Luca_Ranieri
Luca Ranieri
Italian footballer (born 1999)
Luca Ranieri (born 23 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luca Ranieri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | La Spezia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fiorentina | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2018 | Fiorentina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Fiorentina | 34 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | → Foggia (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Ascoli (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → SPAL (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Salernitana (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 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) |
| 2019–2021 | Italy U21 | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:37, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021 | |||
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]
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]
Club
- As of match played 21 April 2024
| 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 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | — | 35 | 5 | ||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 5 | ||
| Ascoli (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| SPAL (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| Salernitana (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 125 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 3 | — | 154 | 6 | |||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
Fiorentina
- Coppa Italia runner-up: 2022–23[18]
- UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2022–23[19]
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Successo all'esordio per Nicolato, la nuova Under si presenta con un poker alla Moldavia" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 6 September 2019.
- Porzio, Francesco (24 May 2023). "Inter win Coppa Italia as Lautaro Martinez brace downs Fiorentina, build momentum for Champions League final". CBS Sports. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- Stone, Simon (7 June 2023). "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- Profile at the ACF Fiorentina website (in Italian)
- Luca Ranieri at Soccerway