About Gianluca Lapadula
Gianluca Lapadula Vargas (born 7 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes. Born in Italy, he represents Peru at international level. In a journeyman club career, Lapadula has made over 100 appearances in both Serie A and Serie B, representing Milan, Genoa, Lecce, Benevento and Cagliari in the former. He was the top scorer in Serie B for Pescara in 2015–16 and Cagliari in 2022–23. Having previously been called up by Italy, Lapadula made his debut for Peru in 2020 and represented the country at the Copa América in 2021 and 2024, helping them to fourth place in the former. On 26 November, Lapadula scored his first brace in Serie A in a 4–1 away victory against Empoli. Lapadula scored his first senior international goal for Peru on 23 June 2021 in a 2–2 draw against Ecuador in the first round of the 2021 Copa América, later also assisting André Carrillo's goal. The team finished 7th and qualified for the play-offs, where he scored the only goal in the preliminary round away to Ascoli, repeating the feat at home to Pisa in the semi-final first leg.
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