) was an Italian

Italy

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 football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player.
He was one of five players selected to the Italian national team for the 1954 World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

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 that did not see any action (the others are Cervato

Sergio Cervato

Sergio Cervato was an Italian football player.Cervato was born in Carmignano di Brenta, province of Padua....

, Costagliola

Leonardo Costagliola

Leonardo Costagliola was an Italian football goalkeeper.Born in Taranto, in his career he played a total of 623 matches for A.S. Bari, U.S. Conversano, Pro Italia Taranto and AC Fiorentina. For the national team he played 3 games and participated at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. After retiring he...

, Gratton

Guido Gratton

Guido Gratton was an Italian football player.A Friulian from Monfalcone, Guido Gratton played for Fiorentina in the 1950s, together with players such as Julinho, Virgili, and Montuori...

 and Pivatelli

Gino Pivatelli

Gino Pivatelli is a former Italian footballer who played for AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 1963. He was included in Italy's squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned 7 caps and scored 2 goals for the national team. He also played for Hellas Verona F.C., Bologna...

).
Nicknamed 'mobilia' for his rugby player-like physique (he was one of the biggest players ever on the national team to that point), Ferrario in defensive midfield was impossible to knock down, difficult to get by. With these talents he became a starter at Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

 winning the position from Carlo Parola

Carlo Parola

Carlo Parola , was an Italian football player and coach, from Turin. He is most famous for his time with Juventus with whom he played over 300 games with, he also had brief spells with Lazio and Midland in Argentina before going into management.He is also famous for being the author of one of the...

. At Juventus he won two championships, the first in 1952

Serie A 1951-52

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 and the other in 1958

Serie A 1957-58

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 as well a one Coppa Italia

Coppa Italia

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 before closing his career at Torino

Torino F.C.

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 at thirty-five years of age. Ferrario was a great competitor, one that sweeps the area with the impetus of a gladiator for which he would be frequently involved in crucial plays. A notable instance with the national team at Budapest

Budapest

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 was a confrontation with local hero Kocsis

Sándor Kocsis

Sándor Kocsis Péter was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencváros TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary. During the 1950s, along with Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, József Bozsik and Nándor Hidegkuti, he was a member of the Mighty Magyars...

 in a 1955 game where Italy lost 2-0 that nearly started a riot between the Italians and Magyars.
For the 'Azzurri' he earned 10 caps between 1952 and 1958 always having outstanding performances.