Ferrer in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Ferrer Llopis | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maristas de Rubí | |||
| 1983–1988 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Barcelona B | 47 | (2) |
| 1990–1998 | Barcelona | 204 | (1) |
| 1990 | → Tenerife (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 1998–2003 | Chelsea | 76 | (0) |
| Total | 344 | (3) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988 | Spain U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 1988–1989 | Spain U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Spain U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 1991–1999 | Spain | 36 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2011 | Vitesse | ||
| 2014 | Córdoba | ||
| 2015 | Mallorca | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Albert Ferrer Llopis (Catalan pronunciation: [əɫˈβɛr fəˈre]; born 6 June 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back, and a current coach.
Having represented local Barcelona for almost a decade, he went on to appear for England’s Chelsea until his retirement. During his spell in his country he was nicknamed Chapi, and appeared in a total of 221 La Liga games during nine seasons.
A Spanish international on more than 30 occasions, Ferrer represented the nation in two World Cups and at the 1992 Olympic Games, winning the latter tournament. He started working as a manager in 2010, with Vitesse.
Playing career
Club
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Ferrer was a pacy and tough-tackling defender. He began his professional career with FC Barcelona B, then served a loan with CD Tenerife in the 1989–90 season, with whom he made his La Liga debuts at the age of 19.
Ferrer returned to the main squad the following summer, and became the club’s first-choice right back, remaining as such for the following eight years and scoring once. He often partnered another club graduate, Sergi Barjuán, in the defensive wings.
Ferrer was a key member of the famous Dream Team and, during his time with the Blaugrana, won five leagues, a European Cup, a UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, two domestic cups, four Supercups and two UEFA Super Cups.
As the Dutch dominance at the Camp Nou in terms of players was still an important one (the club was coached by Louis van Gaal), Ferrer left in June 1998 amongst other club greats as Guillermo Amor, moving to Chelsea for £2.2 million and quickly establishing himself in the side, helping it qualify for its first ever Champions League campaign in his debut campaign. Chelsea won the FA Cup the following year (but he missed the final through injury) and reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League; during his team’s run in the latter he played in 14 of 16 games, and scored his only goal for the Blues in a 2–0 win against Hertha BSC.
A combination of injuries and manager Gianluca Vialli’s squad rotation policy reduced Ferrer’s opportunities in the following season and he made only 14 league appearances. Chelsea reached another FA Cup final in 2002 – which he again missed, though this time through not being selected. Out of favour and facing strong competition from younger teammates he made just seven league appearances in his final two years, and left in May 2003 upon the expiry of his contract, playing 113 overall matches for the Londoners and retiring shortly after at 33.
Source:wikipedia