Luca Ravanelli (born 6 January 1997) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a defender for club

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, on loan from

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

Club career

Sassuolo

Born in

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

, Ravanelli was a youth exponent of

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

Loan to Padova

On 14 July 2017, Ravanelli was loaned to

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side Padova on a season-long loan deal. On 30 July he made his debut for Padova in a 2–1 home win, after extra-time, over Rende in the first round of

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, he played the entire match. On 8 October he made his Serie C debut as a substitute replacing Alessandro Capello in the 81st minute of a 3–1 home win over

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. On 25 November, Ravanelli played his first entire match for Padova, a 2–1 away win over AlbinoLeffe. On 12 March 2018 he scored his first professional goal in the 49th minute of a 2–1 away win over

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. On 12 May he scored his second goal in the 79th minute of a 5–1 home win over

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in the

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. Ravanelli ended his loan to Padova with the Serie C title, 20 appearances and 2 goals. On 7 July 2018 he returned to Padova with another season-long loan. On 5 August he started his season at Padova with a 1–0 home win over

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in the second round of

, he played the entire match. Three weeks later, on 26 August, he made his Serie B debut and he scored his first goal of the season in the 36th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Hellas Verona. One more week later, on 1 September, he scored his second goal in the 40th minute of a 1–0 home win over Venezia. Ravanelli ended his second season on loan to Padova with 18 appearances, including 16 of them as a starter, and 2 goals.

Loan to Cremonese

On 9 July 2019, Ravanelli joined to

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side

on loan with an option to buy. On 11 August he made his debut for the team in a 4–0 home win over Virtus Francavilla in the second round of

, he played the entire match. Two weeks later, on 24 August, he made his Serie B debut for Cremonese in a 2–1 away win over Venezia, he played the entire match. On 3 March 2020, Ravnelli scored his first goal in Serie B in the 27th minute of a 3–2 home defeat against

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. Ravanelli ended his season-long loan to Cremonese with 32 appearances, including 30 of them as a tarter and scoring one goal. On 1 September 2020, he returned on loan to

until 30 June 2021. On 4 October, Ravanelli made his seasonal debut for the club as a starter in a 1–1 away draw against

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

, he played the entire match.

Cremonese

On 7 July 2021, he moved to

on a permanent basis. On 26 August 2022, Ravanelli joined

on loan.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Padova *

: 2017–18 *

: 2018

Personal life

It has been mistakenly reported in some sources that Luca is a son of

Fabrizio Ravanelli Fabrizio Ravanelli (; born 11 December 1968) is an Italian football manager and former international player. A former striker, Ravanelli started and ended his playing career at hometown club Perugia Calcio, and also played for Middlesbrough, J ...

. According to Luca he is his Brother.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ravanelli, Luca 1997 births Sportspeople from Trento Living people Association football defenders Italian footballers Parma Calcio 1913 players U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players Calcio Padova players U.S. Cremonese players Frosinone Calcio players Serie C players Serie B players Footballers from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol