Luiz Felipe (footballer, born March 1997)

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Luiz Felipe
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Luiz Felipe playing for Lazio in 2018
Personal information
Full name Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Colina, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Al-Ittihad
Number 5
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Ituano 17 (0)
2016–2022 Lazio 106 (2)
2016–2017 → Salernitana (loan) 7 (1)
2022–2023 Betis 27 (0)
2023– Al-Ittihad 17 (0)
International career‡
2017 Brazil U20 2 (0)
2019 Brazil U23 2 (0)
2022– Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022

Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi (born 22 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad. Born in Brazil and having previously represented his birth nation at youth levels, he plays for the Italy national team.

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Club career

In August 2016, Luiz Felipe was signed from Ituano by Serie A club Lazio. [2] However, he was immediately loaned out to sister club Salernitana for the 2016–17 season. [3]

On 4 July 2022, Felipe signed a five-year contract with Real Betis in Spain. [4] On 7 September 2023, Betis accepted an offer from Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad for Felipe worth €22 million. [5]

International career

On 16 March 2019, Luiz Felipe was called up by the head coach of the Italy national under-21 football team, Luigi Di Biagio. Felipe would reject the call as a sign of his loyalty for his native Brazil; Luis Felipe would debut with Brazil national under-23 football team in 2019.

On 24 January 2022, Luiz Felipe accepted a call-up by Italy national football team manager Roberto Mancini to join the Azzurri for a three-day training camp in Coverciano. [6]

On 18 March 2022, Luiz Felipe was selected by Roberto Mancini to join the Italy national football team for a World Cup Qualifier match against North Macedonia national football team on 24 March 2022, making this his first call up to the Italian senior level for a match. [7]

Personal life

Luiz Felipe was born and raised in Colina, São Paulo, his given name being a homage to Brazilian football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. [8]

He possesses Italian citizenship through jus sanguinis, through an Italian great-grandfather of his, originally from Vicenza but who subsequently settled in Brazil. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 April 2024 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueState leagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ituano 2015 Paulista ——00—3 [lower-alpha 2] 030
2016 Série D 9080——1 [lower-alpha 2] 0180
Total908000—40210
Salernitana (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 71————71
Lazio 2017–18 Serie A 180—3010 [lower-alpha 3] 000310
2018–19 171—305 [lower-alpha 3] 0—251
2019–20 261—102 [lower-alpha 3] 01 [lower-alpha 4] 0301
2020–21 140—004 [lower-alpha 5] 0—180
2021–22 310—207 [lower-alpha 3] 0—400
Total1063—90280101443
Real Betis 2022–23 La Liga 230—105 [lower-alpha 3] 01 [lower-alpha 6] 0300
2023–24 40————40
Total270—105010340
Al-Ittihad 2023–24 Saudi Pro League 170—205 [lower-alpha 7] 02 [lower-alpha 8] 0260
Career total166380120380802323

Honours

Lazio

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  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Al Ittihad FC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Luiz Felipe, zagueiro do Ituano, faz exames e deve assinar com o Lazio" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lazio, visite per il giovane Luiz Felipe: "Andrò in prestito alla Salernitana, ma tornerò a Roma il prossimo anno"" (in Italian). Il messagero. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Luiz Felipe is now a Green and White". Real Betis. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Al-Ittihad swoop for Real Betis defender Luiz Felipe". Tribal Football. 7 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nazionale, convocati per lo stage Balotelli, Joao Pedro, Luiz Felipe e Frattesi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Luiz Felipe, Joao Pedro Called up for Italy Against North Macedonia". News 18. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Lazio, Luiz Felipe tra sogni e realtà. La madre: "Lui un predestinato"" (in Italian). La Lazio siamo noi. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Luiz Felipe at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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