| Leonardo Benedetti | |
| Birth Date: | 6 June 2000 |
| Birth Place: | La Spezia, Italy |
| Height: | 1.82 m[1] |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Clubnumber: | 80 |
| Youthyears1: | –2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Spezia |
| Youthyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | → Sampdoria (loan) |
| Years1: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Spezia |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Sampdoria (loan) |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019– |
| Clubs3: | Sampdoria |
| Caps3: | 14 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Spezia (loan) |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Vis Pesaro (loan) |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Imolese (loan) |
| Caps6: | 35 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Years7: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs7: | → Bari (loan) |
| Caps7: | 31 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 10 May 2024 |
Leonardo Benedetti (born 6 June 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for club Sampdoria.
He was raised in Spezia youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season. He was called up to the senior squad during the 2017–18 Serie B season, but did not make any appearances.
On 31 July 2018 he joined Serie A club Sampdoria on a two-year loan.[2] He spent the 2018–19 season with their Under-19 squad.
On 19 July 2019 his rights were bought out by Sampdoria who immediately loaned him back to Spezia for the 2019–20 season.[3]
He made his professional Serie B debut for Spezia on 21 September 2019 in a game against Perugia. He substituted Matteo Ricci in the 81st minute.[4] That remained his only appearance for Spezia.
On 17 January 2020, Benedetti joined Serie C club Vis Pesaro until the end of the 2019–20 season.[5]
On 28 August 2020, the loan has been extended.[6]
On 3 August 2021, Benedetti moved to Imolese on loan.[7]
On 12 July 2022, Benedetti moved to Bari on loan.[8]
He made his first appearance representing his country on 9 August 2017 in an Italy national under-18 football team friendly against Slovenia.[9]