Christian Capone


Christian Capone is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Perugia on loan from Atalanta.

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.

Loan to Pescara

On 1 July 2017, Capone was signed by Serie B side Pescara with a season-long loan deal. 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. 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. 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. On 16 September, Capone scored his first goal in Serie B in the 25th minute of a 2–2 away draw against Salernitana. 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. On 30 September, Capone scored his third goal in a 1–0 away win against Carpi. Capone ended his loan to Pescara with 26 appearances, 7 goals and 3 assists.
On 17 August 2018, Capone return on loan to Pescara until the end of 2018–19 Serie B season. 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. 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. Capone ended his loan to Pescara with 12 appearances, including only 2 as a starter and 1 assist, but he did not play any entire match during his second loan.

Loan to Perugia

On 13 July 2019, Capone was loaned to Serie B club Perugia until the end of the season. 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. 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. 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. On 1 December he scored his first goal for Perugia in the 34th minute of a 3–1 home win over Pescara. 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.

International career

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

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Honours

International

;Italy U19
;Italy U20