{{short description|Italian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Franco Lepore | image = Lepore - Monza Viterbese 2019.jpg | caption = Lepore for Monza in 2019 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Lecce, Italy | height = 1.78 m | position = Right-back | currentclub = Folgore Caratese | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Lecce<ref>[http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/sport/125292/lecce--la-bella-favola-di-lepore.html Lecce, la bella favola di Lepore]</ref> | years1 = 2004–2005 | caps1 = 28 | goals1 = 3 | clubs1 = Virtus Castelfranco | years2 = 2005–2009 | caps2 = 95 | goals2 = 19 | clubs2 = Varese | years3 = 2009–2010 | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 1 | clubs3 = Lecce | years4 = 2010–2011 | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Rodengo Saiano | years5 = 2011 | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Paganese | years6 = 2011–2012 | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Varese | years7 = 2013 | caps7 = 21 | goals7 = 13 | clubs7 = Real Vicenza | years8 = 2013–2014 | caps8 = 20 | goals8 = 5 | clubs8 = Nocerina | years9 = 2014–2019 | caps9 = 134 | goals9 = 18 | clubs9 = Lecce | years10 = 2019–2021 | caps10 = 45 | goals10 = 3 | clubs10 = Monza | years11 = 2021 | caps11 = 13 | goals11 = 2 | clubs11 = Triestina | years12 = 2021–2022 | caps12 = 19 | goals12 = 1 | clubs12 = Pergolettese | years13 = 2022–2025 | caps13 = 81 | goals13 = 7 | clubs13 = Lecco | years14 = 2025–2026 | caps14 = 18 | goals14 = 0 | clubs14 = Team Altamura | years15 = 2026– | caps15 = 5 | goals15 = 1 | clubs15 = Folgore Caratese | pcupdate = 22 February 2026 }}
'''Franco Lepore''' (born 16 August 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie D club Folgore Caratese.
== Career == Lepore joined Serie C side Monza in January 2019, helping them gain promotion to the Serie B for the first time in 19 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Franco Lepore alla Triestina - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A.|url=https://www.monzacalcio.com/it/news/2322/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=www.monzacalcio.com|language=it|archive-date=2021-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201170550/https://www.monzacalcio.com/it/news/2322/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 1 February 2021, Lepore joined Triestina in the Serie C.<ref name=":0" />
On 3 November 2021, he signed with Pergolettese.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Pergolettese|url=https://www.uspergolettese1932.it/4241_FRANCO_LEPORE_ALLA_PERGOLETTESE.htm|title=FRANCO LEPORE ALLA PERGOLETTESE|date=3 November 2021|accessdate=15 November 2021|language=it}}</ref>
On 5 August 2022, Lepore moved to Lecco.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Lecco|url=http://www.calciolecco1912.com/franco-lepore-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-del-lecco/|title=Ufficiale: Franco Lepore è un nuovo giocatore bluceleste|date=5 August 2022|access-date=22 September 2022|language=it}}</ref> He heavily contributed to Lecco's promotion to Serie B at the end of the 2022–23 season, scoring 3 goals in the final leg of promotion play-offs against Foggia.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=La Provincia Unica|url=https://www.laprovinciaunicatv.it/stories/Sport/lepore-ora-e-vero-addio-lecco-e-diventata-mia-seconda-casa-o_3088985_11/|title=Lepore, ora è vero addio: "Lecco è diventata la mia seconda casa"|trans-title=Lepore, now it's a true farewell: "Lecco has become my second home."|date=4 June 2025|access-date=9 July 2025|language=it}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Lecce''' * Serie B: 2009–10
'''Monza''' * Serie C Group A: 2019–20
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|90713}} * {{TuttoCalciatori|Lepore_Franco}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lepore, Franco}} Category:1985 births Category:Footballers from Lecce Category:Living people Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:SSD Varese Calcio players Category:US Lecce players Category:AC Rodengo Saiano players Category:Paganese Calcio 1926 players Category:Real Vicenza VS players Category:ASG Nocerina players Category:AC Monza players Category:US Triestina Calcio 1918 players Category:US Pergolettese 1932 players Category:Calcio Lecco 1912 players Category:Team Altamura players Category:US Folgore Caratese ASD players Category:Serie B players Category:Serie C players Category:Serie D players