Luiz Felipe (footballer, born March 1997)
 Luiz Felipe with Lazio in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Colina, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Lazio | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Ituano | 17 | (0) |
| 2016– | Lazio | 102 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | → Salernitana (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Brazil U23 | 2 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:47, 20 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:00 24 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi (born 22 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Italian club Lazio.
Born in Brazil, he has also Italian citizenship, and was first selected for the Italy national team in 2022.
Personal life[]
Luiz Felipe was born and raised in Colina, São Paulo, his given name being a homage to Brazilian football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari.[1]
He possesses Italian citizenship through jus sanguinis, through an Italian great-grandfather of his, originally from Vicenza but who subsequently settled in Brazil.[1]
Club career[]
In August 2016, Luiz Felipe was signed from Ituano by Serie A club Lazio.[2] However, he was immediately loaned out to sister club Salernitana for the 2016–17 season.[3]
International career[]
On 16 March 2019 Luiz Felipe was called up for the Italy U21 national team by head coach Luigi Di Biagio, however, he rejected the call the following day stating his loyalty and desire to play for his birth country Brazil.[citation needed] Luiz Felipe debuted for Brazil's under-23 team in 2019.
On 24 January 2022, Luiz Felipe accepted a call-up by Italy national team manager Roberto Mancini to join the Azzurri for a three-day training camp in Coverciano.[4]
On 18 March 2022, Luiz Felipe was selected by Roberto Mancini to join the Italy national football team for a World Cup Qualifier match against North Macedonia national football team on 24 March 2022, making this his first call up to the Italian senior level for a match.[5]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of match played 20 March 2022[6]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Natioal Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ituano | 2015 | Paulista | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | Série D | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Salernitana (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Lazio | 2017–18 | Serie A | 18 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 17 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 26 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 102 | 2 | — | 9 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 118 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 167 | 3 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in Copa Paulista
- ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours[]
Lazio
References[]
- ^ a b "Lazio, Luiz Felipe tra sogni e realtà. La madre: "Lui un predestinato"" (in Italian). La Lazio siamo noi. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Luiz Felipe, zagueiro do Ituano, faz exames e deve assinar com o Lazio" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Lazio, visite per il giovane Luiz Felipe: "Andrò in prestito alla Salernitana, ma tornerò a Roma il prossimo anno"" (in Italian). Il messagero. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Nazionale, convocati per lo stage Balotelli, Joao Pedro, Luiz Felipe e Frattesi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Luiz Felipe, Joao Pedro Called up for Italy Against North Macedonia". News 18. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Luiz Felipe at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
External links[]
- Luiz Felipe at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Luiz Felipe at Soccerway
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Brazilian people of Italian descent
- Brazilian footballers
- Footballers from São Paulo (state)
- Association football defenders
- Brazil youth international footballers
- Brazil under-20 international footballers
- Ituano FC players
- U.S. Salernitana 1919 players
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