Luigi Ferrero was born in Turin on February 26, 1904.
He began to play football in the youth teams of Juventus and debuted in the first eleven on March 19, 1922, in the match against Livorno. He played four seasons with the Bianconeri as a winger, before signing for Libertas Lucca in the First Division in 1926. From 1927 to 1930 he played for Pistoiese and then moved to Milan. He played two years for Ambrosiana Inter in Serie A appearing in 40 league games with 11 goals. In 1932 he signed for Bari, took them to Serie A in 1934-35 and stayed for five years before closing his active football career with three seasons for Torino.
He immediately started a career as a manager, first for Bari and then two years at Pescara. In 1945 he was called to be head coach for the Great Torino with whom he won two consecutive scudetti. He then decided to move to Florence and leave the great team in the hands of Mario Sperone. Fiorentina were not doing very well since the war and he managed to take them to the higher places in the table. After four years he moved slightly west to manage Lucchese for a season and then spent two years in Bergamo as head coach of Atalanta. In 1954 he started as manager for Verona but was sacked after nine games.
In 1955 he was called to Rome by Roberto Copernico. The latter had teamed up with George Raynor the previous year with Copernico as technical director and the Englishman as manager. With Raynor gone, Ferrero was chosen but the duo did not do very well and in early 1955 Copernico was sacked and replaced by Jesse Carver. Ferrero stayed for one game and then resigned in solidarity. In total he was on the bench for 14 games.
The following season he went back to Inter but was sacked after 25 games. He then managed Fiorentina in the 1958-59 season, Spal in 1960-61 and Prato in 1963-64. His final year on the bench was as technical director for Fiorentina in the 1967-68 season.
He died in Turin on October 30, 1984.
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