Christian Capone

Christian Capone
Personal information
Full name Christian Capone
Date of birth (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999
Place of birth Vigevano, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Pescara (on loan from Atalanta)
Number 11
Youth career
Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Atalanta 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Pescara (loan) 24 (6)
2018– → Pescara (loan) 1 (0)
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– Italy U19 15 (3)
2018– Italy U21 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 July 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 July 2018

Christian Capone (born 28 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Pescara on loan from Atalanta[1].

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.[2]

Loan to Pescara

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] On 12 August he played in the third round of Coppa Italia and he scored his first professional goal 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] On 19 September 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] On 30 September, Capone scored his third goal and the winning goal of the match in a 1–0 away win against Carpi.[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]

International career

Capone has been capped by Italy at U15,[13] U16, U17, U18 levels, and is a current member of the U19 side.

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

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 August 2018
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atalanta 2016–17 Serie A 0010——10
Pescara (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 24 6 2 1 — — 26 7
2018–19 Serie B 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Career total 25631——287

Honours

International

References

  1. ↑ Capone e Latte in #BiancAzzurro‚ pescaracalcio.com, 30 June 2017
  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. ↑ "Carpi vs. Pescara - 30 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-11-12.
  10. ↑ "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. ↑ "UNDER 15: 32 PLAYERS CALLED FOR NORTH SELECTION". FIGC. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Under-19 - Portugal win epic U19 EURO final". UEFA. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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