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Christian Capone

Christian Capone (born 28 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C club Atalanta U23.

Christian Capone
Personal information
Full name Christian Capone[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Vigevano, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Atalanta U23
Number 10
Youth career
Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2023 Atalanta 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Pescara (loan) 24 (6)
2018–2019 → Pescara (loan) 12 (0)
2019–2020 → Perugia (loan) 20 (2)
2020–2021 → Pescara (loan) 20 (1)
2021–2022 → Ternana (loan) 17 (1)
2022–2023 → Südtirol (loan) 4 (0)
2023 → Reggiana (loan) 9 (0)
2023– Atalanta U23 30 (4)
International career‡
2014 Italy U15 7 (1)
2014–2015 Italy U16 15 (1)
2015–2016 Italy U17 7 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U18 8 (1)
2017–2018 Italy U19 15 (3)
2018–2019 Italy U20 11 (1)
2018 Italy U21 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2019

Club career edit

Atalanta edit

Born in Vigevano, Capone began his career at Serie A side Atalanta. He made his first team debut on 30 November 2016, starting in a 3–0 Coppa Italia home win against Pescara.[2]

Loan to Pescara edit

On 1 July 2017, Capone was signed by Serie B side Pescara with a season-long loan deal.[3] On 6 August, Capone made his debut for Pescara in the second round of Coppa Italia as a starter in a 5–3 home win, after extra-time, against Triestina, he played the entire match.[4] One week later he scored his first professional goal in the third round in the 30th minute of a 3–1 away win over Brescia.[5] On 27 August, Capone made his debut in Serie B for Pescara in a 5–1 home win over Foggia, he was replaced by Ahmad Benali in the 46th minute.[6] On 16 September, Capone scored his first goal in Serie B in the 25th minute of a 2–2 away draw against Salernitana.[7] Three days later, he played his first entire match in Serie B and he scored his second goal in the 17th minute of a 2–2 home draw against Virtus Entella.[8] Capone ended his loan to Pescara with 26 appearances, 7 goals and 3 assists.[9]

On 17 August 2018, Capone return on loan to Pescara until the end of 2018–19 Serie B season.[10] On 25 August he started his second season at Pescara as a substitute replacing Pepìn in the 85th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Cremonese.[11] On 22 September he played his first match as a starter of the season, a 1–0 home win over Foggia, he was replaced by Mirko Antonucci in the 57th minute.[12] Capone ended his loan to Pescara with 12 appearances, including only 2 of them as a starter and 1 assist, but he did not play any entire match during his second loan.[9]

Loan to Perugia edit

On 13 July 2019, Capone was loaned to Serie B club Perugia until the end of the season.[13] On 11 August he made his debut for Perugia in a 1–0 home win over Triestina in the second round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.[14] On 25 August he made his league debut as a substitute replacing Federico Melchiorri in the 64th minute of a 2–1 home win over ChievoVerona.[15] Six days later he played his first match as a starter in Serie B for the club, a 1–0 away win over Livorno, he was replaced by Federico Melchiorri in the 54th minute.[16] On 1 December he scored his first goal for Perugia in the 34th minute of a 3–1 home win over Pescara.[17] Three weeks later, on 21 December, he scored his second goal in the 61 st minute of a 2–1 home win over Virtus Entella.[18] Capone ended his loan to Perugia with 24 appearances and 2 goals.[9]

Loan to Pescara edit

On 24 September 2020, Capone returned to Serie B side Pescara on a season-long loan deal.[19] Two days later, on 26 September, he made his seasonal debut for the club as a substitute replacing Cristian Galano for the last 6 minutes of a 0–0 home draw against ChievoVerona.[20] On 20 October he played his first entire match, a 4–0 away defeat against Venezia.[21] Seven months later, on 4 May 2021, Capone scored his first goal of the season and the winning goal of the match in the 8th minute of a 1–0 home win over Reggiana.[22] Capone ended his second loan to Pescara with 22 appearances, on 10 as a starter and 1 goal, however Pescara was relegated in Serie C.[9]

Loan to Ternana edit

On 27 July 2021, he joined newly-promoted Serie B club Ternana on loan with an option to buy.[23]

Loan to Südtirol edit

On 3 August 2022, Capone joined Südtirol in Serie B on loan.[24]

Loan to Reggiana edit

On 5 January 2023, Capone moved on a new loan to Reggiana in Serie C.[25]

International career edit

Capone has been capped by Italy at U15,[26] U16, U17, U18 levels, and also reached the final of the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with the U19 side.[27]

On 25 May 2018 he made his debut with the Italy U21 team in a 3–2 friendly loss against Portugal, and on 29 May, he scored his first goal with the U21 side in a friendly match against France.

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of 18 July 2021
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atalanta 2016–17 Serie A 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Pescara (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 24 6 2 1 — — 26 7
2018–19 Serie B 12 0 0 0 — — 12 0
Perugia (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 20 2 3 0 — 1[a] 0 24 2
Pescara (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 20 1 2 0 — — 22 1
Career total 58 8 8 1 — 1 0 67 9
  1. ^ All appearance(s) in Serie B play-out.

Honours edit

Italy U19

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Coppa: Atalanta cruise with Pescara". Football Italia. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ "UFFICIALE: Pescara, arrivano Capone e Latte Lath dall'Atalanta - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  4. ^ "Pescara vs. Triestina - 6 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  5. ^ "Brescia vs. Pescara - 12 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  6. ^ "Pescara vs. Foggia - 27 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  7. ^ "Salernitana vs. Pescara - 16 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  8. ^ "Pescara vs. Virtus Entella - 19 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  9. ^ a b c d "Italy - C. Capone - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  10. ^ "UFFICIALE: Pescara, dall'Atalanta torna Capone". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Cremonese vs. Pescara - 25 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  12. ^ "Pescara vs. Foggia - 22 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  13. ^ "Ufficiale! Un altro attaccante al Perugia! Definito l\'arrivo di Capone dall\'Atalanta". www.perugia24.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  14. ^ "Perugia vs. Triestina - 11 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  15. ^ "Perugia vs. Chievo - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  16. ^ "Livorno vs. Perugia - 31 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  17. ^ "Perugia vs. Pescara - 1 December 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  18. ^ "Perugia vs. Virtus Entella - 21 December 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  19. ^ "UFFICIALE: Atalanta, ceduti in prestito al Pescara i giovani Bellanova e Capone - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  20. ^ "Pescara vs. Chievo - 26 September 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  21. ^ "Venezia vs. Pescara - 20 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  22. ^ "Pescara vs. Reggiana - 4 May 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  23. ^ "Mercato: ingaggiato dall'Atalanta Christian Capone" (in Italian). Ternana. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Christian Capone ist ein neuer Spieler des FC Südtirol" (in German). Südtirol. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  25. ^ "AC REGGIANA INGAGGIA L'ATTACCANTE ESTERNO CHRISTIAN CAPONE" (in Italian). Reggiana. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  26. ^ "UNDER 15: 32 PLAYERS CALLED FOR NORTH SELECTION". FIGC. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  27. ^ a b "Portugal win epic U19 EURO final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 July 2018.

External links edit

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