Luca Ranieri (born 23 April 1999) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

Club career

Fiorentina

Ranieri is the product of

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youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2015–16 season. Late in the

2017–18 Serie A The 2017–18 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of top-tier Italian football, the 86th in a round-robin tournament and the 8th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. ...

season he made several bench appearances for Fiorentina's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field.

Loan to Foggia

On 16 July 2018, Ranieri joined

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club

Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...

on a season-long loan. 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

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. One month later, on 27 October, Ranieri played his first match as a starter, a 2–2 home draw against

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, he was replaced by Giuseppe Loiacono in the 69th minute. Three days later, on 30 October, he played his first entire match for the team, a 1–1 away draw against Cittadella. Ranieri ended his season-long loan to Foggia with 29 appearances, including 26 as a starter, and 1 assist.

Loan to Ascoli

After having made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina, on 31 January 2020, Ranieri was loaned to

side

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until the end of the season. On the next day he made his debut for the club in a 3–0 away win over

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, he was replaced by Erick Ferigra in the 93rd minute. On 21 June he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 home defeat against

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. Ranieri ended his 6-month loan to Ascoli with only 10 appearances, including 9 as a starter.

Loan to SPAL

On 25 September 2020, Ranieri joined

club SPAL on loan until 30 June 2021.

International career

Ranieri first was called up to represent his country in November 2014 for

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friendlies. He was later called up for the Under-17, Under-18, and eventually

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squads. On 6 September 2019, he made his debut for Italy U21 in a friendly against Moldova.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Italy U20 * FIFA U-20 World Cup fourth place:

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References

External links

Profile
at the ACF Fiorentina website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranieri, Luca Living people 1999 births People from La Spezia Footballers from Liguria Italian footballers Italy under-21 international footballers Italy youth international footballers Association football defenders ACF Fiorentina players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players S.P.A.L. players U.S. Salernitana 1919 players Serie A players Serie B players Sportspeople from the Province of La Spezia