Ludovico Varali

Ludovico Varali
Personal information
Date of birth (2009-01-17) 17 January 2009
Place of birth Verona, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Parma
Youth career
Hellas Verona
2025– Parma
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025 Italy U16 2 (0)
2025– Italy U17 18 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner2026 Estonia
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 June 2026

Ludovico Varali (born 17 January 2009) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Parma.

Club career

Born in Verona, Varali is a youth product of Hellas Verona from which he joined Parma in 2025,[1][2][3] for a reported fee of approximately 1 million euros.[4][5]

Varali started playing with the Parma Primavera team during the 2025–26 season,[2] becoming a regular with the team that reached the final of the under-20 competition.[1][6][7][8]

International career

Eligible for both Italy and Kenya, Varali is a youth international for Italy, having played for the under-16 and under-17.[6][7][9]

He was selected with the under-17 team to play the European Under-17 Championship in May and June 2026.[10]

Italy reached the final of the tournament after defeating Ebrima Tunkara's Spain in a penalty shootout, following a 1–1 draw.[11][12] They then went on to win the competition after another penalty shootout victory with the same regular time score, against a Belgium team comprising the likes of Xander Dierckx, Elie Mbavu and Jayden Onia Seke.[13][14]

Style of play

Described during his youth years as an athletic centre-back,[9] good with his head, his profile was compared to the likes Antonio Rüdiger,[1][8] while Alessandro Bastoni and William Saliba were his models.[2][7]

Honours

Italy U17

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Barilaro, Andrea (25 May 2026). "Dal para-rigori Lupo a bomber Perillo: chi sono e come giocano le stelline azzurre dell'U17". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Torre, Marco La (12 June 2026). "Chi è Ludovico Varali, il centrale dell'Italia Under 17 che studia Bastoni e ha già vinto l'Europa". Gazzetta Regionale (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Italia Under 17 campione, c'è anche l'Hellas con Varali e Casagrande nella festa azzurra". Triveneto Goal (in Italian). 7 June 2026. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  4. ↑ Fabbri, Alberto (23 February 2026). "Dall'Hellas al Parma, passando per la Nazionale. Tra i 2009 spicca il veronese Varali". Hellas Live. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  5. ↑ Bassi, Bartolomeo (6 May 2026). "Si inserisce anche la Fiorentina per Beldenti: l'Union Brescia chiede un milione per il difensore". PARMA live. TUTTO mercato WEB. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Le storie dell'Under 17 di Franceschini: tutto sul gruppo che ha vinto l'Europeo". Sky Sport (in Italian). 7 June 2026. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 "L'oro del Parma pure nel settore giovanile: Diallo e Varali, campioni d'Europa e simboli di un Club che cresce". ParmaToday (in Italian). 9 June 2026. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  8. 1 2 Fontana, Matteo (10 June 2026). "Under 17, i talenti veneti nell'impresa agli Europei: da Ballarin a Casagrande fino a Varali e Franceschini". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  9. 1 2 Maggi, Filippo (10 June 2026). "Quanto conta davvero la vittoria dell'Italia all'Europeo U17". Ultimo Uomo (in Italian). Retrieved 14 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Europeo, fase finale in Estonia dal 25 maggio al 7 giugno: le scelte di Daniele Franceschini". FIGC (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Scognamiglio, Pietro. "Impresa Italia, è in finale all'Europeo U17! Lupo para tre rigori, Spagna ko. Ora il Belgio". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  12. ↑ González, Carlos (4 June 2026). "Italia 1 (4) - (2) 1 España: resumen, goles y resultado de la semifinal del Europeo Sub-17". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  13. 1 2 Donato, Lelio (7 June 2026). "L'Italia Under 17 è Campione d'Europa: dal portiere Lupo al CT Franceschini, i protagonisti del trionfo azzurro". Goal (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Italia campione d'Europa Under 17: battuto il Belgio ai rigori". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 7 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
  15. ↑ "2026 U17 EURO Team of the Tournament". uefa.com. 9 June 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
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