Luca Ceppitelli (born 11 August 1989) is an Italian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for club
FC Sudtirol.
Career
Perugia
Born in
Castiglione del Lago
Castiglione del Lago is a town in the province of Perugia of Umbria (central Italy), on the southwest corner of Lake Trasimeno. Orvieto is south, Chiusi is to the south west, Arezzo is to the north west, Cortona is to the north and Perugi ...
, in the
Province of Perugia
The Province of Perugia ( it, Provincia di Perugia) is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia. The province covered al ...
, Umbria, Ceppitelli started his career at hometown club
Perugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...
. He played once in
2006–07 Serie C1
The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 2007, and the playoff pha ...
season for the central Italy team, the last round of the season.
Andria
In January 2009 he left for southern Italy side
A.S. Andria BAT
Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian football club based in Andria, Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in .
Fidelis Andria play their home matches at Stadio Degli ...
in
co-ownership deal, which the team represented the Province of Barletta–Andria–Trani, Apulia. Perugia also re-signed
Giampaolo Giuliacci from Andria. In June 2009, Andria purchased him outright.
In
2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione
The 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-second football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the second since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.
It was divided into two ph ...
season, he made 15 starts with Andria, plus 1 start in the relegation tie-breaker. That season he also received three call-up from
Italy national under-20 football team
Italy national under-20 football team is the national under-20 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.
The team competes for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which is held every two years.
History
The Under-20 team ...
, one for training camp,
Four Nations Tournament, one for unofficial friendly against
Serie D Best XI. He did not play in either match. He also received a call-up to represent
Prima Divisione Group B for a
trophy
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against
Group A's under-21 representative team. As the starting defender of the team in 433 formation he lost the match with the team.
Bari
On 30 August 2010, Serie A team
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
signed Ceppitelli (also located in Apulia) along with two other youth team players of Andria (R.Moretti & Leonetti). However, he spent the first season loaned back to Andria.
On 2 September 2013,
half of the registration rights of Ceppitelli was signed by
Parma. Bari acquired half of the rights of
Dembel Sall. Both 50% registration rights were "valued" €500,000 (the liquidator re-valued 50% rights of Ceppitelli to €464,226.75). Ceppitelli also returned to Bari in temporary deal as well as Sall to Parma. That season he was vice-captain of the team, or as captain when
Marino Defendi
Marino Giovanni Defendi (born 19 August 1985) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Narnese. Despite starting his career as a second striker, Defendi also played as a winger, attacking midfielder and more recently as a central ...
was suspended.
Parma
On 1 July 2014, Ceppitelli formally became a player of Parma, after the co-ownership deal was renewed in June 2014. Ceppitelli participated in pre-season friendlies.
Cagliari
On 7 August 2014, he was sold to fellow Serie A club
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
from Parma and Bari for €2.1 million. Bari received €1 million for their portion.
Venezia
On 5 October 2022, Ceppitelli signed with
Venezia until the end of the 2022–23 season, with an automatic extension option in case some conditions are met.
Career statistics
Honours
;Cagliari
*
Serie B:
2015–16
References
External links
Andria Profile
*
FIGC National Team data
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1989 births
Living people
People from Castiglione del Lago
Footballers from the Province of Perugia
Men's association football defenders
Italian men's footballers
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
AC Perugia Calcio players
Fidelis Andria 2018 players
SSC Bari players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
Cagliari Calcio players
Venezia FC players
Feralpisalò players