Ferdinando Sforzini

Early career

A tall forward, Sforzini started his career off with the youth system of Napoli and was loaned out to Lazio from Napoli's youth system in 2002. Ferdinando Sforzini graduated from Lazio youth system in 2003 and immediately sold, to Sassuolo. At Sassuolo he impressed, scoring 10 goals in 29 appearances in 2004–05 Serie C2 season.

Udinese

After impressing with U.S. Sassuolo Calcio, he was transferred to Serie A club Udinese Calcio in June 2005. Ferdinandos Sforzini remained at Udine for 2 months, but loaned out to Serie B side Verona in order to gain more experience in August 2005. In his season with Verona, Ferdinando Sforzini managed 5 goals in 35 Serie B appearances, which mainly as a substitutes player, but also made 16 league starts. For the 2006–2007 season, Udinese opted to again loan out the player in July 2006, however this time, it was to Modena, another Serie B club. With Modena, Ferdinandos Sforzini scored 5 goals again, in 30 league appearances (started 17 times). On 1 July 2006 Sforzini returned to Udinese, however, he again was loaned out soon later. In July 2007, Ferdinandos Sforzini transferred to Vicenza for yet another Serie B season. With the club, Ferdinandos Sforzini made 14 league appearances (half of them as starting XI) in his six-month stay, scoring 2 goals. For the second half of the 2007–2008 season, Udinese loaned out the 23-year-old Sforzini to Ravenna, a club struggling to avoid relegation from the Serie B. In the…

Club

As of 23 January 2021

During his stay in Grosseto, Sforzini was given the nickname Nandogoal and also taglia gole [cutthroat], nicknamed for his traditional goal celebration. He is a product of the famous Napoli youth academy.