Fabrizio Ferron

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Fabrizio Ferron
Full name	Fabrizio Ferron
Date of birth	September 5, 1965 (1965-09-05) (age 42)
Place of birth	Bollate, Italy
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1985-1986	A.C. Milan
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1988 1988-1996 1996-1999 1999-2000 2000-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005	Sambenedettese Atalanta Sampdoria Internazionale Verona Como Bologna	056 (0) 253 (0) 095 (0) 004 (0) 064 (0) 045 (0) 000 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Fabrizio Ferron (born 5 September 1965 in Bollate) is an former Italian footballer. He played over 300 games in Serie A.

[edit] Football career

Ferron started his career at A.C. Milan youth team. He then played for Sambenedettese before spent 8 seasons at Atalanta.

On February 23, 1992, Ferron suffered the infamy of conceding a late equaliser to Michelangelo Rampulla, the opposing goalkeeper for Cremonese, who became the first goalkeeper to score from open play in Serie A history.

In a 0-3 loss away to Reggiana on January 23, 1994, Ferron's heart stopped beating for some 15 seconds after a collision with an opposing striker. Luckily, he was revived shortly afterwards.

He then played for Sampdoria and then as backup of Angelo Peruzzi in Internazionale.

He joined Verona in summer 2000. In summer 2002, he joined Serie A newcomer Como, compete with Alex Brunner. He played his last Serie A games against Modena F.C. on 27 April 2003, at age of &0000000000000037.00000037 years, &0000000000000234.000000234 days. Since Brunner left and relegation, he became regular of Como. In summer 2004, he joined Bologna as a backup of Gianluca Pagliuca, who one year younger than Ferron.