Luiz Felipe
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 26)[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*
Years Team Apps (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 11 (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 7 December 2023
‡ 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.

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 7 December 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State league National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ituano 2015 Paulista — — 0 0 — 3[b] 0 3 0
2016 Série D 9 0 8 0 — — 1[b] 0 18 0
Total 9 0 8 0 0 0 — 4 0 21 0
Salernitana (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 7 1 — — — — 7 1
Lazio 2017–18 Serie A 18 0 — 3 0 10[c] 0 0 0 31 0
2018–19 17 1 — 3 0 5[c] 0 — 25 1
2019–20 26 1 — 1 0 2[c] 0 1[d] 0 30 1
2020–21 14 0 — 0 0 4[e] 0 — 18 0
2021–22 31 0 — 2 0 7[c] 0 — 40 0
Total 106 2 — 9 0 28 0 1 0 144 2
Real Betis 2022–23 La Liga 23 0 — 1 0 5[c] 0 1[f] 0 30 0
2023–24 4 0 — — — — 4 0
Total 27 0 — 1 0 5 0 1 0 34 0
Al-Ittihad 2023–24 Saudi Pro League 11 0 — 2 0 4[g] 0 0 0 17 0
Career total 160 3 8 0 12 0 37 0 6 0 223 3
  1. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey, King Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Copa Paulista
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. ^ Appearance in Supercopa de España
  7. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League

Honours

Lazio

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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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