Overview
- Multiple Peruvian outlets report that Lapadula has reached an agreement with Universitario after resolving his exit from Spezia and that the club has arranged travel for his imminent arrival in Lima.
- Reports vary on the exact arrival day but agree that he must complete medicals and registration before being officially presented by the club.
- The deal is described as one and a half years in length with performance-related bonuses that would run through December 2027 under current reporting.
- Coach Héctor Cúper and the club frame Lapadula as a planned key striker expected to bolster the team’s offense for the Torneo Clausura, whose opening match for Universitario is scheduled against ADT in Tarma.
- Lapadula arrives with recent form of 18 Serie B appearances and five goals plus one Coppa Italia goal in 2025–26, and the club says his family will join him in Peru soon to help his personal settling and focus.