In the past, Italy's traditional football giant AC Milan experienced a low point, not only for many years failed to qualify for the league and European competition, but also the once proud front line was not very powerful, and even appeared "No. 9 curse".
Among the No. 9 players, Rapadula also had high hopes, but he left the team on loan after only one season, losing his place with the Rossoneri.
After many years, I did not expect that in the current 21-22 season, the 31-year-old former Milan inspirational goalscorer has ushered in an outbreak and is currently leading the Serie B top scorer list!
In this season's Serie B standings, Benevento has won 10 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses in 20 rounds, ranking fourth in the league with 35 points, and is in the promotion play-off zone, which is expected to return to the Serie A arena next season.
Wearing the No. 9 shirt, Lapadura is currently the hottest striker in the team and even in All Serie B, scoring 10 goals and 4 assists in 15 rounds of matches, topping the league top scorers list and becoming a big hit for this season's Serie B Golden Boot winners.
At the same time, he directly produced 14 goals for Benevento, the player who has scored the most goals directly in Serie B so far. Such an outstanding performance has made him quite popular with the Attention of Serie A teams.
Gianluca LaPadura trained with the Juventus youth team, and although he trained with Italy's oldest football powerhouse, his early football career was not smooth. He has moved to the echelons of Treviso U19, Vercelli, Parma U19 and Siscolo Roma in a number of Italian sub-league teams.
After moving to parma, the fourth team in the youth team, Rapadula was finally able to sign a professional contract with the club, but he was immediately loaned to Serie C side Ravina to play in Serie C in the 10-11 season, starting the first season of his career in the third division of Italian football.
Since then, he has worked for St. Marino, Serie B, Cesena, Slovenian goriza, and Serie C. Teramo.
In July 2015, Rapadula left Parma to join Pescara, successfully playing the peak of his career in the 15-16 season, scoring a staggering 30 goals in 44 Serie B matches, and finally winning the Serie B Golden Boot. The striker, who has been in the lower Italian leagues for many years and has never appeared in Serie A, has attracted all the major local giants.
In July 2016, AC Milan signed the 26-year-old Rapadula from Pescara for a transfer fee of €9.5 million, scoring eight goals and three assists in 29 games for the Rossonere in all competitions in the 16-17 season, and winning the only trophy of his Italian football career: the Italian Super Cup. During the season, he also became a player in four league divisions: Serie A, Serie B, Serie C and Sting.
However, the following season, he went on loan to Genoa and was bought out, ending a one-season Career for Milan, after which he played for Lecce and Benevento.
In 2020, Rapadula, who had worn the Italian national shirt, decided to play for Peru, making his debut in the World Preliminary Tournament away to Chile on November 14 of the same year. He has scored six goals in 17 games for Peru and has become an indispensable striker for the current national team.
In the 2021 Copa America, Lapadula scored four goals as Peru's main striker, winning the Golden Boot with world football superstar Lionel Messi and Colombian winger Luis Díaz. In the second year after the national team turnaround, he won a personal honor for his outstanding performance.
Young debut is uncertain, mixed with many teams in the lower leagues, has played in four classes of Italian football, LaPadura has experienced years of ruthless polishing. But for more than a year, he has played brilliantly in the national team and club respectively.
After thirty years, Rapadula finally created a period of glory in his football career through mature and outstanding performances on the field!