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Michael Ferrante
Personal information
Full name Michael Ferrante
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wellington Phoenix
Number 10
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2008

Michael Ferrante (born 28 April 1981)[1] is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a holding midfielder for the Wellington Phoenix in the Hyundai A-League.

Club career

He came through the ranks at the Australian Institute of Sport and from there he moved on to the youth team at West Ham. He captained the team in one of the games of the 9-0 aggregate FA Youth Cup Final triumph over Coventry in 1999.[2][3] The team included Joe Cole and Michael Carrick who went on to become established Premiership and England players.

He had a spell in Italy with Comprens Stabia and Serie C side Benevento Calcio before returning to Australia to join Fawkner Blues in 2004. He joined Melbourne's inaugural A-League squad for season 2005/06 and featured in all of Melbourne Victory league games. Following the signings of Fred and Grant Brebner he was frozen out of the squad for the second season and struggled to make appearances. He made 21 appearances for Melbourne in 2005/06, scoring one goal, and five appearances in 2006/07.[1]

After Victory released him from his contract by mutual consent in February 2007, new A-League team Wellington Phoenix signed Ferrante on a two year deal for the start of the A-League 2007-08 season.[4][5]

Honours

With Melbourne Victory:

References

  1. ^ a b Profile: Michael Ferrante, ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
  2. ^ "The class of '99", TheFA.com, 1 January 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
  3. ^ FA Youth Cup Final squads
  4. ^ "Wellington Snap Up Four More", Australian FourFourTwo, 1 May 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
  5. ^ "Phoenix announce first signings", Queensland Football Website, 1 May 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.

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