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{{short description|Italian footballer}}
{{for-multi|the Italian sculptor|Giovanni Ferrari (sculptor)|the Italian Jesuit and botanist|Giovanni Baptista Ferrari}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Giovanni Ferrari
| image = FBC Juventus - 1930s - Giovanni Ferrari.jpg
| caption = Ferrari in 1933
| fullname = Giovanni Vincenzo Ferrari
| height = {{height|m=1.72}}
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1907|12|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Alessandria]], Kingdom of Italy
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1982|12|2|1907|12|6|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Milan]], [[Italy]]
| position = [[Attacking midfielder]]<br/>[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1923–1925
| years2 = 1925–1926
| years3 = 1926–1930
| years4 = 1930–1935
| years5 = 1935–1940
| years6 = 1940–1941
| years7 = 1941–1942
| clubs1 = [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|US Alessandria]]
| clubs2 = [[FBC Internaples|Napoli]] (loan)
| clubs3 = [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|US Alessandria]]
| clubs4 = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| clubs5 = [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]]
| clubs6 = [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]
| clubs7 = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| caps1 = 17
| caps2 = 15
| caps3 = 105
| caps4 = 160
| caps5 = 108
| caps6 = 16
| caps7 = 6
| goals1 = 2
| goals2 = 16
| goals3 = 60
| goals4 = 66
| goals5 = 24
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 = 1
| totalcaps = 427 | totalgoals = 171
| nationalyears1 = 1930–1938
| nationalteam1 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
| nationalcaps1 = 44
| nationalgoals1 = 14
| manageryears1 = 1941–1942
| manageryears2 = 1942–1943
| manageryears3 = 1945–1946
| manageryears4 = 1946–1948
| manageryears5 = 1948–1950
| manageryears6 = 1951
| manageryears7 = 1958–1959
| manageryears8 = 1960–1962
| managerclubs1 = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| managerclubs2 = [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]]
| managerclubs4 = [[Neuchâtel Xamax|Cantonal Neuchâtel]]
| managerclubs5 = [[A.C. Prato|Prato]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Calcio Padova|Padova]]
| managerclubs7 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934 Italy]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938 France]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Central European International Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1931-32 Central European International Cup|1931–32]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1933-35 Central European International Cup|1933–35]]|}}
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'''Giovanni Ferrari''' ({{IPA|it|dʒoˈvanni ferˈraːri}}; 6 December 1907 – 2 December 1982) was an Italian [[association football|footballer]] who played as an [[attacking midfielder]]/[[Forward (association football)#Second striker|inside]] [[Forward (association football)|forward]] on the left. He is regarded as one of the best players of his generation, having won [[Serie A]] 8 times, as well as two consecutive [[FIFA World Cup]] titles (in [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] and [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]) with the [[Italy national football team]].<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari">{{cite web|url=http://ilpalloneracconta.blogspot.ca/2007/12/giovanni-ferrari.html|title=Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari|publisher=Il Pallone Racconta|language=it|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="tuttojuve.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tuttojuve.com/gli-eroi-bianconeri/gli-eroi-in-bianconero-giovanni-ferrari-72996|title=Gli eroi in bianconero: Giovanni FERRARI|publisher=Tutto Juve|language=it|author1=Stefano Bedeschi|date=6 December 2013|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Treccani, 2002: Ferrari, Giovanni">{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-ferrari_%28Enciclopedia-dello-Sport%29/|title=Treccani, 2002: Ferrari, Giovanni|website=treccani.it|publisher=Treccani: L'Enciclopedia dello Sport|language=it|author1=Salvatore Lo Presti|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> Along with [[Giuseppe Meazza]]<ref name="Record e Curiosità">{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2010/sudafrica/nazionale/record.html|title=Record e Curiosità|trans-title=Records and Trivia|publisher=La Repubblica|language=it|access-date=6 May 2016}}</ref> and [[Eraldo Monzeglio]], he is one of only three Italian players to have won two World Cups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/static/speciale/2010/sudafrica/storia/record-individuali.html|title=Presenze|trans-title=Appearances|publisher=[[la Repubblica]]|language=it|access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref>

A creative, [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|advanced midfield]] [[playmaker]], Ferrari was a strong, physically fit, hardworking, versatile, and well-rounded footballer, as well as being a generous team player. Due to his technical ability, vision, tactical intelligence, and passing ability, he excelled at building attacking plays and was well-known for setting up chances for teammates, at a time when assists went unrecorded. He was capable of scoring himself due to his powerful and accurate shot. He was primarily deployed as an [[attacking midfielder]]/left–sided inside forward, known in Italian football jargon as
the ''[[Midfielder#Mezzala|Mezzala]]''.<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari"/><ref name="tuttojuve.com"/><ref name="Treccani, 2002: Ferrari, Giovanni"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://it.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/023c-0e975b50423d-3f04fb41ab31-1000--dybala-numero-10-gli-illustri-predecessori/ |title=Dybala numero 10: gli illustri predecessori |publisher=[[UEFA]] |language=it |date=9 August 2017 |access-date=16 April 2020 }}</ref> throughout his career.

==Club career==
Ferrari began his footballing career with local club [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]] in the [[Prima Divisione|prima divisione nazionale]] in 1923. He was at the start of the newly established [[Serie A]] in the season 1929-30, aside from a brief loan to [[FBC Internaples|Napoli]] during the [[1925–26 Prima Divisione|1925–26 season]], where he scored an impressive 16 goals in 15 matches. He was given credit over a seven-year period (1923–1930) with [[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]] and [[FBC Internaples|Napoli]] in total to play in 137 matches and scoring 78 goals. The following year Ferrari changed over to [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] and was handed the [[Squad number (association football)|number 10 shirt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/da-ferrari-a-bernardeschi-la-juve-e-l-importanza-della-maglia-numero-10-998150|title=Da Ferrari a Bernardeschi: la Juve e l'importanza della maglia numero 10|publisher=www.TuttoMercatoWeb.com|language=it|author1=Lorenzo Di Benedetto|date=24 July 2017|access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref> Over that five-year period (1930–1935), which was his first spell at [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], he played in 160 games and scored 66 goals, in addition to providing many [[Assist (association football)|assists]]. Although the official number of assists he provided went unrecorded, it was said to be extremely high. Ferrari would next move to [[Internazionale Milano F.C.|Inter]], where he would play for five-years (1935-1940), and then subsequently to [[Bologna FC|Bologna]] for the [[1940–41 Serie A|1940–41]] season, before return for  second spell to [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] in the [[1941–42 Serie A|1941–42]] season, this time as a player-manager in what turned out to be the final season of his playing career, winning his 10th major national trophy. After the [[World War II|Second World War]], when Italian club football resumed in the season 1945-46, he became a full-time manager for [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]].

'''1930-1935: Il Quinquennio d'Oro della Juventus''' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://storiedicalcio.altervista.org/blog/juventus_quinquennio.html|title = 1930-1935: Il Quinquennio d'oro della Juventus|date = 26 November 2015}}</ref>

[[Juventus FC|Juventus]] had won 2 Italian Championships earlier in history, before it was named [[Serie A]], but under his guidance, the club won 5 consecutive [[Serie A]] Titles, ''Il Quinquennio d'Oro'', by then a record of 1st 5 successive titles ever in Italy, which meant he in reality dragged [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] into an era, as one of Italy’s biggest and most important clubs.

'''1935-1941: Making it a record 8 Serie A titles'''

He then went on to win 2 more [[Serie A]] titles & 1 [[Coppa Italia]] with [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]] and 1 [[Serie A]] title with [[Bologna FC|Bologna]]; Making him the first player to win a then record of 8 [[Serie A]] Championships, [[Virginio Rosetta]] also won 8 national championships, but 3 of them came before the formation of a professional Serie A.<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari"/><ref name="tuttojuve.com"/><ref name="Treccani, 2002: Ferrari, Giovanni"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.it/Ferrari.html|title=Ferrari Giovanni|website=enciclopediadelcalcio.it|language=it|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> Ferrari is also one of six footballers to have won the Serie A title with 3 clubs, a feat he managed with Juventus, Inter, and Bologna; the other 5 players to have managed the same feat are Filippo Cavalli, [[Aldo Serena]], [[Pietro Fanna]], [[Sergio Gori]], and [[Attilio Lombardo]].<ref name="SERGIO BOBO GORI">{{cite web|url=http://www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org/sergio-bobo-gori.html|title=SERGIO "BOBO" GORI|publisher=Storie di Calcio|language=it|access-date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://milano.corriere.it/milano/notizie/cronaca/13_maggio_7/celo-manca-aldo-serena-inter-bar-sport-2121012724545.shtml|title=Serena, la punta con la valigia|publisher=Il Corriere della Sera|language=it|author1=Roberto Perrone|date=7 May 2013|access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref>
The record for most [[Serie A]] titles went unbroken for 77 years, until the season [[2017–18 Serie A|2017-18]] where [[Gianluigi Buffon]] won his 9th [[Serie A]] title, subsequently making it 10 [[Serie A]] titles in the season [[2019–20 Serie A|2019-20]], all 10 titles won with [[Juventus FC|Juventus]].

'''1941-1942: 2nd spell at Juventus & 10th major national trophy'''

He came back to [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] where he won his 2nd [[Coppa Italia]], which was his 10th major national trophy in what would be his last season as a player.
After this season the [[Serie A]] & [[Coppa Italia]] was discontinued due to the [[World War II|Second World War]].

==International career==
Ferraris first taste of success with the [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]] was as part of the silver medal winning [[1931-32 Central European International Cup]] squad. He then went on to win two consecutive [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]] (in [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] & [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]), as well as the [[1933-35 Central European International Cup]]. All 4 tournaments alongside teammates [[Giuseppe Meazza]] and [[Eraldo Monzeglio]]. The 3 (in terms of silverware) most successful players ever for Italy. In total he managed 44 appearances and 14 goals with the national side between 1930 and 1938. He later was the head coach of Italy from 1960 to 1961, and was part of the technical commission being co-manager with [[Paolo Mazza]] leading Italy in the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]].,<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari"/><ref name="tuttojuve.com"/><ref name="Treccani, 2002: Ferrari, Giovanni"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=436&squadra=1|title=Nazionale in cifre: Ferrari, Giovanni|website=figc.it|publisher=FIGC|language=it|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> where Italy lost 1 match to the hosting nation Chile in the infamous [[Battle of Santiago (1962 FIFA World Cup)]], having 2 men sent off, while Chile had none sent off despite amongst other things, a left-hook punch by Chilean outside-left [[Leonel Sánchez]] to Italian right-back [[Mario David (footballer)|Mario David]], & later [[Leonel Sánchez]] actually broke [[Humberto Maschio]]'s nose with another left hook but the English referee [[Ken Aston]] did nothing;[[Ken Aston]] would never referee a World Cup match again.

'''Central European International Cup 1931-32'''

Ferrari was from the start of the [[1931-32 Central European International Cup]] a regular starter in his playmaker/[[attacking midfielder]] role and also scored a goal in the away match against Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5602|title = Czechoslovakia vs Italy, 28 October 1932}}</ref> The campaign ended with Italy being Runners-up after the Austrian ''[[Wunderteam]]'' led by [[Matthias Sindelar]], Ferrari's first international medal with Italy (Silver).

'''FIFA World Cup 1934'''

Ferarri aside from his playmaker/[[attacking midfielder]] role scored 2 goals, both of them at the knockout stage, in his first World Cup. The first goal was against USA in the round of 16<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1934italy/match-center/1135|title = 1934 FIFA World Cup Italy™: Italy - USA}}</ref> and the second goal equalizing against Spain in the 1/4 finals,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1934italy/match-center/1122|title = 1934 FIFA World Cup Italy™: Italy - Spain}}</ref> earning Italy a replay as there was then no penalty shoot-out. If a match was tied after extra time, there would be a rematch the day after; a win would mean they won the World Cup. They beat the Austrian ''[[Wunderteam]]'' in the semi-finals and Czechoslovakia led by [[Oldrich Nejedly]] in the final but Ferrari's equalizer in the quarter finals, enabled Italy to continue in the 1934 World cup.

'''Central European International Cup 1933-35'''

Ferrari aside from his playmaker/[[attacking midfielder]] role scored 3 goals in this gold winning campaign; home against Czechoslovakia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5707|title = Italy vs Czechoslovakia, 7 May 1933}}</ref> home against Switzerland<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5689|title = Italy vs Switzerland, 3 December 1933}}</ref> and home against Hungary,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5850|title = Italy vs Hungary, 24 November 1935}}</ref> this time helping Italy beat the Austrian ''[[Wunderteam]]'' for the gold.

'''FIFA World Cup 1938'''

Ferrari was again a regular starter in his second World Cup, where he from his playmaking/[[attacking midfielder]] role help guide Italy to its second and consecutive World Cup title, beating Hungary led by [[György Sárosi]] in the final. This made him one of only three Italians to win 2 [[FIFA World Cup]]s.

==Personal life==
Ferrari was born in [[Alessandria]] on 6 December 1907 and died in [[Milan]] in 1982, aged 74.<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari"/><ref name="tuttojuve.com"/>

==Honours==

===Club===
;[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari"/><ref name="tuttojuve.com"/>
* [[Serie A]]: [[1930–31 Serie A|1930–31]], [[1931–32 Serie A|1931–32]], [[1932–33 Serie A|1932–33]], [[1933–34 Serie A|1933–34]], [[1934–35 Serie A|1934–35]]
* [[Coppa Italia]]: [[1941–42 Coppa Italia|1941–42]]

;[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]]<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari"/><ref name="tuttojuve.com"/>
* [[Serie A]]: [[1937–38 Serie A|1937–38]], [[1939–40 Serie A|1939–40]]
* [[Coppa Italia]]: [[1938–39 Coppa Italia|1938–39]]

;[[Bologna F.C.|Bologna]]<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari"/><ref name="tuttojuve.com"/>
* [[Serie A]]: [[1940–41 Serie A|1940–41]]

===International===
;[[Italy national football team|Italy]]<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari"/><ref name="tuttojuve.com"/>
* [[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]
* [[Central European International Cup]]: [[1933–35 Central European International Cup|1933–35]]; Runner-up: [[1931–32 Central European International Cup|1931–32]]

===Individual===
* [[Italian Football Hall of Fame]]: 2011 (Posthumous)<ref name="Il Pallone Racconta: Giovanni Ferrari"/><ref name="tuttojuve.com"/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081121081609/http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/Ferrari.html Profile]

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