Andrés Ferro

Andrés Ferro

Personal information
Full name	Andrés Enrique Ferro Peña
Date of birth	(2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Istra 1961
Number	44
Youth career
	Metropolitanos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2024	Metropolitanos	99	(3)
2023–2024	→ Central Córdoba (loan)	0	(0)
2024–	Istra 1961	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:03, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Andrés Enrique Ferro Peña (born 2 August 2001) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a centre-back for Croatian Football League side NK Istra 1961.

Club career

Metropolitanos

Ferro is a product of Metropolitanos in Caracas.[2] He got his official debut for Metropolitanos in a Venezuelan Primera División game against Deportivo Anzoátegui on 4 August 2018, two days after his 18th birthday.[3] He made a total of three appearances in that season.

Ferro got his breakthrough in the 2019 season, where he established himself as a key player on the team, making 21 appearances during the year. During January and February 2020, Ferro made three appearances, before he suffered a fracture in his right foot and was out for five weeks.[4] He made a total of 16 appearances in the 2020 season. In the 2021 season, Ferro was one of the players with who played the most minutes during the season, 1,168 minutes in 22 games.[5]

On 9 August 2023, Ferro joined Argentine Primera División side Central Córdoba on a one-year loan deal.[6]

Istra 1961

In July 2024, Ferro joined Croatian Football League side NK Istra 1961 on a deal until June 2027.[7]

International career

In 2022 he played as centre-back with the Venezuelan U21 football team in the Toulon Tournament, finishing as Runners-Up, losing against France 2–1 in the finale.[8] He has also played for the Venezuela national under-23 football team.

Honours

Individual

• Maurice Revello Tournament Best XI: 2022[9]

Personal life

Ferro is of Italian descent from his father, but was born and raised in Venezuela.[2]

References

1. Andrés Ferro at WorldFootball.net
2. Metropolitanos: l’italo-venezuelano Andrés Ferro dall’Under 14 alla Primera División, voce.com.ve, 7 August 2018
3. DEPORTIVO ANZOÁTEGUI VS. METROPOLITANOS 0 - 4, soccerway.com, 4 August 2018
4. Metropolitanos post on Twitter, twitter.com, 20 February 2020
5. Andrés Ferro: “El trabajo que vamos a realizar nos permitirá hacer grandes cosas”, federacionvenezolanadefutbol.org, 30 December 2020
6. ¿Tendrá minutos en Argentina? Promesa venezolana es el nuevo fichaje de Central Córdoba, srdeportescr.com, 9 August 2023
7. DOBRO NAM DOŠAO ANDRES FERRO, nkistra.com, 12 July 2024
8. [1], eluniversal.com, 12 June 2022
9. "Maurice Revello Tournament 2022 best XI". www.festival-foot-espoirs.com. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

External links

• Andrés Ferro at Soccerway
• Andrés Ferro at the Croatian Football Federation