# Christian Capone

Christian Capone (born 28 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C Group A club Vicenza 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. 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 of them 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. Capone ended his loan to Perugia with 24 appearances and 2 goals.

#### Loan to Pescara

On 24 September 2020, Capone returned to Serie B side Pescara on a season-long loan deal. 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. On 20 October he played his first entire match, a 4–0 away defeat against Venezia. 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. 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.

#### Loan to Ternana

On 27 July 2021, he joined newly-promoted Serie B club Ternana on loan with an option to buy.

#### Loan to Südtirol

On 3 August 2022, Capone joined Südtirol in Serie B on loan.

#### Loan to Reggiana

On 5 January 2023, Capone moved on a new loan to Reggiana in Serie C.

#### Loan to Vicenza

On 30 August 2024, Capone was loaned to Vicenza, with an option to buy.

## 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.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 18 July 2021
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | 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 |
| Pescara (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| Perugia (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| Pescara (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 58 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 67 | 9 |
* ↑ All appearance(s) in Serie B play-out.

## Honours
### Italy U19

* UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2018