Gianluca Lapadula

Gianluca Lapadula
Lapadula in 2016
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Lapadula Vargas[1]
Birth name Gianluca Lapadula
Date of birth (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Cagliari
Number 9
Youth career
1996–2004 Juventus
2004–2007 Collegno Paradiso
2006–2007Treviso (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Pro Vercelli 4 (0)
2008–2009 Ivrea 18 (0)
2009–2012 Parma 0 (0)
2010–2011Atletico Roma (loan) 0 (0)
2011Ravenna (loan) 7 (1)
2011–2012San Marino Calcio (loan) 35 (24)
2012–2013 Cesena 9 (0)
2013Frosinone (loan) 6 (0)
2013–2015 Parma 0 (0)
2013–2014Gorica (loan) 28 (11)
2014–2015Teramo (loan) 38 (21)
2015–2016 Pescara 40 (27)
2016–2018 AC Milan 27 (8)
2017–2018Genoa (loan) 28 (6)
2018–2020 Genoa 8 (1)
2019–2020Lecce (loan) 25 (11)
2020–2022 Benevento 58 (19)
2022– Cagliari 65 (24)
International career
2017 Italy B 1 (3)
2020– Peru 38 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Gianluca Lapadula Vargas (born 7 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Cagliari. Born in Italy, he represents Peru at international level.

In a journeyman club career, he has made over 100 appearances in both Serie A and Serie B, representing Milan, Genoa, Lecce, Benevento and Cagliari in the former. He was the top scorer in Serie B for Pescara in 2015–16 and Cagliari in 2022–23.

Having previously been called up by Italy, he made his debut for Peru in 2020 and represented the country at the Copa América in 2021 and 2024, helping them to fourth place in the former.

  1. ^ Rojas Cabrera, Jhon (29 October 2020). "Reniec: Gianluca Lapadula ya cuenta con DNI peruano y podrá jugar por la bicolor" [RENIEC: Gianluca Lapadula already has a Peruvian ID card and will be able to play for the Bicolor]. Infórmate Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Gianluca Lapadula" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.