Christian Capone

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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

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

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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