Giancarlo Ferrero

Professional career

Ferrero began his professional career in 2003 with A.S. Junior Pallacanestro Casale in Casale Monferrato. At the end of the Serie B regular season, his team earned promotion to Serie A2 Basket and also won the Serie B Cup. From 2006 to 2009 he was sent on loan to Valenza, Virtus Siena, and Robur Osimo, but returned to Casale in 2009. During the 2010–11 Serie A2 season, Junior Casale won the regular season and advanced through the playoffs to achieve a historic promotion to Lega Basket Serie A, Italy's top professional league.

Ferrero made his Serie A debut on 9 October 2011 in Sassari, scoring 8 points. In March 2012 he was loaned again, this time to Conad Bologna in Serie A2. He returned to Casale for the 2012–13 Serie A season, where the team finished third in the regular season and reached the playoff semi-finals. In 2013 he moved to Pallacanestro Trapani, also in Serie A2, and became team captain during the 2014–15 season.

In July 2015 he signed a two-year contract with Pallacanestro Varese of the LBA. At the end of the 2015–16 LBA season, Varese placed ninth in the regular season and reached the 2016 Final Four of the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, losing the final 62–66 to the German team Skyliners Frankfurt. On July 25, 2024, he signed with Pallacanestro Brescia of the LBA. Ferrero debuted for the Italy national basketball team in 2009, playing four matches and scoring 28 points.

He also participated in the European Under-18 and Under-20 Championships in 2006 and 2008, accumulating 37 appearances and 228 points for the youth national teams. In 2012 he was called up to the senior national team for friendly matches against Greece and France in Folgaria and Rome.