Luca Ranieri

Luca Ranieri (born 23 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for SPAL on loan from Fiorentina.

Luca Ranieri

Personal information
Full name	Luca Ranieri[1]
Date of birth	(1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth	La Spezia, Italy
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	SPAL (on loan from Fiorentina)
Number	3
Youth career
0000–2018	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)	21	(0)
National team‡
2014–2015	Italy U16	3	(0)
2015–2016	Italy U17	4	(0)
2016–2017	Italy U18	6	(0)
2018–2019	Italy U20	5	(0)
2019–2021	Italy U21	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:57, 13 April 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2021

Club career

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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

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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

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Club

As of 13 April 2021

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
SPAL (loan)	2020–21	Serie B	21	0	4	0	—		—		25	0
Career total			63	0	6	0	—		—		69	0

Honours

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Italy U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup fourth place: 2019[18]

References

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