Michael Ferrante

Michael Ferrante
Personal information
Full name	Michael Ferrante
Date of birth	28 April 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Team information
Current team	Essendon Royals
Youth career
	Fawkner
1997–1998	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2001	West Ham United
2001–2002	Comprens Stabia
2002–2004	Benevento
2004	Fawkner Blues
2005–2007	Melbourne Victory
2007–2010	Wellington Phoenix
2010–2012	Richmond
2012–2019	Pascoe Vale
2019–2021	Essendon Royals
International career‡
1997	Australia U-17
1999–2001	Australia U-20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 September 2008

Michael Ferrante (born 28 April 1981)^[1] is an Australian former footballer. He is currently the senior men's head coach of Essendon Royals SC.

Biography

He attended St. Joseph's College Melbourne from years 1992–1997 being a star week in week out for his school side. He came through the ranks at the Australian Institute of Sport and from there he moved on to the youth team at West Ham United. He captained the team in one of the games of the 9–0 aggregate FA Youth Cup Final triumph over Coventry in 1999.^[2] The team included Joe Cole, Michael Carrick who went on to become established Premiership and England players plus fellow Australian and current Australian international Richard Garcia.

He had a spell in Italy with Comprensorio 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.^[3]^[4]

In 2010, he returned home to Melbourne, signing for local club Richmond Eagles mid-season. On 12 July 2012 he announced that a major back injury would prevent him participating in the VPL for the remainder of the 2012. By mutual consent his contract was terminated and Richmond released him to sign with Pascoe Vale who sit top of League State 1 and who are managed by his brother Vitale.

A-League career statistics

Correct as of 24 February 2010

Club	Season	League			Finals			Asia			Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Melbourne Victory	2005–06	21	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	1	1
Melbourne Victory	2006–07	5	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	0	0
Wellington Phoenix	2007–08	18	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	1	1
	2008–09	19	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	0	0
	2009–10	6	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	6	0	0
Total		69	2	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	69	2	2

Honours

Melbourne Victory

A-League Championship: 2006–07
A-League Premiership: 2006–07

References

^ ^a ^b "Michael Ferrante". ESPN FC. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
^ "The class of '99". TheFA.com. 1 January 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
^ "Wellington Snap Up Four More". Australian FourFourTwo. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
^ "Phoenix announce first signings". Queensland Football Website. 1 May 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.

External links

[ESPN-1] "Michael Ferrante". ESPN FC. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

[2] "The class of '99". TheFA.com. 1 January 2006. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.

[3] "Wellington Snap Up Four More". Australian FourFourTwo. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

[queens-4] "Phoenix announce first signings". Queensland Football Website. 1 May 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.

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