# Luca Ranieri

Luca Ranieri (born 23 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains the Serie A club Fiorentina.

## 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. 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.

#### Loan to Foggia

On 16 July 2018, Ranieri joined Serie B club Foggia on a season-long loan. 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. 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. Three days later, on 30 October, he played his first entire match for the team, a 1–1 away draw against Cittadella. Ranieri ended his season-long loan to Foggia with 29 appearances, including 26 as a starter, and 1 assist.

#### Loan to Ascoli

After having made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina, on 31 January 2020, Ranieri was loaned to Serie B side Ascoli until the end of the season. On the next day he made his debut for the club in a 3–0 away win over Livorno, he was replaced by Erick Ferigra in the 93rd minute. On 21 June he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 home defeat against Perugia. Ranieri ended his 6-month loan to Ascoli with only 10 appearances, including 9 as a starter.

#### Loan to SPAL

On 25 September 2020, Ranieri joined Serie B club SPAL on loan until 30 June 2021.

## International career

Ranieri first was called up to represent his country in November 2014 for Italy national under-16 football team friendlies. He was later called up for the Under-17, Under-18, and eventually Under-20 squads.
On 6 September 2019, he made his debut for Italy U21 in a friendly against Moldova.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 13 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Foggia (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 0 |
| Fiorentina | 2019–20 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 |
| Fiorentina | 2022–23 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 |
| Fiorentina | 2023–24 | Serie A | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
| Fiorentina | 2024–25 | Serie A | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Fiorentina | Total | Total | 65 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 6 |
| Ascoli (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 |
| SPAL (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 0 |
| Salernitana (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 156 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 7 |
* 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Conference League

## Honours

Fiorentina
* Coppa Italia runner-up: 2022–23
* UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2022–23 2023–24