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Elia Caprile
Personal information
Full name Elia Caprile[1]
Date of birth (2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Verona, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Leeds United
Youth career
0000–2018 Chievo Verona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Chievo Verona 0 (0)
2020– Leeds United 0 (0)
2021-Aurora Pro Patria (loan) 4 (0)
International career
2019– Italy U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:23, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:54, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Elia Caprile (born 25 August 2001) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie C side Aurora Pro Patria on loan from Premier League club Leeds United as a goalkeeper. His only previous club is Italian side Chievo Verona.

Career

Chievo Verona

Born in Verona,[2] he progressed through the youth ranks at his hometown club Chievo Verona and played for the club's under-17 and under-19 sides before being promoted to the reserve team. Without making a senior appearance for the club, Caprile was named on the bench in three competitions; Serie A, Serie B and Coppa Italia.[3]

Leeds United

Caprile joined English club Leeds United for an undisclosed fee on 21 January 2020 making him the Yorkshire club's first signing of the transfer window.[4] He featured three times for the club's under-23 side before the curtailment of the season, conceding just four goals.[5][6][7]

Aurora Pro Patria 1919 (loan)

Caprile joined Aurora Pro Patria on loan for the 2021/22 campaign in the summer of 2021 for an undisclosed loan fee.[8]

International career

Caprile has earned a solitary cap for Italy's Under-18 side against France Under-18s in February 2019. After Caprile's entrance at half-time, his side gave up three goals in a 3-0 defeat.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 23rd June 2020: Leeds United" (PDF). 23 June 2020. p. 15. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Elia Caprile at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Who is goalkeeper Elia Caprile? Leeds United's first winter signing profiled as Chievo Verona stopper joins". www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Elia Caprile: Leeds United sign Chievo goalkeeper on three-and-a-half-year deal". BBC Sport. pp. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "U23 Report: Leeds United 1-2 Derby County". www.leedsunited.com. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. ^ "U23 Report: Leeds United 4-1 Bolton Wanderers". www.leedsunited.com. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. ^ "U23 Report: Leeds United 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers". www.leedsunited.com. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Elia Caprile completes loan move". www.leedsunited.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Elia Caprile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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