Massimiliano Cappioli

Massimiliano Cappioli
Massimiliano Cappioli
Personal information
Date of birth January 17, 1968 (1968-01-17) (age 43)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Pescatori Ostia
1986–1988 AS Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1988–1993 Cagliari 144 (25)
1993–1996 AS Roma 90 (15)
1996–1998 Udinese 24 (3)
1998 Atalanta 11 (0)
1998–1999 Bologna 22 (1)
1999–2000 Perugia 13 (2)
2000–2002 Palermo 57 (16)
2003 Taranto 9 (2)
2008–2009 Pescatori Ostia
National team
1994 Italy 1 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2009 Pescatori Ostia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Massimiliano Cappioli (born January 17, 1968 in Rome) is a former Italian professional football midfielder.

After having spent his early years in the AS Roma youth system, he moved to Cagliari in 1988 and played five seasons with the Sardinian side. The Serie C1 club, managed by Claudio Ranieri, obtained two consecutive promotions in 1989 and 1990, and Cappioli played three Serie A seasons with the rossoblu before to return at AS Roma in 1993. In 1994 he made his one and only appearance for the Italian national team, a 0-1 home loss in Naples to France. He left Roma in December 1996 for Udinese and successively moved to several other Serie A clubs in the next years.

In 2000 he signed for Palermo of Serie C1, captaining the side to win the league and being its topscorer with 13 goals, also thanks to the fact he was the main penalty kicker. After another season with Palermo, he left the rosanero in 2002. After several months of inactivity, he signed on February 2003 for Taranto, but failed to impress, and retired at the end of the season.

In September 2008 he made a comeback into football, returning as a player/manager to his childhood team Pescatori Ostia in the Eccellenza league, together with former professional players Marco Delvecchio and Antonio Criniti.[1]

References

  1. ^ "CAPPIOLI raggiunge DEL VECCHIO alla PESCATORI OSTIA" (in Italian). La Roma Siamo Noi. 2008-09-02. http://www.laromasiamonoi.it/?action=read&idnotizia=3724. Retrieved 2008-09-19. 

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