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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alessandro Buongiorno[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1999-06-06)6 June 1999 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Napoli | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Torino | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2024 | Torino | 99 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | →Carpi (loan) | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | →Trapani (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Napoli | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Italy U18 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Italy U19 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Italy U20 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Italy U21 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Italy | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:42, 22 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Alessandro Buongiorno (born 6 June 1999) is an Italian professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-back forSerie A clubNapoli and theItaly national team.
Born inTurin, but originally fromCampania[3] on his grandparents' side, Buongiorno is a childhood fan ofTorino.[4]
Buongiorno grew up playing in theTorino youth sector, with whom he won aCoppa Italia Primavera in 2017–18.[5][6] On 14 February 2018, Buongiorno signed a professional contract with Torino, keeping him in the club until 2022.[7] He made hisSerie A debut for Torino in a 4–1 win overCrotone on 4 April 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute, but was forced off due to injury in the 88th minute.[8]
In the 2018–19 season, he was loaned toCarpi inSerie B coached byFabrizio Castori.[9] He debuted on 25 September in a 0–1 loss against Perugia as a substitute forEnrico Pezzi in the 66th minute.[citation needed]
Buongiorno returned to Torino the following season, but did not make any appearance. On 11 January 2020, he joinedSerie B clubTrapani for the remainder of the season.[10] He played 13 matches, failing to avoid the relegation for the Sicilian club.
Returning to Turin, Buongiorno renewed his contract with the club until 2024.[11] On 17 December 2020, he made his debut as a starter in Serie A in the 3–1 defeat againstRoma.[12] The following season, with the arrival ofIvan Jurić on Torino's bench, he began to play more regularly in the club's three-man defence, entering the team's rotations.[13]
Buongiorno became a regular starter during the2022–23 Serie A, and served as club captain on 17 September 2022 in a 1–0 home defeat toSassuolo.[14] On 3 May 2023, he scored his first league goal in a 2–0 victory againstSampdoria in Genoa.[15] At the end of the season, he renewed his contract until 2028.[16]
On 13 July 2024, Buongiorno was sold to fellow Italian clubNapoli for a reported transfer fee of €35 million plus €5 million in bonuses.[17] With Napoli he signed a five-year contract with minimum release clause of €70 million valid from 2027.[18]
On 17 March 2023, Buongiorno received his first official call up to theItaly senior squad for twoUEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches againstEngland andMalta.[19] On 18 June, he debuted in the2022–23 UEFA Nations League third place play-off againstthe Netherlands, ending in a 3–2 victory for the Italians.[20]
In February 2023, he obtained a three-year degree in Business Economics at the Pegaso Telematic University, presenting a thesis on Torino's marketing model.[21]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Torino | 2017–18 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie A | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | ||
| Total | 99 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 4 | ||
| Carpi (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| Trapani (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
| Napoli | 2024–25 | Serie A | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 1 | |
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 161 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 176 | 5 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
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