| 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 | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Fiorentina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Fiorentina | 66 | (3) |
| 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) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:45, 16 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021 | |||
Luca Ranieri (born 23 April 1999) is an Italian professionalfootballer who plays as adefender and captains theSerie A clubFiorentina.
Ranieri is the product ofACF Fiorentina youth teams and started playing for theirUnder-19 squad in the 2015–16 season.[2] Late in the2017–18 Serie A season he made several bench appearances for Fiorentina's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field.[3]
On 16 July 2018, Ranieri joinedSerie B clubFoggia 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 forEmanuele Cicerelli in a 4–2 home win overCarpi.[5] One month later, on 27 October, Ranieri played his first match as a starter, a 2–2 home draw againstLecce, he was replaced byGiuseppe 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 againstCittadella.[7] Ranieri ended his season-long loan to Foggia with 29 appearances, including 26 as a starter, and 1 assist.[8]
After having made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina, on 31 January 2020, Ranieri was loaned toSerie B sideAscoli until the end of the season.[9] On the next day he made his debut for the club in a 3–0 away win overLivorno, he was replaced byErick Ferigra in the 93rd minute.[10] On 21 June he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 home defeat againstPerugia.[11] Ranieri ended his 6-month loan to Ascoli with only 10 appearances, including 9 as a starter.[8]
On 25 September 2020, Ranieri joinedSerie B clubSPAL on loan until 30 June 2021.[12]
Ranieri first was called up to represent his country in November 2014 forItaly national under-16 football team friendlies.[13] He was later called up for theUnder-17,[14]Under-18,[15] and eventuallyUnder-20 squads.[16]
On 6 September 2019, he made his debut forItaly U21 in a friendly against Moldova.[17]
| 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[a] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13[a] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 | |
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| Total | 66 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 6 | ||
| 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 | 157 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 7 | ||
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