| Gennaro Ruggiero | |
| Birth Date: | 2000 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
| Currentclub: | Real Normanna |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | –2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Mariano Keller |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Palermo |
| Youthyears3: | 2017–2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Torino (loan) |
| Years1: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Palermo |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Livorno |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs3: | Nola |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs4: | San Giorgio |
| Caps4: | 35 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023 |
| Caps5: | 14 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2023–2024 |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Pcupdate: | 27 April 2024 |
Gennaro Ruggiero (born 4 February 2000) is an Italian footballer who plays for Real Normanna in the fifth-tier Eccellenza.[1]
A physical central midfielder, and a product of Naples-based renowned youth team Mariano Keller, he was spotted by Palermo scouts and then signed in 2014.[2]
He made his Serie A debut at the age of 17 on 14 May 2017, playing the entirety of a home league game against Genoa, and becoming the third footballer born from the year 2000 to play in the Italian top flight (after Moise Kean and Pietro Pellegri).[3]
He was successively loaned out to Torino for the 2017–18 season but failed to make any first-team appearance during the season and appeared only for the Granatas U-19 team before returning to Palermo, again as part of the Under-19 team.[4]
After a lone season with Serie B club Livorno, he was signed by Serie D club Nola as a free transfer in November 2020.[5] On 7 August 2021, he moved to San Giorgio, another Serie D club from his native region of Campania.[6] He was released by the end of the season, after San Giorgio folded following their relegation to Eccellenza.
After playing from January to June 2023 for Serie D amateurs Real Agro Aversa, Ruggiero was announced on 31 August 2023 as a new signing of Serie C club Juve Stabia until the end of the season.[7]