Fabrizio Ferron

Fabrizio Ferron

Personal information
Full name	Fabrizio Ferron
Date of birth	(1965-09-05) September 5, 1965
Place of birth	Bollate, Italy
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985-1986	A.C. Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986-1988	Sambenedettese	56	(0)
1988-1996	Atalanta	253	(0)
1996-1999	Sampdoria	95	(0)
1999-2000	Internazionale	4	(0)
2000-2002	Verona	64	(0)
2002-2004	Como	45	(0)
2004-2005	Bologna	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabrizio Ferron (born 5 September 1965 in Bollate) is a former Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played over 300 games in Serie A.

Football career

Ferron started his career at A.C. Milan youth team. He then played for Sambenedettese before spent 8 seasons at Atalanta.

On February 23, 1992, Ferron suffered the infamy of conceding a late equaliser to Michelangelo Rampulla, the opposing goalkeeper for Cremonese, who became the first goalkeeper to score from open play in Serie A history.

In a 0-3 loss away to Reggiana on January 23, 1994, Ferron's heart stopped beating for some 15 seconds after a collision with an opposing striker. Luckily, he was revived shortly afterwards.

He then played for Sampdoria and then as backup of Angelo Peruzzi in Internazionale.

He joined Verona in summer 2000. In summer 2002, he joined Serie A newcomer Como, compete with Alex Brunner. He played his last Serie A games against Modena F.C. on 27 April 2003, at age of . Since Brunner left and relegation, he became regular of Como ahead Stefano Layeni. In summer 2004, he joined Bologna as a backup of Gianluca Pagliuca, who one year younger than Ferron.

Honours and awards

• Serie A promotion: 1995 (Atalanta)
• Coppa Italia Runner-up: 1996 (Atalanta), 2000 (Inter)

External links

• http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Ferron_Fabrizio
• Inter Archive