Luigi Sepe
Luigi Sepe (born 8 May 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Parma as a goalkeeper.
 Luigi in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luigi Sepe | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Torre del Greco, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Parma | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Napoli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2019 | Napoli | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | → Pisa (loan) | 35 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Virtus Lanciano (loan) | 39 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Empoli (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Parma (loan) | 37 | (0) |
| 2019– | Parma | 20 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Italy U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Italy U19 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:48, 21 January 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Born in Torre del Greco, the Province of Naples, Sepe made his debut for his hometown club in Serie A on 28 January 2009, at age of 17, during the match against Fiorentina, lost 2–1. He replaced Gianello in the 32nd minute. He wore the number 44 jersey during the 2008–09 season.[1] He was the fourth keeper behind Gennaro Iezzo, Nicolás Navarro and Matteo Gianello.
In 2010–11 season, he was named in 2010–11 UEFA Europa League as list B member (U21 youth product), which he was the fourth keeper behind Morgan De Sanctis, Iezzo and Gianello.
From 2011 to 2018, Sepe was loaned out to different italian teams such as Pisa, Virtus Lanciano, Empoli and Fiorentina.
On 10 July 2018, Sepe signed with Parma 0n loan until 30 June 2019.[2]On 10 July 2019, the deal was made permanent.[3]
International career
Sepe started three out of four matches for the Italy U18 team at the U18 Slovakia International Cup, ahead if Valerio Frasca in April 2009.[4] Sepe made successive appearances with the Italy U19 team (born 1991 or later) from March to September in 2009. In both appearances, he replaced Simone Colombi for the second half, including versus Ukraine (born 1990 or later team).[5][6] He was the reserve keeper for Colombi at the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification, and he also played once. After Italy qualified to the next round, he did not receive any call-ups again.
Personal life
In 2011, Sepe married Anna Laura Acampora, the niece of former footballer and now coach Carmine Gautieri. The couple has two children from the marriage, Giuseppe born in 2011 and Diego born in 2014.[7][8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 19 January 2020[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Napoli | 2008–09 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pisa (loan) | 2011–12 | Lega Pro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Virtus Lanciano (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie B | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | ||
| Empoli (loan) | 2014–15 | Serie A | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| Fiorentina (loan) | 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Napoli | 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Parma | 2018–19 | Serie A | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 164 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 183 | 0 | ||
References
- "Comunicati stampa 8 (2008–09 season): Variazione numerazione maglie" (pdf). Lega Calcio (in Italian). 23 August 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- "Sepe signed with Parma". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- "ALBERTO GRASSI E LUIGI SEPE SONO GIOCATORI DEL PARMA" (in Italian). Parma Calcio. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- "Under 18: 18 players called for the "Slovacchia Cup"". FIGC. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- "Under 19: l'8 aprile amichevole a Kiev con l'Ucraina". FIGC (in Italian). 30 March 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- "Сборная Украины (U-19) упустила победу над итальянцами" [Ukraine Team (U19) missed victory over Italy]. FC Dynameo Kiev (in Russian). 8 April 2009. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- "Sepe wife and children". FIGC. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
- https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.za&sl=it&u=http://www.tuttolegapro.com/ho-sposato-1-calciatore/luigi-sepe-anna-laura-acampora-50074&usg=ALkJrhifzH5L4WKGE2aYsD4OftI16ExUQg
- "Luigi Sepe". Retrieved 13 January 2019.