Soon after, Ítalo won two rounds of the Junior World Championship in 2011 (finishing runner-up in the category overall), won the Brazilian Championship and in 2014, he finally qualified for the
World Championship Tour. On 4 August 2023, Ferreira became the first Brazilian born surfer to be inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Fame. Italo started the
2021 season as the reigning world champion, due to the 2020 season being paused due to
COVID-19, he was a semi-finalist in the first stage of the year at Pipeline and won the second stage of the year, the
Rip Curl Newcastle Cup in Australia. He finished the regular season in second place, securing a spot in the
WSL Finals 2021. In Match 3 he was defeated by compatriot
Filipe Toledo and finished the season in 3rd place. In the
2022 season, his best results were 3 semifinals. He finished the regular season in 4th place, securing a spot in the
WSL Finals again. He had a great campaign, winning the first 3 matches and reaching the title match. He faced Toledo for the second year in a row. Italo lost the first 2 Rounds and finished the season as world runner-up. In the
2023 season, Ítalo started the season poorly, achieving enough results to escape the mid-season cut. In the sixth stage, at the
Surf Ranch Pro Ítalo made his only final of the season, losing to
Griffin Colapinto in a very controversial title match. He finished the season in 13th place, his worst season since 2017. In the
2024 season, Ítalo started slowly again, passing the mid-season cut. In the sixth stage of the year, Ítalo won his first stop since 2021. He won the
SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro against
John John Florence for the first time in his career. He also won the
VIVO Rio Pro for the first time, beating
Yago Dora in the final. He finished the regular season in 5th place, going to the
WSL Finals for the third time. He had another great campaign, winning 3 matches and reaching the title match against John John. In the final he lost two rounds and ended the season for the second time in his career as world runner-up. Italo started the
2025 season very well, making the semi-finals at Pipe and winning the first event in the history of the WSL in the Middle East, the
Surf Abu Dhabi Pro in the
United Arab Emirates wave pool, beating
Rio Waida in the final. == Career victories==