![]() Caputo with Virtus Entella in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 August 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Altamura, Italy | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Empoli | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Toritto | 20 | (14) |
2006–2007 | Altamura | 30 | (12) |
2007–2008 | Noicattaro | 29 | (11) |
2008–2015 | Bari | 142 | (48) |
2009–2010 | → Salernitana (loan) | 36 | (6) |
2010–2011 | → Siena (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2015–2017 | Virtus Entella | 80 | (35) |
2017–2019 | Empoli | 79 | (42) |
2019–2022 | Sassuolo | 63 | (32) |
2021–2022 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 36 | (11) |
2022–2023 | Sampdoria | 15 | (1) |
2023 | → Empoli (loan) | 21 | (5) |
2023– | Empoli | 16 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | Italy | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 15 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2020 |
FrancescoCaputo (born 6 August 1987), commonly known as Ciccio, is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Empoli. He has also represented the Italy national team.
Caputo started his career in the Pugliesi amateur divisions, first with Toritto and then with Real Altamura, before joining Bari in the summer of 2008. With the club, Caputo won the Serie B title during the 2008–09 season, but he was excluded from Bari's Serie A plans the following season. In mid-2009, he was loaned to Salernitana, along with his teammates Giuseppe Statella and Gianluca Galasso. The following season he was loaned out to Siena. He returned to Bari in 2011, and remained at the club for four seasons. [2]
In 2015, he joined Entella on loan with an option to buy; [3] at the end of the season, he was signed outright by the club. [4] He remained with Entella for two seasons, scoring 35 goals. [2]
On 18 August 2017, Empoli signed Caputo on a four-year contract for €2.8 million plus bonuses. [2] He helped Empoli win the Serie B title and achieve promotion to Serie A during the 2017–18 season, forming a prolific attacking partnership with Alfredo Donnarumma; together, the pair scored 49 goals, and Caputo finished as the top scorer in the league, with 26 goals, while Donnarumma finished as the second-highest scorer with 23. [5]
On 13 July 2019, Caputo signed to Sassuolo. [6]
On 31 August 2021, Caputo joined Sampdoria on loan with an obligation to buy. [7]
On 2 January 2023, Caputo returned to former club Empoli on loan with an obligation to buy should his new club avoid relegation. [8]
Caputo was called up to the senior Italy squad for the UEFA Nations League matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Netherlands in September 2020. [9] Caputo made his debut for the national team on 7 October 2020 in a 6–0 home friendly win against Moldova, scoring the match's second goal. [10] In so doing, he became the oldest player in history to score his debut goal for Italy at 33 years and 62 days. This was surpassed by Giacomo Bonaventura, who tallied his inaugural goal at 34 years, one month and 22 days on 14 October 2023 in a Euro 2024 qualifier against Malta. [11]
A technically gifted forward, with an eye for goal, Caputo mainly plays as a striker, although he is capable of playing anywhere along the front line. He is mainly known in the media for his pace, work-rate, movement off the ball, and his powerful and accurate striking ability. [12] [13] [14]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bari | 2008–09 | Serie B | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 10 |
2010–11 | Serie A | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 2 | |
2011–12 | Serie B | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10 | |
2012–13 | Serie B | 36 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 17 | |
2013–14 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2014–15 | Serie B | 38 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 11 | |
Total | 141 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 150 | 50 | ||
Salernitana (loan) | 2009–10 | Serie B | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 7 |
Siena (loan) | 2010–11 | Serie B | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
Virtus Entella | 2015–16 | Serie B | 40 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 17 |
2016–17 | Serie B | 40 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 18 | |
2017–18 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 80 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 35 | ||
Empoli | 2017–18 | Serie B | 41 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 26 |
2018–19 | Serie A | 38 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 16 | |
Total | 79 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 42 | ||
Sassuolo | 2019–20 | Serie A | 36 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 21 |
2020–21 | Serie A | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | |
2021–22 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 63 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 32 | ||
Sampdoria (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 11 |
Sampdoria | 2022–23 | Serie A | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
Total | 51 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 13 | ||
Empoli (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 21 | 5 | – | 21 | 5 | |
Empoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
Career total | 497 | 186 | 19 | 5 | 516 | 191 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Italy | 2020 | 2 | 1 |
Total | 2 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 7 October 2020 | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy | 1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
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