Andrea Capone

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Andrea Capone
Personal information
Date of birth	January 8, 1981 (1981-01-08) (age 27)
Place of birth	Cagliari, Italy
Height	1.81 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Vicenza Calcio
Number	30
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2002 2001-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007	Cagliari Sora Cagliari Treviso Cagliari Vicenza Calcio	12 (1) 11 (1) 49 (5) 29 (3) 53 (6) 0 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrea Capone (born 8 January 1981 in Cagliari) is an Italian football Midfielder He currently plays for Vicenza Calcio.

He wore the number 10 shirt at Cagliari. This is significant as two years previously it had been Gianfranco Zola's number and had been retired the previous season.[1]

Lazio, Palermo, Livorno, Bologna and Anderlecht have all been credited with an interest in his services, but Capone's agent insisted that Celtic have first option on the player. On July 12, 2007, it was announced that Capone had been granted a trial with Scottish outfit Celtic. [2] He has featured in a friendly 2-1 win over Peterborough United setting up a goal[3]. Two days later he got his name on the score sheet against Queen's Park Rangers of the Coca Cola Championship in another friendly as part of a 5-1 win [4].

[edit] External links

• Gazzetta dello Sport player profile (Italian)

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