Albert Ferrer
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| Albert Ferrer | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Albert Ferrer i Llopis | |
| Date of birth | June 6, 1970 | |
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | |
| Playing position | Right back | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| FC Barcelona | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1989–1990 1990–1998 1998–2003 |
→ CD Tenerife (loan) FC Barcelona Chelsea |
17 (0) 204 (1) 76 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1991-99 | Spain | 36 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Albert Ferrer i Llopis, pron. IPA: [əɫ'βɛɾ fə're], (born 6 June 1970 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former Spanish footballer.
A pacy and tough-tackling right back, "Chapi" began his career with FC Barcelona B. He then went on loan to CD Tenerife. He returned to FC Barcelona in 1990 and became the club's first-choice right-back for the next eight years, going on to represent Barca over 300 times. Ferrer was a key member of the famous Dream Team, and during his time at Barcelona, the club won five League championships, a European Cup, a Cup Winners' Cup, two Copas del Rey, four Supercopas de España and two European Super Cups.
Ferrer moved to Chelsea in June 1998 for £2.2 million and quickly established himself in the side, helping the club qualify for its first ever Champions League campaign in his first season. Chelsea won the FA Cup the following year (but he missed the final through injury) and reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League. During that run he played in 14 of the club's 16 games in that competition and scored his only goal for Chelsea in a 2-0 win against Hertha Berlin.
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. The club 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 defenders at the club, Ferrer made just seven league appearances in his final two years at Chelsea and left in May 2003 upon the expiry of his contract. In total, he played 113 games for Chelsea.
Ferrer was also a Spanish international and won 36 caps. He was an ever-present in the side at USA '94 as Spain reached the quarter-finals but missed Euro '96 through injury. His only game at the 1998 world cup was the shock 3-2 defeat to Nigeria, which saw Spain crash out in the group stages. He was also a part of Spain's gold medal winning football team at the 1992 Olympic Games.
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| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Team | |
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