Christian Capone

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Christian Capone
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Personal information
Full name Christian Capone[1]
Date of birth (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Vigevano, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Ternana
Number 11
Youth career
Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– 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– → Ternana (loan) 5 (1)
National team‡
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2019

Christian Capone (born 28 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ternana on loan from Atalanta.[2]

Club career[]

Atalanta[]

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.[3]

Loan to Pescara[]

On 1 July 2017, Capone was signed by Serie B side Pescara with a season-long loan deal.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] On 16 September, Capone scored his first goal in Serie B in the 25th minute of a 2–2 away draw against Salernitana.[8] 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.[9] Capone ended his loan to Pescara with 26 appearances, 7 goals and 3 assists.[10]

On 17 August 2018, Capone return on loan to Pescara until the end of 2018–19 Serie B season.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] 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.[10]

Loan to Perugia[]

On 13 July 2019, Capone was loaned to Serie B club Perugia until the end of the season.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17] On 1 December he scored his first goal for Perugia in the 34th minute of a 3–1 home win over Pescara.[18] 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.[19] Capone ended his loan to Perugia with 24 appearances and 2 goals.[10]

Loan to Pescara[]

On 24 September 2020, Capone returned to Serie B side Pescara on a season-long loan deal.[20] 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.[21] On 20 October he played his first entire match, a 4–0 away defeat against Venezia.[22] 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.[23] 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.[10]

Loan to Ternana[]

On 27 July 2021, he joined newly-promoted Serie B club Ternana on loan with an option to buy.[24]

International career[]

Capone has been capped by Italy at U15,[25] U16, U17, U18 levels, and also reached the final of the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with the U19 side.[26]

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[]

Club[]

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[]

Italy U19
Italy U20

References[]

  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. ^ Capone e Latte in #BiancAzzurro‚ pescaracalcio.com, 30 June 2017
  3. ^ "Coppa: Atalanta cruise with Pescara". Football Italia. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. ^ "UFFICIALE: Pescara, arrivano Capone e Latte Lath dall'Atalanta - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  5. ^ "Pescara vs. Triestina - 6 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  6. ^ "Brescia vs. Pescara - 12 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  7. ^ "Pescara vs. Foggia - 27 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  8. ^ "Salernitana vs. Pescara - 16 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  9. ^ "Pescara vs. Virtus Entella - 19 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  10. ^ a b c d "Italy - C. Capone - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  11. ^ "UFFICIALE: Pescara, dall'Atalanta torna Capone". Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Cremonese vs. Pescara - 25 August 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  13. ^ "Pescara vs. Foggia - 22 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  14. ^ "Ufficiale! Un altro attaccante al Perugia! Definito l\'arrivo di Capone dall\'Atalanta". www.perugia24.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  15. ^ "Perugia vs. Triestina - 11 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  16. ^ "Perugia vs. Chievo - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  17. ^ "Livorno vs. Perugia - 31 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  18. ^ "Perugia vs. Pescara - 1 December 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  19. ^ "Perugia vs. Virtus Entella - 21 December 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  20. ^ "UFFICIALE: Atalanta, ceduti in prestito al Pescara i giovani Bellanova e Capone - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  21. ^ "Pescara vs. Chievo - 26 September 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  22. ^ "Venezia vs. Pescara - 20 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  23. ^ "Pescara vs. Reggiana - 4 May 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  24. ^ "Mercato: ingaggiato dall'Atalanta Christian Capone" (in Italian). Ternana. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  25. ^ "UNDER 15: 32 PLAYERS CALLED FOR NORTH SELECTION". FIGC. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  26. ^ a b "Portugal win epic U19 EURO final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 July 2018.
  27. ^ "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019.

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