Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi (born 22 March 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for La Liga club Real Betis. Born in Brazil and having previously represented his birth nation at youth levels, he plays for the Italy national team.
![]() Luiz Felipe with Lazio in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luiz Felipe Ramos Marchi | ||
Date of birth | (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Colina, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Betis | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Ituano | 17 | (0) |
2016–2022 | Lazio | 106 | (2) |
2016–2017 | → Salernitana (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2022– | Betis | 7 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Brazil U20 | 2 | (0) |
2019 | Brazil U23 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Italy | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:58, 23 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:29, 14 June 2022 (UTC) |
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]
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]
On 4 July 2022, Felipe signed a five-year contract with Real Betis in Spain.[4]
On 16 March 2019, Luiz Felipe was called up by the head coach of the Italy national under-21 football team, Luigi Di Biagio. Felipe would reject the call as a sign of his loyalty for his native Brazil; Luis Felipe would debut with Brazil national under-23 football team in 2019.
On 24 January 2022, Luiz Felipe accepted a call-up by Italy national football team manager Roberto Mancini to join the Azzurri for a three-day training camp in Coverciano.[5]
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.[6]
Club | Season | League | State League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ituano | 2015 | Paulista | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
2016 | Série D | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | 10[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 17 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||||
2019–20 | 26 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |||
2020–21 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
2021–22 | 31 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | ||||
Total | 106 | 2 | — | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 2 | |||
Real Betis | 2022–23 | La Liga | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Career total | 129 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 183 | 3 |
Lazio
Real Betis – current squad | |
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