![]() Buongiorno with Torino in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Alessandro Buongiorno [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 June 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | 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 | 17 | (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 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:48, 23 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024 (UTC) |
Alessandro Buongiorno (born 6 June 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Napoli and the Italy national team.
Born in Turin, but originally from Campania [3] on his grandparents' side, Buongiorno is a childhood fan of Torino. [4]
Buongiorno grew up playing in the Torino youth sector, with whom he won a Coppa 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 his Serie A debut for Torino in a 4–1 win over Crotone 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 to Carpi in Serie B coached by Fabrizio Castori. [9] He debuted on 25 September in a 0–1 loss against Perugia as a substitute for Enrico 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 joined Serie B club Trapani 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 against Roma. [12] The following season, with the arrival of Ivan 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 the 2022–23 Serie A, and served as club captain on 17 September 2022 in a 1–0 home defeat to Sassuolo. [14] On 3 May 2023, he scored his first league goal in a 2–0 victory against Sampdoria 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 club Napoli 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 the Italy senior squad for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against England and Malta. [19] On 18 June, he debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League third place play-off against the 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 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | |||
2023–24 | 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 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |
Career total | 147 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 5 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Italy | 2023 | 2 | 0 |
2024 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 |
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