| Alessandro Buongiorno | |
| Full Name: | Alessandro Buongiorno[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1999 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Turin, Italy |
| Height: | 1.90 m[2] |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Napoli |
| Clubnumber: | 4 |
| Youthclubs1: | Torino |
| Years1: | 2018–2024 |
| Caps1: | 99 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Carpi (loan) |
| Caps2: | 18 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Trapani (loan) |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Italy U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam4: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam5: | Italy |
| Nationalcaps5: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 23:22, 26 May 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 9 June 2024 (UTC) |
Alessandro Buongiorno (born 6 June 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Napoli and the Italy national team.
Born in Turin, Italy, Buongiorno is a childhood fan of Torino.[3]
Buongiorno grew up playing in the Torino youth sector, with whom he won a Coppa Italia Primavera in 2017–18.[4] [5] On 14 February 2018, Buongiorno signed a professional contract with Torino, keeping him in the club until 2022.[6] He made his Serie A debut for Torino in a 4–1 win over Crotone on 4 April 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute, but was forced off due to injury in the 88th minute.[7]
In the 2018–19 season, he was loaned to Carpi in Serie B coached by Fabrizio Castori.[8] He debuted on 25 September in a 0–1 loss against Perugia as a substitute for Enrico Pezzi in the 66th minute.
Buongiorno returned to Torino the following season, but did not make any appearance. On 11 January 2020, he joined Serie B club Trapani for the remainder of the season.[9] He played 13 matches, failing to avoid the relegation for the Sicilian club.
Returning to Turin, Buongiorno renewed his contract with the club until 2024.[10] On 17 December 2020, he made his debut as a starter in Serie A in the 3–1 defeat against Roma.[11] The following season, with the arrival of Ivan Jurić on Torino's bench, he began to play more regularly in the club's three-man defence, entering the team's rotations.[12]
Buongiorno became a regular starter during the 2022–23 Serie A, and served as club captain on 17 September 2022 in a 1–0 home defeat to Sassuolo.[13] On 3 May 2023, he scored his first league goal in a 2–0 victory against Sampdoria in Genoa.[14] At the end of the season, he renewed his contract until 2028.[15]
On 13 July 2024, Buongiorno signed a five-year contract with fellow Italian club Napoli for a reported transfer fee of €35 million.[16]
On 17 March 2023, Buongiorno received his first official call up to the Italy senior squad for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against England and Malta.[17] On 18 June, he debuted in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League third place play-off against the Netherlands, ending in a 3–2 victory for the Italians.[18]
In February 2023, he obtained a three-year degree in Business Economics at the Pegaso Telematic University, presenting a thesis on Torino's marketing model.[19]
| Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 99 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 4 | |||
| Carpi (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Trapani (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Napoli | 2024–25 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 130 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 4 | |||
| Italy | 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Torino
2017–18