| Christian Capone | |
| Full Name: | Christian Capone[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1999 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Vigevano, Italy |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Atalanta U23 |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Youthclubs1: | Atalanta |
| Years1: | 2016–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Atalanta |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Pescara (loan) |
| Caps2: | 24 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Pescara (loan) |
| Caps3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Perugia (loan) |
| Caps4: | 20 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Pescara (loan) |
| Caps5: | 20 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Ternana (loan) |
| Caps6: | 17 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs7: | → Südtirol (loan) |
| Caps7: | 4 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2023 |
| Clubs8: | → Reggiana (loan) |
| Caps8: | 9 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2023– |
| Clubs9: | Atalanta U23 |
| Caps9: | 30 |
| Goals9: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam3: | Italy U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam4: | Italy U18 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam5: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 3 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam6: | Italy U20 |
| Nationalcaps6: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 1 |
| Nationalyears7: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam7: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps7: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals7: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 2 May 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
On 27 July 2021, he joined newly-promoted Serie B club Ternana on loan with an option to buy.[23]
On 3 August 2022, Capone joined Südtirol in Serie B on loan.[24]
On 5 January 2023, Capone moved on a new loan to Reggiana in Serie C.[25]
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.
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.
| 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[27] | 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 | ||||