Manuel Vicente Capasso (born 19 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Paraguayan club Olimpia on loan from Brazilian side Vasco da Gama.[3]

Manuel Capasso
Personal information
Full name Manuel Vicente Capasso
Date of birth (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team
Olimpia (on loan from Vasco da Gama)
Number 22
Youth career
2013–2015 Acassuso
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Acassuso 88 (5)
2018–2019 Defensa y Justicia 0 (0)
2019–2020 Aldosivi 0 (0)
2019–2020Platense (loan) 17 (2)
2020–2021 Newell's Old Boys 16 (1)
2022 Atlético Tucumán 30 (1)
2023– Vasco da Gama 15 (2)
2024–Olimpia (loan) 17 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024

Career

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Acassuso were Capasso's opening career club, he joined them in 2013.[4] He was promoted into their senior squad under manager Walter Otta during the 2015 Primera B Metropolitana, marking his professional debut with a late cameo off the substitutes bench against Platense on 17 July.[1][5] Capasso scored the first goals of his career in November 2016, netting in consecutive league fixtures versus Deportivo Español and Deportivo Riestra.[1] He left Acassuso at the end of 2017–18, having made eighty-nine appearances while scoring five times for the club.[1][6] On 1 July 2018, Capasso was signed by Primera División side Defensa y Justicia.[1]

After no matches in five months for Defensa y Justicia, Capasso terminated his contract in January 2019 to move to fellow Primera División team Aldosivi.[7][8] He didn't appear competitively across the next seven months, subsequently leaving on loan in July 2019 to Primera B Nacional's Platense - the opponents of his career debut.[1] He scored goals for them against Estudiantes and Agropecuario in sixteen appearances.[9]

In February 2023, Capasso was transferred to the Brazilian Club Vasco da Gama.[3]

Career statistics

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As of 6 October 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Acassuso 2015 Primera B Metropolitana 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2016 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2016–17 32 2 0 0 0 0 32 2
2017–18 33 3 0 0 1[a] 0 34 3
Total 88 5 0 0 1 0 89 5
Defensa y Justicia 2018–19 Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aldosivi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Platense (loan) 2019–20 Primera B Nacional 16 2 1 0 0 0 17 2
Career total 104 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 106 7
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Primera B Metropolitana play-offs

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Argentina - M. Capasso". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ^ Manuel Capasso at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b "Vasco acerta a contratação do zagueiro Manuel Capasso – Vasco da Gama" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de MANUEL CAPASSO". BDFA. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Capasso: Somos un equipo muy capaz, muy maduro". Mundo Ascenso. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Nuevos sueños en Florencio Varela". Vavel. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Aldosivi concretó su primer refuerzo". La Capital MdP. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  8. ^ ""Vuelvo a Aldosivi para jugar y ser importante", dijo Manuel Capasso". InfoBrisas. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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