Alessandro Buongiorno

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Alessandro Buongiorno
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Buongiorno with Torino in 2023
Personal information
Full name Alessandro Buongiorno [1]
Date of birth (1999-06-06) 6 June 1999 (age 25)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2024 Torino 99 (4)
2018–2019 → Carpi (loan) 18 (0)
2020 → Trapani (loan) 13 (0)
2024– Napoli 19 (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
Men's football
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
UEFA Nations League
Bronze medal icon.svg 2023 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:34, 9 March 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.

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Early life

Born in Turin, but originally from Campania [3] on his grandparents' side, Buongiorno is a childhood fan of Torino. [4]

Club career

Early career

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]

Loans to Carpi and Trapani

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.

Torino

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]

Napoli

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]

International career

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]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 March 2025 [22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Coppa Italia Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torino 2017–18 Serie A 1000—10
2020–21 12020—140
2021–22 23020—250
2022–23 34140—381
2023–24 29320—313
Total994100001094
Carpi (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 18000—180
Trapani (loan) 2019–20 Serie B13000—130
Napoli 2024–25 Serie A19110—201
Career total1495110001605

International

As of match played 17 November 2024 [23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 202320
202470
Total90

Honours

Torino

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Buongiorno Alessandro | Torino FC". www.torinofc.it.
  3. ↑ "Alessandro Buongiorno, il calciatore del Napoli ha origini irpine:orgogliosi la zia e il sindaco di Bonito" (in Italian). 20 September 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Toromania: Buongiorno è "l'intoccabile". Deve diventare la bandiera del Toro". Calcio Mercato (in Italian). 15 June 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Finale Coppa Italia Primavera: Torino-Milan Live". Calcio Mercato (in Italian). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Primavera, il Torino vince l'ottava Coppa Italia". Sky Sport Italy (in Italian). 13 April 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Primavera, Torino: Alessandro Buongiorno rinnova fino al 2022". Toro News (in Italian). 14 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Fixtures and Results | Season 2017-18 | Matchday 27". Serie A. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Buongiorno al Carpi". Torino FC (in Italian). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Ufficiale: Trapani, dal Torino arriva in prestito il difensore Buongiorno" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Buongiorno, rinnovo fino al 2024". Torino FC (in Italian). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Satori, Gianluca (18 December 2020). "Le pagelle di Roma-Torino 3-1: Belotti un leone, Edera si fa vedere". Toro News (in Italian).
  13. ↑ Manassero, Francesco (2 November 2021). "Per il Toro è un Buongiorno: "Il ragazzo ora è esplosivo"". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Torino Buongiorno: "La fascia da capitano è un grande orgoglio"". Calcio Mercato (in Italian). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  15. ↑ Pagliara, Mario (3 May 2023). "Apre Buongiorno, chiude Pellegri: un bel Toro passa in casa Samp". Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Buongiorno, rinnovo sino al 2028". Torino FC (in Italian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "C'è l'annuncio ufficiale, il Napoli piazza un altro colpo: Buongiorno alla corte di Conte | Goal.com Italia". www.goal.com (in Italian). 13 July 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  18. ↑ "Buongiorno joins Napoli from Torino". Reuters. 13 July 2024.
  19. ↑ "Nazionale, Mancini chiama l'argentino Retegui. Prima anche Falcone e Buongiorno". La Repubblica (in Italian). 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  20. ↑ Rotondaro, Vittorio. "L'ascesa di Buongiorno: dall'exploit al Torino alla gran prestazione in Olanda". Goal (in Italian). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  21. ↑ Santori, Gianluca (9 February 2023). "Alessandro Buongiorno, il Capitano del Toro si laurea con una tesi sul club: Finalmente dottore! Sono Orgoglioso!" . Corriere della Sera (in Italian).
  22. ↑ "A. Buongiorno". Soccerway.
  23. ↑ Alessandro Buongiorno FIGC Italy profile (in Italian)
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