Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriel Enzo Ferrari | ||
Date of birth | September 1, 1988 | ||
Place of birth | New York City, United States | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
–2005 | BW Gottschee | ||
2005–2007 | MetroStars | ||
2007–2008 | Sampdoria | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Sampdoria | 0 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Perugia (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2009–2010 | → Foggia (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2010 | → Ternana (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2010–2011 | AC Bellinzona | 0 | (0) |
2010 | → Wohlen (loan) | 6 | (1) |
2011 | Chicago Fire | 3 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2007–2008 | United States U-20 | 4 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 26, 2011. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 26, 2011.
Gabriel Enzo Ferrari (born September 1, 1988, in New York City) is a former American soccer player.
Ferrari started with Blau Weiss Gottschee where he won four New York State Championships. Ferrari played high school soccer at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey. He then continued his youth career in the system of Major League Soccer club MetroStars, now known as the New York Red Bulls. Gabriel was the captain of the MetroStars side that captured the U-16 North American Championship. He verbally committed to play college soccer at the University of Connecticut, but elected to sign a professional contract with Sampdoria instead.
Ferrari signed with Serie A club Sampdoria on January 17, 2007, in a deal that kept him in Italy until 2010. Gabriel made his Sampdoria debut on February 1, 2007, in a Coppa Italia match against Inter Milan, coming on as a substitute. He did not make any appearances in Serie A, the Italian top flight. In July 2008, Sampdoria announced that they loaned Ferrari out to Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Perugia. He moved on loan to Serie C side Foggia for the 2009/2010 season; on 1 February 2010 he moved to Ternana Calcio .
In September 2010 Swiss Super League club AC Bellinzona announced they had signed Ferrari on a permanent transfer. He then went on loan with FC Wohlen in the Swiss Challenge League.