Lionel Cappone

Infobox Football biography
playername = Lionel Cappone


fullname =
height = height|m=1.83
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|02|8
cityofbirth = Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône
countryofbirth = France
currentclub = FC Lorient
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995 - 2000
2003 - 2004
2004 - 2005
2005 - 2006
2006 —
clubs = Olympique de Marseille
Besançon RC
Dijon FCO
Angers SCO
FC Lorient
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
38 (0)
03 (0)
00 (0)
01 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 2006-11-02
ntupdate =

Lionel Cappone (born February 81979) is a French professional football player. He plays for FC Lorient and is a goalkeeper.

Born in Marignane, a suburb of Marseille, he began his career at his local club, Olympique de Marseille. However, after several seasons without playing a single match, he joined Besançon RC, where he played every match in the 2002-03 Ligue 2 season.

Moving to another Ligue 2 club, Dijon FCO, he played just three matches in the 2003-04 season before moving to Angers SCO.

He moved to Ligue 1 club FC Lorient ahead of the 2006-07 season, where he was handed the number 1 shirt.

Cappone's debut for Lorient came on Saturday, October 282006, when he was brought on 12 minutes into Lorient's match against Valenciennes FC to replace the injured Fabien Audard. However, it lasted all of 12 minutes; after taking down an opposing striker, he was sent off and had to be replaced by midfielder Ulrich Le Pen, who make a few very good saves in Lorient's 1-0 shutout victory.

External links

* [http://www.lfp.fr/joueur/index.asp?no_joueur=11308 Lionel Cappone career stats] at lfp.fr