Sebastiano Luperto

Sebastiano Luperto
Luperto with Napoli in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-09-06) 6 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Lecce, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Empoli
Number 33
Youth career
Lecce
0000–2015 Napoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2023 Napoli 22 (0)
2016–2017Pro Vercelli (loan) 32 (0)
2017–2018Empoli (loan) 28 (2)
2020–2021Crotone (loan) 23 (0)
2021–2023Empoli (loan) 59 (2)
2023– Empoli 2 (0)
International career
2014 Italy U18 6 (1)
2014 Italy U19 2 (0)
2015–2016 Italy U20 4 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:50, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2019

Sebastiano Luperto (born 6 September 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and captains Serie A club Empoli.

Club career

Luperto is a youth exponent from Napoli. He made his Serie A debut on 3 May 2015 against Milan replacing David López after 84 minutes in a 3–0 home win.[2]

On 5 October 2020, he joined Crotone on loan.[3]

On 13 August 2021, Luperto moved on loan to Empoli.[4] On 18 July 2022, he returned to Empoli on a new loan with an obligation to buy.[5]

Empoli

On July 1, 2023, Luperto officially joined Empoli for €2.5 million.

International career

On 25 May 2018, Luperto made his debut with the Italy U21 team in a friendly match lost 3–2 against Portugal.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 May 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lecce (loan) 2013–14 Lega Pro 0 0 3 0 3 0
Napoli 2014–15 Serie A 1 0 0 0 1 0
2015–16 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2018–19 12 0 0 0 3 0 15 0
2019–20 9 0 1 0 2 0 12 0
Total 22 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 29 0
Pro Vercelli (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 32 0 0 0 32 0
Empoli (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 28 2 0 0 28 2
Crotone (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 23 0 0 0 23 0
Empoli (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 24 0 1 0 25 0
2022–23 Serie A 34 2 1 0 35 2
Total 86 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 88 4
Career total 163 4 6 0 6 0 0 0 175 4

Honours

Empoli

Napoli

References

  1. ^ "Sebastiano Luperto". S.S.C. Napoli. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Napoli vs. Milan - 3 May 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ^ "La retroguardia rossoblù si completa: ecco Luperto!" (in Italian). Crotone. 5 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Sebastiano Luperto è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" (in Italian). Empoli. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Sebastiano Luperto è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" (in Italian). Empoli. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ Sebastiano Luperto at Soccerway
  7. ^ "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.