| Gianluca Caprari | |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Monza |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Roma |
| Years1: | 2011–2012 |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Clubs1: | Roma |
| Years2: | 2012–2013 |
| Caps2: | 38 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Clubs2: | Pescara |
| Years3: | 2013–2014 |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Roma |
| Years4: | 2014–2016 |
| Caps4: | 71 |
| Goals4: | 16 |
| Clubs4: | Pescara |
| Years5: | 2016–2017 |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Clubs5: | Inter Milan |
| Years6: | 2016–2017 |
| Caps6: | 35 |
| Goals6: | 9 |
| Clubs6: | → Pescara (loan) |
| Years7: | 2017–2022 |
| Caps7: | 73 |
| Goals7: | 14 |
| Clubs7: | Sampdoria |
| Years8: | 2020 |
| Caps8: | 12 |
| Goals8: | 2 |
| Clubs8: | → Parma (loan) |
| Years9: | 2020–2021 |
| Caps9: | 30 |
| Goals9: | 5 |
| Clubs9: | → Benevento (loan) |
| Years10: | 2021–2022 |
| Caps10: | 35 |
| Goals10: | 12 |
| Clubs10: | → Hellas Verona (loan) |
| Years11: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps11: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Clubs11: | Hellas Verona |
| Years12: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps12: | 37 |
| Goals12: | 5 |
| Clubs12: | → Monza (loan) |
| Years13: | 2023– |
| Caps13: | 20 |
| Goals13: | 1 |
| Clubs13: | Monza |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam3: | Italy U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam4: | Italy |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 16:04, 30 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 14 June 2022 |
Gianluca Caprari (born 30 July 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Monza and the Italy national team.
Born in Rome, Italian capital, Caprari started his career at Atletico 2000.[1] He then joined esordienti team of A.S. Roma in 2003. He played for Roma's Allievi Nazionali team at 2010 Torneo Città di Arco, which beat Fiorentina in the final.[2]
Caprari made his first team debut on 8 March 2011, in 2010–11 UEFA Champions League round of 16. He replaced Simone Perrotta in the last minute; his team lost to Shakhtar Donetsk with a 0–3 score.[3]
In the next season he played both legs of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round, losing to Slovan Bratislava. He played only one match in Serie A in 2011–12 season, substituting Totti in a 2–0 win over Chievo.
In January 2012, Caprari was sent on loan to Serie B club Pescara[4] in order to allow him to play more first-team football. He scored three goals in 15 matches in 2011–12 season. The club also won promotion to Serie A.
In June 2012 Pescara purchased Caprari in a co-ownership deal for €1.2 million.[5] [6] On 20 June 2013, Roma re-signed him for €2 million[7] [8] by means of a player swap, with Giammario Piscitella and Matteo Politano moving to Pescara for €2 million.[9] [10] Caprari played his first match of his second Roma career on 10 November 2013, against Sassuolo coming on as a substitute.
On 24 January 2014, Caprari returned to Pescara by swapped clubs with Piscitella (both were tagged for €1.5 million)[11] [12]
On 27 June 2015, Roma bought back Politano for €601,000, with Caprari moving to Pescara outright for €125,000.[13] [14]
On 8 July 2016, Caprari was sold to Inter Milan, in a deal involving Cristiano Biraghi moving the other way. He was sent back on loan to Pescara.[15]
On 30 June 2017, Caprari joined fellow Serie A club Sampdoria.[16] On 4 November 2019, Gianluca Caprari came off the bench to score the only goal and a stoppage-time winner for Sampdoria against SPAL.[17]
On 31 January 2020, Caprari joined Parma on loan with an option to buy.[18]
On 4 September 2020, Caprari joined Benevento on loan until 30 June 2021.[19]
On 31 August 2021, Caprari joined Hellas Verona on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[20] During the 2021–22 season, he scored 12 goals and made 7 assists in the Serie A.
On 21 July 2022, Caprari joined newly-promoted Serie A side Monza on a one-year loan, with a conditional obligation to buy.[21] He made his debut on 8 August, scoring a penalty in a 3–2 Coppa Italia win against Frosinone.[22] Caprari's first Serie A goal for Monza was a volley in a 3–0 away win to Sampdoria on 2 October.[23]
Caprari was called up to the Italy senior squad for the 2022 Finalissima against Argentina on 1 June 2022, and for 2022–23 UEFA Nations League group stage matches against Germany, Hungary, England and Germany between 4 and 14 June.[24] He made his debut against Germany on 14 June.
| Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Roma | 2010–11 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Pescara | 2011–12 | Serie B | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2012–13 | Serie A | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5 | |||
| Roma | 2013–14 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pescara | 2013–14 | Serie B | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| 2014–15 | Serie B | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | Serie B | 38 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 43 | 13 | |||
| Total | 71 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 82 | 18 | |||
| Pescara (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie A | 35 | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 9 | |||
| Sampdoria | 2017–18 | Serie A | 34 | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 37 | 7 | |||
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 6 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Serie A | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 4 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 17 | |||
| Parma (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| Benevento (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 5 | |||
| Hellas Verona (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 35 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 12 | |||
| Monza (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 6 | |||
| Monza | 2023–24 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 57 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 354 | 70 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 387 | 76 | |||