Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dan asalin Naples, Ferrara ya fara aikinsa tare da tsarin matasa na kulob din Napoli a 1980. Ya kammala karatun "primavera" matasa tawagar a shekarar 1984, kuma ya fara samun farko tawagar kira-up cewa kakar. Ya buga wasanni 14 tare da kulob din a kakar wasa ta farko. A kakar wasa ta gaba, Ferrara ya zama wani ɓangare na farawa XI, kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya fara samun kira ga ƙungiyar Italiya ta ƙasa, yana yin tawagar don gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 1990. Ya kuma zira daya daga cikin kwallaye na Napoli yayin da suka lashe gasar cin kofin UEFA ta 1989. Baya ga Kofin UEFA, tare da Napoli ya lashe taken Serie A guda biyu (a cikin 1986 <unk> 87
da 1989<unk>90), wasan karshe na 1987 Coppa Italia, da 1990 Supercoppa Italiana, na biyun a kan ƙungiyarsa ta gaba, Juventus.