Luca Ranieri

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Luca Ranieri
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Ranieri with Italy in 2025
Personal information
Full name Luca Ranieri [1]
Date of birth (1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth La Spezia, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina
Number 6
Youth career
2015–2018 Fiorentina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018– Fiorentina 75 (3)
2018–2019 → Foggia (loan) 29 (0)
2020 → Ascoli (loan) 10 (0)
2020–2021 → SPAL (loan) 25 (0)
2021–2022 → Salernitana (loan) 27 (1)
International career‡
2014–2015 Italy U16 3 (0)
2015–2016 Italy U17 4 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U18 6 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U20 5 (0)
2019–2021 Italy U21 8 (0)
2025– Italy 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025

Luca Ranieri (born 23 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina, which he captains, and the Italy national team.

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Club career

Fiorentina

Ranieri is the product of ACF Fiorentina youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2015–16 season. [2] Late in the 2017–18 Serie A season he made several bench appearances for Fiorentina's senior squad, but did not see any time on the field. [3]

Loan moves

On 16 July 2018, Ranieri joined Serie B club Foggia on a season-long loan. [4] 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 Carpi. [5] One month later, on 27 October, Ranieri played his first match as a starter, a 2–2 home draw against Lecce, he was replaced by Giuseppe Loiacono in the 69th minute. [6] Three days later, on 30 October, he played his first entire match for the team, a 1–1 away draw against Cittadella. [7] Ranieri ended his season-long loan to Foggia with 29 appearances, including 26 as a starter, and 1 assist. [8]

On 31 January 2020, after having made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina, Ranieri moved to Serie B club Ascoli on loan until the end of the season. [9] The next day, he made his debut for the club in a 3–0 away victory against Livorno, he was replaced by Erick Ferigra in the 93rd minute. [10] On 21 June, Ranieri played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 home defeat against Perugia. [11] Ranieri ended his 6-month loan to Ascoli with only ten appearances, including nine as a starter. [8] On 25 September, he joined Serie B club SPAL on loan until 30 June 2021. [12]

International career

Ranieri first was called up to represent his country in November 2014 for Italy national under-16 football team friendlies. [13] He was later called up for the Under-17, [14] Under-18, [15] and eventually Under-20 squads. [16]

On 6 September 2019, Ranieri debuted for Italy U21 in a friendly match against Moldova. [17] On 9 June 2025, he debuted for the Italian senior squad in a 2–0 victory of a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Moldova. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Coppa Italia Europe OtherTotal
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Foggia (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 29000——290
Fiorentina 2019–20 Serie A 3020——50
2022–23 Serie A90307 [a] 0—190
2023–24 Serie A2624013 [a] 300435
2024–25 Serie A3611011 [b] 200483
2025–26 Serie A10001 [b] 0—20
Total753100325001178
Ascoli (loan) 2019–20 Serie B100———100
SPAL (loan) 2020–21 Serie B25040——290
Salernitana (loan) 2021–22 Serie A27100——271
Career total1664140325002129
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 9 June 2025 [19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 202510
Total10

Honours

Fiorentina

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. ↑ "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Fiorentina v Lazio game report". ESPN. 18 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ranieri è del Foggia" (in Italian). Foggia. 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Foggia vs. Lecce". Soccerway. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Cittadella vs. Foggia". Soccerway. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Italy - L. Ranieri - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Ranieri Seals Loan Move to Ascoli". Viola Channel. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Livorno vs. Ascoli". Soccerway. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ascoli vs. Perugia". Soccerway. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  12. ↑ Begellini, Luca. "Ufficiale: SPAL, poker di arrivi: fatta per Sernicola, Brignola, Okoli e Ranieri". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian).
  13. ↑ "Under-16 Ranieri statistics" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation . Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Under-17 Ranieri statistics" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation . Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Under-18 Ranieri statistics" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation . Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "Inizia il cammino verso i Mondiali. Gli Azzurrini superano il primo test contro il San Marino" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 8 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Successo all'esordio per Nicolato, la nuova Under si presenta con un poker alla Moldavia" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 6 September 2019.
  18. ↑ Currò, Enrico (9 June 2025). "Spalletti saluta con una vittoria, ma l'Italia fatica anche con la Moldova: 2–0". La Reppublica (in Italian). Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "Luca Ranieri". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  20. ↑ Porzio, Francesco (24 May 2023). "Inter win Coppa Italia as Lautaro Martinez brace downs Fiorentina, build momentum for Champions League final". CBS Sports . Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  21. ↑ Stone, Simon (7 June 2023). "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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