Andrés Ferrari
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Full name | Andrés Martín Ferrari Malviera[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 3 January 2003||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sauce, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Sint-Truiden (on loan from Villarreal) | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Peñarol | |||||||||||||||||
Defensor Sporting | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Defensor Sporting | 24 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Villarreal B | 31 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Villarreal | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | → Sint-Truiden (loan) | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Uruguay U20 | 25 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2024 |
Andrés Martín Ferrari Malviera (born 3 January 2003) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden, on loan from La Liga club Villarreal.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]Born in Sauce to a family of Italian descent, Ferrari started his career at the age of six, joining the futsal team Club BBC before switching to football with Sportivo Artigas the following year.[4] He also played at the football school Profe Santos, before spending time alternating between the academies of Peñarol and Defensor Sporting.[5] He eventually decided to continue with Defensor Sporting and went on to make his professional debut on 29 May 2022, in a 1–1 draw against Deportivo Maldonado.[6]
On 6 April 2023, Ferrari joined Spanish club Villarreal on a five-year deal until July 2028.[7][3]
On 26 August 2024, Ferrari joined Sint-Truiden in Belgium on a season-long loan,[8][9] making his debut as substitute in a 3-0 away win at Beerschot on 21 September 2024, scoring a late equaliser the following week in a 1-1 draw at Cercle Brugge.[10][11]
International career
[edit]Ferrari is a Uruguay youth international. In July 2022, he was included in Uruguay's squad for that year's COTIF Tournament.[12]
In May 2023, he was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[13] as La Celeste eventually won the tournament.[14][15]
Personal life
[edit]On June 21, 2023, he married his long-time girlfriend Valentina Olivera in Montevideo.[16][17]
Honours
[edit]Defensor Sporting
Uruguay U20
Individual
- Copa Uruguay top scorer: 2022[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Uruguay (URU)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 22. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Andrés Ferrari at Soccerway
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Welcome Ferrari!". 6 April 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Andrés Ferrari: los 9 que admira, la revancha que busca y los largos viajes desde Sauce" [Andrés Ferrari: the 9 he admires, the revenge he seeks and the long trips from Sauce]. elobservador.com.uy (in Spanish). 29 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ Berardi, Sofia (15 November 2022). "Andrés Ferrari: el goleador de la Copa AUF que ayuda a sus padres en el campo y fue bautizado por Diego Alonso" [Andrés Ferrari: the AUF Cup scorer who helps his parents on the field and was baptized by Diego Alonso]. elpais.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "ANDRES FERRARI – DEFENSOR SPORTING'S TALENTED YOUNG STRIKER". 1 December 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Andrés Ferrari firmó en el Villarreal, donde está viviendo "el sueño de todo pibe"". 6 April 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ "Spits Andrés Ferrari tekent bij STVV" [Striker Andrés Ferrari signs with STVV] (in Dutch). Sint-Truiden. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Andrés Ferrari, cedido al K Sint-Truidense VV" [Andrés Ferrari, loaned to K Sint-Truidense VV] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Cercle Brugge geeft 6 op 6 nog uit handen in slotfase, Ferrari bezorgt STVV punt" [Crisis complete? STVV counts out red lantern Beerschot with early and late strikes] (in Dutch). Sporza. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Cercle Brugge geeft 6 op 6 nog uit handen in slotfase, Ferrari bezorgt STVV punt" [Cercle Brugge gives up 6/6 chance at the end, Ferrari gives STVV a point] (in Dutch). Sporza. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Futbolistas convocados para el torneo L'Alcúdia". 23 July 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Marcelo Broli dió a conocer la lista de convocados para el Mundial sub-20" (in Spanish). 8 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Uruguay es Campeón del Mundo". Uruguayan Football Association. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lopesino, Juan (12 June 2023). "Luciano Rodríguez vale un Mundial". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Se casó uno de los campeones del mundo con Uruguay Sub 20". Telenoche (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Sigue de fiesta: un campeón del mundo sub-20 con la selección uruguaya contrajo matrimonio". futbol.com.uy - Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Defensor es campeón de la primera Copa AUF Uruguay". 13 November 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
External links
[edit]- Andrés Ferrari at WorldFootball.net
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Canelones Department
- Men's association football forwards
- Uruguayan sportspeople of Italian descent
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Uruguay men's youth international footballers
- Defensor Sporting players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Sint-Truidense V.V. players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Segunda División players
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Uruguayan football forward stubs