Luca Ranieri
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luca Ranieri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 April 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | La Spezia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | SPAL (on loan from Fiorentina) | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Fiorentina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Fiorentina | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Foggia (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Ascoli (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020– | → SPAL (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Italy U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Italy U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Italy U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Italy U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019– | Italy U21 | 5 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:54, 29 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2020 | |||
Luca Ranieri (born 23 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for SPAL on loan from Fiorentina.
Club career
Fiorentina
Ranieri is the product of ACF Fiorentina youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2015–16 season.[2] Late in the 2017–18 Serie A season he made several bench appearances for Fiorentina's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field.[3]
Loan to Foggia
On 16 July 2018, Ranieri joined Serie B club Foggia on a season-long loan.[4] On 26 August he made his professional debut in Serie B debut for Foggia as a 77th-minute substitute for Emanuele Cicerelli in a 4–2 home win over Carpi.[5] One month later, on 27 October, Ranieri played his first match as a starter, a 2–2 home draw against Lecce, he was replaced by Giuseppe Loiacono in the 69th minute.[6] Three days later, on 30 October, he played his first entire match for the team, a 1–1 away draw against Cittadella.[7] Ranieri ended his season-long loan to Foggia with 29 appearances, including 26 as a starter, and 1 assist.[8]
Loan to Ascoli
After having made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina, on 31 January 2020, Ranieri was loaned to Serie B side Ascoli until the end of the season.[9] On the next day he made his debut for the club in a 3–0 away win over Livorno, he was replaced by Erick Ferigra in the 93rd minute.[10] On 21 June he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 home defeat against Perugia.[11] Ranieri ended his 6-month loan to Ascoli with only 10 appearances, including 9 as a starter.[8]
Loan to SPAL
On 25 September 2020, Ranieri joined Serie B club SPAL on loan until 30 June 2021.[12]
International career
Ranieri first was called up to represent his country in November 2014 for Italy national under-16 football team friendlies.[13] He was later called up for the Under-17,[14] Under-18,[15] and eventually Under-20 squads.[16]
On 6 September 2019 he made his debut for Italy U21 in a friendly against Moldova.[17]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 10 August 2020
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Foggia (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| Fiorentina | 2019–20 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ascoli (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 0 | ||||
Honours
Italy U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup fourth place: 2019[18]
References
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Fiorentina v Lazio game report". ESPN. 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Ranieri è del Foggia" (in Italian). Foggia. 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Foggia vs. Lecce - 27 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Cittadella vs. Foggia - 30 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Italy - L. Ranieri - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "RANIERI SEALS LOAN MOVE TO ASCOLI" (Press release). Fiorentina. 31 January 2020.
- ^ "Livorno vs. Ascoli - 1 February 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Ascoli vs. Perugia - 21 June 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: SPAL, poker di arrivi: fatta per Sernicola, Brignola, Okoli e Ranieri".
- ^ "Under-16 Ranieri statistics by Italian Football Federation" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Under-17 Ranieri statistics by Italian Football Federation" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Under-18 Ranieri statistics by Italian Football Federation" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Inizia il cammino verso i Mondiali. Gli Azzurrini superano il primo test contro il San Marino" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Successo all'esordio per Nicolato, la nuova Under si presenta con un poker alla Moldavia" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019.
External links
- Luca Ranieri at Soccerway