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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gianluca Lapadula Vargas[1] | ||
| Birth name | Gianluca Lapadula | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1990 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2006–2007 | → Treviso (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Pro Vercelli | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Ivrea | 18 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Parma | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Atletico Roma (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Ravenna (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | → San Marino Calcio (loan) | 35 | (24) |
| 2012–2013 | Cesena | 9 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Frosinone (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Parma | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Gorica (loan) | 28 | (11) |
| 2014–2015 | → Teramo (loan) | 38 | (21) |
| 2015–2016 | Pescara | 40 | (27) |
| 2016–2018 | AC Milan | 27 | (8) |
| 2017–2018 | → Genoa (loan) | 28 | (6) |
| 2018–2020 | Genoa | 8 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | → Lecce (loan) | 25 | (11) |
| 2020–2022 | Benevento | 58 | (19) |
| 2022– | Cagliari | 65 | (24) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Italy B | 1 | (3) |
| 2020– | Peru | 38 | (9) |
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*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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Gianluca Lapadula" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.