Ciro Capuano
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Ciro Capuano is an Italian footballer
presently playing for Calcio Catania
in the Italian Serie A.
when he was promoted from their youth squad in 1999. In his first and only first team season with the club, however, he would not make a single appearance. In 2000 Capuano moved north to play his football with Pisa Calcio
.
, Capuano instantly broke into the club's first team and managed and impressive 28 appearances, also scoring 2 goals. His second season with the club was again a successful one, as the left full back, managed an additional 30 league appearances and scored a career high 4 goals, during the 2002–03 Serie C1
season. He was linked with a host of Serie B
clubs, following the season, but decided to remain for the 2003–04 season. His 2003–04 season was, hampered by injury, however, and the player made just 19 league appearances. From 2000–2004 Capuano managed 7 goals in an impressive 99 league appearances, before he was purchased by Serie A
side Bologna F.C. 1909
, following his impressive spell in Pisa
.
, Capuano managed to make his Serie A
debut, and made 18 league appearances, also appearing for the club in the Coppa Italia
. At the conclusion of his first season, the club was relegated, following a play-out loss to Parma F.C.
. Despite the club's relegation, Capuano remained with the Emilia-Romagna
based club, hence, spent the next season with them in Serie B
. During the 2005–2006 Serie B
season, Bologna
wound up finishing in 8th position, and Capuano made nearly 40 appearances for the club, in all competitions.
His performances for the club, managed to find him as a sought after defender by many Serie A
clubs, including newly promoted Calcio Catania
, as well as Sicilian
rivals U.S. Città di Palermo
, and Chievo Verona. In 2006 he was snapped up by Palermo
.
capital during the 2006 summer transfer window. In his first season with the club, Capuano made just 7 appearances, and scored a single Serie A
goal. He was behind Italian international Fabio Grosso
, at the left wing back position. Following the sale of Fabio Grosso
, Capuano had hope to be the club's starting left back, and made 12 appearances during the first portion of the 2007–2008 Serie A
campaign, before the January purchase of former Juventus star, Federico Balzaretti
. Capuano again dropped to the bench, for the remainder of the season. His third season started off in the same fashion, and the player eventually transferred to Sicilian
rivals, Calcio Catania
, on loan for the second portion of the 2008–09 campaign.
, for the left back starting spot. He maintained his status for the entirety of his loan, and managed 18 league appearances, out of a possible 18 games. He also managed 1 goal. Catania
also notably defeated, former club, Palermo
, 4–0, at the Stadio Renzo Barbera
in the Sicilian
derby in May 2009. During the 2009 summer transfer window, Catania
chief, Pietro Lo Monaco, made the deal permanent and Capuano remained at the eastern Sicilian
club, after displaying impressive form during his loan period.
In two and a half seasons with Palermo
, Capuano made just 19 appearances for the club, scoring one goal, ironically, the same total appearances he made in just half a season with Catania
, if his solo Coppa Italia
appearance is noted.
Following his permanent transfer to Calcio Catania
, Capuano maintained his starting place for the 2009–10 Serie A
season, making 30 appearances, helping his side to a record points total for the club, in Serie A
, which led to a 13th place finish in the table, as well as a quarter final position in the Coppa Italia
. Capuano held his starting left back position for the 2010-11 season, albeit injury, and scored one of the goals of the season in a 1-1 drw with Milan in October 2010. In his three seasons with Catania
, the club has obtained three consecutive record points totals in the top flight
.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
presently playing for Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
in the Italian Serie A.
Empoli F.C.
Capuano started his professional career with Empoli F.C.Empoli F.C.
Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...
when he was promoted from their youth squad in 1999. In his first and only first team season with the club, however, he would not make a single appearance. In 2000 Capuano moved north to play his football with Pisa Calcio
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...
.
Pisa Calcio
In his first full season with the western Italian club, who, at the time were playing in the Italian Serie C1Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
, Capuano instantly broke into the club's first team and managed and impressive 28 appearances, also scoring 2 goals. His second season with the club was again a successful one, as the left full back, managed an additional 30 league appearances and scored a career high 4 goals, during the 2002–03 Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
season. He was linked with a host of Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
clubs, following the season, but decided to remain for the 2003–04 season. His 2003–04 season was, hampered by injury, however, and the player made just 19 league appearances. From 2000–2004 Capuano managed 7 goals in an impressive 99 league appearances, before he was purchased by Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
side Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
, following his impressive spell in Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
.
Bologna F.C.
In his first season with BolognaBologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
, Capuano managed to make his Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
debut, and made 18 league appearances, also appearing for the club in the Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
. At the conclusion of his first season, the club was relegated, following a play-out loss to Parma F.C.
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
. Despite the club's relegation, Capuano remained with the Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
based club, hence, spent the next season with them in Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
. During the 2005–2006 Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
season, Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
wound up finishing in 8th position, and Capuano made nearly 40 appearances for the club, in all competitions.
His performances for the club, managed to find him as a sought after defender by many Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
clubs, including newly promoted Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
, as well as Sicilian
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
rivals U.S. Città di Palermo
U.S. Città di Palermo
Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently...
, and Chievo Verona. In 2006 he was snapped up by Palermo
U.S. Città di Palermo
Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently...
.
U.S. Città di Palermo
Capuano officially transferred to the SicilianSicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
capital during the 2006 summer transfer window. In his first season with the club, Capuano made just 7 appearances, and scored a single Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
goal. He was behind Italian international Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. Grosso is primarily a left wingback, but can also play as left back. He is also a free kick, penalty kick and corner kick specialist...
, at the left wing back position. Following the sale of Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. Grosso is primarily a left wingback, but can also play as left back. He is also a free kick, penalty kick and corner kick specialist...
, Capuano had hope to be the club's starting left back, and made 12 appearances during the first portion of the 2007–2008 Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
campaign, before the January purchase of former Juventus star, Federico Balzaretti
Federico Balzaretti
Federico Balzaretti is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a left back for Serie A club Palermo and Italy national football team.-Club career:...
. Capuano again dropped to the bench, for the remainder of the season. His third season started off in the same fashion, and the player eventually transferred to Sicilian
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
rivals, Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
, on loan for the second portion of the 2008–09 campaign.
Calcio Catania
Capuano started his new adventure on a high, as he instantly surpassed Rocco SabatoRocco Sabato
Rocco Sabato is an Italian football player who currently plays for U.S. Triestina Calcio in the Italian Serie B. He plays as a defender, usually at left-back....
, for the left back starting spot. He maintained his status for the entirety of his loan, and managed 18 league appearances, out of a possible 18 games. He also managed 1 goal. Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
also notably defeated, former club, Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
, 4–0, at the Stadio Renzo Barbera
Stadio Renzo Barbera
Stadio Renzo Barbera is a football stadium in Palermo, Italy. It is currently home of U.S. Città di Palermo football team. The stadium was inaugurated on January 24, 1932 and was named Stadio Littorio in homage to the Fascism. The opening match was Palermo vs Atalanta, with Palermo winning 5–1...
in the Sicilian
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
derby in May 2009. During the 2009 summer transfer window, Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
chief, Pietro Lo Monaco, made the deal permanent and Capuano remained at the eastern Sicilian
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
club, after displaying impressive form during his loan period.
In two and a half seasons with Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
, Capuano made just 19 appearances for the club, scoring one goal, ironically, the same total appearances he made in just half a season with Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
, if his solo Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
appearance is noted.
Following his permanent transfer to Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...
, Capuano maintained his starting place for the 2009–10 Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
season, making 30 appearances, helping his side to a record points total for the club, in Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
, which led to a 13th place finish in the table, as well as a quarter final position in the Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
. Capuano held his starting left back position for the 2010-11 season, albeit injury, and scored one of the goals of the season in a 1-1 drw with Milan in October 2010. In his three seasons with Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
, the club has obtained three consecutive record points totals in the top flight
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
.