_19_(cropped).jpg) Luperto with Napoli in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 September 1996 | ||
| 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 | |||
| –2015 | Napoli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2023 | Napoli | 22 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Pro Vercelli (loan) | 32 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Empoli (loan) | 28 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | → Crotone (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | → Empoli (loan) | 58 | (2) |
| 2023– | Empoli | 26 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Italy U18 | 6 | (1) |
| 2014 | Italy U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Italy U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Italy U21 | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:39, 24 February 2024 (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.
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]
On July 1, 2023, Luperto officially joined Empoli for €2.5 million.
On 25 May 2018, Luperto made his debut with the Italy U21 team in a friendly match lost 3–2 against Portugal.
| 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 | |||
| Empoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 1 | ||
| Total | 112 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 189 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 5 | ||
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