Alessandro Buongiorno

Alessandro Buongiorno

Buongiorno with Torino in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Alessandro Buongiorno
Date of birth	(1999-06-06) 6 June 1999 (age 27)
Place of birth	Turin, Italy
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Napoli
Number	4
Youth career
	Torino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2024	Torino	99	(4)
2018–2019	→ Carpi (loan)	18	(0)
2020	→ Trapani (loan)	13	(0)
2024–	Napoli	55	(1)
International career‡
2016–2017	Italy U18	6	(0)
2017–2018	Italy U19	9	(0)
2018–2019	Italy U20	11	(0)
2020	Italy U21	2	(0)
2023–	Italy	12	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Italy UEFA Nations League 2023 Netherlands
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:08, 17 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2025

Alessandro Buongiorno (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro ˌbwɔnˈdʒorno]; 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, but originally from Campania on his grandparents' side, Buongiorno is a childhood fan of Torino.

Buongiorno grew up playing in the Torino youth sector, with whom he won a Coppa Italia Primavera in 2017–18. On 14 February 2018, Buongiorno signed a professional contract with Torino, keeping him in the club until 2022. 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.

In the 2018–19 season, he was loaned to Carpi in Serie B coached by Fabrizio Castori. He debuted on 25 September in a 0–1 loss against Perugia as a substitute for Enrico Pezzi in the 66th minute.^{[citation needed]}

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. 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. On 17 December 2020, he made his debut as a starter in Serie A in the 3–1 defeat against Roma. 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.

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. On 3 May 2023, he scored his first league goal in a 2–0 victory against Sampdoria in Genoa. At the end of the season, he renewed his contract until 2028.

On 13 July 2024, Buongiorno was sold to fellow Italian club Napoli for a reported transfer fee of €35 million plus €5 million in bonuses. With Napoli he signed a five-year contract with minimum release clause of €70 million valid from 2027.

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. 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.

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.

As of match played 17 May 2026

As of match played 16 November 2025

Torino

• Coppa Italia Primavera: 2017–18

Napoli

• Serie A: 2024–25
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2025–26

Individual

• Serie A Team of the Season: 2024–25

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alessandro Buongiorno.

• Profile at the SSC Napoli website
• Serie A Profile Archived 23 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• FIGC Profile
• Alessandro Buongiorno – UEFA competition record (archive)