Riccardo Capellini

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Riccardo Capellini
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Cremona, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back [1]
Youth career
–2015 Cremonese
2015–2019 Juventus
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Juventus 0 (0)
2019–2020Pistoiese (loan) 17 (0)
2020–2021Juventus U23 (res.) 24 (0)
2021–2022Mirandés (loan) 21 (0)
2022–2025 Benevento 72 (4)
2025- Pescara 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 April 2025

Riccardo Capellini (born 1 March 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

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Club career

Juventus

He joined Juventus in June 2015. [2] He eventually joined their Under-19 side and participated in Campionato Primavera 1 and also 2017–18 and 2018–19 editions of the UEFA Youth League. [3] [4] He was also included for the 2018–19 Serie C squad of Juventus U23, but did not see any time on the field for them that season.

Loan to Pistoiese

On 22 August 2019, he joined Serie C club Pistoiese on a season-long loan. [5] He made his professional Serie C debut for Pistoiese on 25 August 2019 in a game against AlbinoLeffe, substituting Paolo Dametto in the 69th minute. [6] He made his first start on 1 September 2019 against Pergolettese.

Juventus U23

Capellini's first game for Juventus U23 came on 3 October 2020, in a 2–1 win over Giana Erminio. [7]

Loan to Mirandés

On 20 July 2021, Capellini was loaned to Spanish side Mirandés in the Segunda División. [8]

Benevento

On 21 June 2022, Capellini left Juventus to join Benevento. [9]

Pescara

At the start of the 2025/26 Serie B season, Capellini joined Pescara

References

  1. Riccardo Capellini at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Juve, dalla Cremonese arriva Capellini". Giovani Bianco Neri (in Italian). 17 June 2015.
  3. Riccardo Capellini at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  4. "Juventus U19 v Manchester United U19 game report". UEFA. 7 November 2018.
  5. "È arancione il difensore Riccardo Capellini. Rinnovo per Luka" (Press release) (in Italian). Pistoiese. 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019.
  6. "Pistoiese v AlbinoLeffe game report". Soccerway. 25 August 2019.
  7. Baridon, Marco (3 October 2020). "Giana Erminio-Juventus U23 1-2: Marques e Ranocchia regalano il bis". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  8. JuventusNews24, Redazione (20 July 2021). "Juventus U23, ufficiale: Riccardo Capellini in prestito al Mirandes". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "RICCARDO CAPELLINI È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL BENEVENTO" (Press release) (in Italian). Benevento. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.