Sebastiano Luperto (born 6 September 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Cremonese.
_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 | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cremonese | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| 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) | 60 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | Empoli | 38 | (1) |
| 2024–2026 | Cagliari | 55 | (2) |
| 2026– | Cremonese | 15 | (0) |
| 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 as of 25 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2019 | |||
Club career
editLuperto 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]
Empoli
editOn 1 July 2023, Luperto officially joined Empoli for €2.5 million.
Cagliari
editOn 8 July 2024, Luperto officially joined Cagliari from Empoli for €3.5 million.[6]
Cremonese
editInternational career
editCareer statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 24 August 2025[8]
| 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 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 1 | ||
| Total | 124 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 5 | ||
| Cagliari | 2024–25 | Serie A | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 238 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 252 | 7 | ||
Honours
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Sebastiano Luperto". S.S.C. Napoli. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ↑ "Napoli vs. Milan - 3 May 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ "La retroguardia rossoblù si completa: ecco Luperto!" (in Italian). Crotone. 5 October 2020.
- ↑ "Sebastiano Luperto è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" (in Italian). Empoli. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ↑ "Sebastiano Luperto è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" (in Italian). Empoli. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ↑ "Luperto è del Cagliari". Cagliari (in Italian). Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ↑ "Sebastiano Luperto è grigiorosso!" [Sebastiano Luperto is grey and red!] (in Italian). US Cremonese. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ↑ Sebastiano Luperto at Soccerway
- ↑ "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.