Franco Carrera was an Italian footballer who captained Novara for six seasons, leading them to the Serie C title, and who later became a well-known chef in Arona on Lake Maggiore. A product of the Juventus youth system, he made his Serie A debut for Juventus in 1963 and also played for SPAL, Potenza, Taranto and Parma. He died at his home in Belgirate on 27 October 2026, aged 82, after a long illness.

Born in Turin on 8 November 1943, he retired in 1978 and opened the restaurant Vecchia Arona, known for its Piedmontese cooking.