 |
| Caps2: | 34 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Clubs2: | → Pistoiese (loan) |
| Years3: | 2001–2003 |
| Caps3: | 45 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Clubs3: | Cittadella |
| Years4: | 2002–2003 |
| Caps4: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | → Napoli (loan) |
| Years5: | 2003 |
| Caps5: | 18 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Clubs5: | → Piacenza (loan) |
| Years6: | 2003–2004 |
| Caps6: | 38 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Clubs6: | Ternana |
| Years7: | 2004–2005 |
| Caps7: | 35 |
| Goals7: | 4 |
| Clubs7: | Salernitana |
| Years8: | 2005–2006 |
| Caps8: | 3 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Clubs8: | Cagliari |
| Years9: | 2006–2007 |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Clubs9: | Torino |
| Years10: | 2007–2008 |
| Caps10: | 35 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
| Clubs10: | Verona |
| Years11: | 2008–2009 |
| Caps11: | 26 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Clubs11: | Cremonese |
| Years12: | 2009–2011 |
| Caps12: | 21 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
| Clubs12: | Spezia |
| Years13: | 2011–2012 |
| Caps13: | 14 |
| Goals13: | 1 |
| Clubs13: | Trento |
| Years14: | 2012–2013 |
| Caps14: | 19 |
| Goals14: | 2 |
| Clubs14: | Sambonifacese |
| Years15: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps15: | 10 |
| Goals15: | 2 |
| Clubs15: | Fersina–Perginese |
| Years16: | 2014–2015 |
| Caps16: | 19 |
| Goals16: | 0 |
| Clubs16: | Virtus Verona |
| Years17: | 2015–2017 |
| Caps17: | ? |
| Goals17: | 20 |
| Clubs17: | Trento |
| Nationalyears1: | 1996 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U18[1] |
| Nationalyears2: | 1996 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Claudio Ferrarese (born 7 September 1978) is a retired Italian footballer.[2]
Born in Verona, Veneto, Ferrarese started his professional career at Hellas Verona F.C. Ferrarese also played for Virtus Verona before he was signed by Hellas.[3] In January 2001 he left for fellow Veneto club AS Cittadella–Padova[4] in co-ownership deal for 2,000 million Italian lire (€1,032,914).[5] Cittadella relegated to Serie C1 in 2002. In June 2002 the club also acquired Ferrarese outright from Verona.[6] Ferrarese was a player for S.S.C. Napoli in Serie B and Piacenza in Serie A (swap with Dario Marcolin[7]) in 2002–03 season. In July 2003 Ferrarese was signed by Ternana. In July 2004 Ferrarese, Alex Brunner and Christian Terni were signed by Salernitana. On 22 August 2005 Ferrarese moved to Cagliari.[8] However, on 2 January 2006 Ferrarese left for Torino F.C.[9] Torino finally promoted to Serie A in 2006. The club forced to stay in 2005–06 Serie B due to financial difficulties. Ferrarese only played once in 2006–07 Serie A. On 4 January 2007 Ferrarese returned to Verona.[10] Ferrarese was a regular starter in 2006–07 Serie B.[11] Verona relegated to Serie C1 in 2007. On 4 January 2008 Ferrarese moved again, this time to fellow third division club Cremonese.[12] Ferrarese's contract was terminated in mutual consent on 26 June 2009. After without a club for 4 months, he was signed by Spezia of the fourth division.[13] However, due to the termination was documented to Lega Calcio after 1 July, his availability was delayed to winter transfer windows.[14] Ferrarese made his debut in January 2010. In June his contract was renewed.[15]
Since 2012 Ferrarese was a player of Serie D clubs. He also won promotion to Serie D from Eccellenza for Trento in 2012.
Ferrarese played twice in 1997 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualification. (now renamed to U19 event)