Gianluca Caprari

Gianluca Caprari
Personal information
Full nameGianluca Caprari
Date of birth30 July 1993
Place of birthRome, Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Pescara
Number10
Youth career
Atletico 2000
2003–2011Roma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012Roma3(0)
2012Pescara (loan)15(3)
2012–2013Pescara24(2)
2013–2014Roma1(0)
2014–Pescara20(3)
National team
2011Italy U184(1)
2011Italy U193(1)
2013–Italy U202(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2013

Gianluca Caprari (born 30 July 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Pescara.

Career

Roma

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.

Pescara

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 co-ownership deal for €1.2 million.[5][6] On 20 June 2013 Roma bought him back for €2 million.,[7][8] but in pure player swap. (Giammario Piscitella and Matteo Politano to Pescara for €2M[9][10])

Caprari played hist 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 club with Piscitella.[11][12]

References

  1. "Davide Lippi: "Caprari? Senza dubbio un grande talento"". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 11 January 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  2. "Fiorentina-Roma - Fase finale - Torneo Allievi maschile" (in Italian). Torneo Città di Arco official site. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. "Superb Shakhtar complete Roma conquest". UEFA. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. "Notiziario" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  5. "Speciale Calciomercato" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  6. "Esercizio dei diritti di opzione e controopzione e rapporti di partecipazione ex Art.102bis NOIF" (pdf) (in Italian). AS Roma. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  7. "Speciale calciomercato" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. "Esercizio Dei Diritti Di Opzione E Controopzione E Rapporti Di Partecipazione Ex Art. 102 Bis Noif" (in Italian). AS Roma. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  9. "Calciomercato e news" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  10. "Operazioni di mercato" (in Italian). AS Roma. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  11. "Operazioni di mercato" (in Italian). AS Roma. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  12. "Speciale Calciomercato" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

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