Gennaro Ruggiero (born 4 February 2000) is an Italian footballer who plays for Real Normanna in the fifth-tier Eccellenza.
[1][2] 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.
[3] 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).
[6] On 7 August 2021, he moved to San Giorgio, another Serie D club from his native region of Campania.
[7] He was released by the end of the season, after San Giorgio folded following their relegation to Eccellenza.