Gianluca Caprari

Gianluca Caprari

Caprari in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-07-30) 30 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Monza
Number	10
Youth career
2003–2011	Roma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Roma	3	(0)
2012–2013	Pescara	38	(5)
2013–2014	Roma	1	(0)
2014–2016	Pescara	71	(16)
2016–2017	Inter Milan	0	(0)
2016–2017	→ Pescara (loan)	35	(9)
2017–2022	Sampdoria	73	(14)
2020	→ Parma (loan)	12	(2)
2020–2021	→ Benevento (loan)	30	(5)
2021–2022	→ Hellas Verona (loan)	35	(12)
2022–2023	Hellas Verona	0	(0)
2022–2023	→ Monza (loan)	37	(5)
2023–	Monza	25	(2)
International career‡
2011	Italy U18	4	(1)
2011	Italy U19	3	(1)
2013	Italy U20	2	(0)
2022–	Italy	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022

Gianluca Caprari (born 30 July 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Monza and the Italy national team.

Club 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 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]}

Inter Milan and Sampdoria

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]

Sampdoria

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]

Parma (loan)

On 31 January 2020, Caprari joined Parma on loan with an option to buy. ^[18]

Benevento (loan)

On 4 September 2020, Caprari joined Benevento on loan until 30 June 2021. ^[19]

Hellas Verona

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. ^[21]

Monza (loan)

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]

International career

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. ^[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 January 2025 ^{[25] [26]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	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 [a]	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 [b]	0	24	2
	2015–16	Serie B	38	13	1	0	—		4 [b]	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	19	2	2	1	—		—		21	3
	Total		62	7	4	2	0	0	0	0	66	9
Career total			359	71	21	6	3	0	8	0	392	77

1. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs

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. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
3. "Superb Shakhtar complete Roma conquest". UEFA. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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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.
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13. "Alcuni movimenti del Pescara in questa prima fase di mercato" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
14. "2015 RELAZIONE FINANZIARIA ANNUALE" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
15. "Caprari joins Inter". www.inter.it (Press release). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
16. "Caprari è blucerchiato, arriva dall'Inter a titolo definitivo" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
17. "Ranieri gets first win as Sampdoria coach".
18. "UFFICIALE: Parma, preso Caprari in prestito con diritto di riscatto" . Retrieved 31 January 2020.
19. "UFFICIALE: Benevento, colpo Caprari. Arriva dalla Samp in prestito con diritto di riscatto".
20. "C'è Caprari per l'attacco gialloblù" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
21. "Benvenuto Gianluca Caprari". A.C. Monza (in Italian). 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
22. Panza, Filippo (7 August 2022). "Coppa Italia, il Monza riparte da Gytkjaer e batte 3–2 il Frosinone!". MBNews (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
23. "Pessina si sblocca e il Monza vince ancora: buio pesto Sampdoria". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
24. "Una 'Finalissima' per salutare l'azzurro. Chiellini: "Lascio senza rimpianti, l'Europeo il ricordo più bello"". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
25. Gianluca Caprari at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
26. Gianluca Caprari at WorldFootball.net

External links

• Profile at A.C. Monza (in Italian)
• Gianluca Caprari FIGC Italy U18 profile (in Italian)
• Gianluca Caprari FIGC Italy U19 profile (in Italian)
• Gianluca Caprari FIGC Italy U20 profile (in Italian)
• Gianluca Caprari FIGC Italy profile (in Italian)