Peruvian-Italian football player
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Gianluca Lapadula Vargas ( hold 7 February 1990 ) is a professional football player who plays as a hitter for Serie B cabaret Benevento and the Peru home team. Born in Italy to an italian beget and a peruvian mother, Lapadula has represented both Peru and Italy internationally, before finally committing himself to the peruvian national team.

early life sentence [edit ]

Lapadula was born in Turin on 7 February 1990, to Gianfranco Lapadula from the region of Apulia and Blanca Aida Vargas Higinio, a peruvian womanhood of italian beginning. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He has a brother named David, who was besides a forward in the lower amateur leagues. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Born in Italy to an italian church father and a peruvian mother, Lapadula is eligible to represent both Italy and Peru internationally. [ 7 ] Lapadula is nicknamed Lapagol in Italy, and El Bambino in Peru. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ]

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Lapadula began his career with Juventus before being released in 2004 because he was not doing well in his studies. [ 15 ] After that he moved to Collegno Paradiso, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] then left on lend to Treviso in 2006. [ 18 ] He returned to Piedmont for Serie C2 side Pro Vercelli on 31 August 2007. [ 19 ] He played for the reserve team. [ 20 ] In the 2008–09 season, he left for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione ( ex–Serie C2 ) side Ivrea, and was selected to the Lega Pro 2nd Div. A representative team for Lega Pro Quadrangular Tournament and scored a goal against 2nd Div. C congressman team in the third place match. finally, Group A finished third base. [ 21 ] In August 2009 he was signed by Parma and spent one season with their Primavera team. [ 22 ] In July 2010, he left for Atletico Roma. [ 23 ]

Loans to Atletico Roma and Cesena [edit ]

Lapadula made his debut for Atletico Roma on 8 August 2010, in the Coppa Italia preliminary round, lost in excess time ( 1–2 ). In January 2011, he left for Ravenna. He concluded the 2011–12 season as the topscorer in Group A with 24 goals. On 15 June 2012, Lapadula joined Serie B golf club Cesena in co-ownership, signing a five-year contract. [ 24 ] Lapadula failed to play regularly for Cesena, and on 8 January 2013 he was signed by Frosinone. [ 25 ] In July 2013 the co-ownership between Cesena and Parma was resolved, and Lapadula returned to Parma .

Loans to Gorica and Teramo [edit ]

Lapadula was loaned to slovenian club ND Gorica on 1 July, [ 26 ] along with Bright Addae, Daniele Bazzoffia, Uroš Celcer, Massimo Coda, Alex Cordaz, Sebestyén Ihrig-Farkas, Alen Jogan, Floriano Vanzo and Fabio Lebran. The deals were finalised on 12 July. [ 27 ] In July 2014 he was loaned to Teramo, [ 28 ] where he scored 21 goals and helped the club achieve promotion to Serie B, [ 29 ] then cancelled in August 2015 by the final examination judgment of the italian Football Federation, due to match-fixing on the separate of the President of Teramo, Luciano Campitellii, in the penultimate attack of the league in the match against Savona. [ 30 ]

Pescara [edit ]

After the bankruptcy of Parma, Lapadula was released on a free transmit, and in July 2015 he was signed by Pescara in Serie B on a four-year shrink. [ 31 ] In the 2015–16 season he scored 30 goals in 43 appearances ( including three goals in a many appearances in the playoffs ), without scoring any penalties, earning the honor of top scorer in the italian second base division. [ 32 ] [ 33 ]

milan [edit ]

On 24 June 2016, Lapadula passed his aesculapian test with A.C. Milan, who reportedly paid Pescara €9 million plus bonus for the transfer, while the player signed a five-year deal. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] He made his debut for Milan on 27 August 2016, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute during a 4–2 personnel casualty aside against Napoli in Serie A. [ 36 ] He scored his first goal for Milan and in Serie A on 6 November 2016 in the 2–1 away victory against Palermo, three minutes after coming on as a ersatz for Carlos Bacca. [ 37 ] On 26 November, Lapadula scored his first couple in Serie A in a 1–4 away victory against Empoli. [ 38 ] He finished the 2016–17 season with 8 goals in 27 games, two of which were scored from a penalty blemish. [ 39 ]

genoa [edit ]

On 18 July 2017, Lapadula moved to Genoa, on a one-season loan with an obligation to make the deal permanent. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] The sum transfer fee was €13 million [ 42 ] [ 43 ] ( €2 million lend + €11 million for outright [ 41 ] ) which was Genoa ‘s most expensive sign of all-time. [ 42 ]

lend to Lecce

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On 12 July 2019, he was loaned to Serie A newcomers Lecce. [ 44 ]

International career [edit ]

Although he was born in Italy, due to his family inheritance, Lapadula is eligible to play for Italy and Peru. He had received a call-up by Peru for the Copa América Centenario but had not officially decided which international slope to represent at the time. [ 45 ] On 7 November 2016, he was called up to the Italy senior team for the first clock time for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification couple against Liechtenstein and a friendly meet against Germany, replacing the hurt Napoli forward Manolo Gabbiadini. [ 46 ] On 31 May 2017, Lapadula scored a hat-trick for the Italy B team in a friendly against San Marino. [ 47 ] On 30 October 2020, Lapadula was called-up by Ricardo Gareca to the Peru elder team for 2022 FIFA World Cup reservation matches against Chile and Argentina. [ 7 ] [ 48 ] He made his debut on 13 November 2020, as a substitute in the match against Chile. [ 49 ] On 23 June 2021, he scored his first elder international finish for Peru in a 2–2 draw against Ecuador in the first round of the 2021 Copa América, subsequently besides assisting André Carrillo ‘s finish. [ 50 ] On 2 July, Lapadula scored once and contributed to Gustavo Gómez ‘s own finish in a 3–3 drawing card against Paraguay in the quarter-finals of the competition, late besides netting his state ‘s first penalty in the resulting 4–3 penalty shoot-out victory. [ 51 ] On 9 July, he scored Peru ‘s second goal in a 3–2 passing to Colombia in the third-place equal of the tournament. [ 52 ]

style of play [edit ]

“ I ’ m a actor who never gives up on a loose ball, always fighting flush if the game seems lost. This is my fictional character, it ’ randomness never say die. – As I said before I am a full-on musician. ”

—In an interview with SoccerBible, Lapadula was asked to describe his style of play. [ 53 ]
A active forth, Lapadula is a coherent and physically strong striker, who stands out for his work-rate and disposition ; due to his versatility, he can play as a centre-forward, and can besides adapt to more creative roles, as a second striker, or winger on either flank, courtesy of his solid technical qualities, a good as his ability to both score and assist goals. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] An uncommonly accurate and mighty finisher, he besides has a solid left field metrical foot, and an eye for goal. [ 55 ] [ 58 ] [ 59 ]

career statistics [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

As of 20 November 2021[60]

International [edit ]

As of match played 16 November 2021[60]
Peru
Year Apps Goals
2020 2 0
2021 15 6
Total 17 6

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Peru’s goal tally first.[61]

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Gorica [ 60 ]
Milan [ 60 ]

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]