{"id":477114,"date":"2026-01-04T17:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=477114"},"modified":"2026-01-04T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:10:57","slug":"virtus-bologna-sign-francesco-ferrari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/virtus-bologna-sign-francesco-ferrari\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtus Bologna sign Francesco Ferrari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:4c3cebe9-7e99-4653-8785-8741c7d383f7-5\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-12\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"31efb5c9-6042-4a80-af2c-8b5f0f3b0677\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"43\" data-end=\"150\">Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna announce that they have reached a multi-year agreement with Francesco Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"555\">A 204 cm forward, Ferrari came through the youth ranks of College Basketball Borgomanero before joining Cividale last season in Italy\u2019s Serie A2. This year with the Friulian club, he averaged 14 points and nearly 7 rebounds per game. On December 10, 2025, against Urania Milano, Ferrari scored 36 points \u2014 a feat not achieved since 1991 in the top two national divisions by a 20-year-old Italian player.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"914\">Ferrari has also been a standout with the national team. Last summer, he played a key role for Italy\u2019s Under-20 side, winning the European Championship while averaging 16 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, performances that earned him the tournament MVP award. He made his senior national team debut on November 27 in the World Cup qualifier against Iceland.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"999\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Virtus Bologna officially welcome Francesco Ferrari to the great bianconeri family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px absolute bottom-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna announce that they have reached a multi-year agreement with Francesco Ferrari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":477112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[185],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-477114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a","typology-official"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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