Davide Ugo Capello (born 27 September 1984) is a former Italian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Nuoro Nuoro ( ; ) is a city and (municipality) in central-eastern Sardinia, Italy, situated on the slopes of Mount Ortobene. It is the capital of the province of Nuoro. With a population of 36,347 (2011), it is the sixth-largest city in Sardinia. Its ...

, Sardinia, Capello started his career at Sardinian side

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. During the 2002–03 season, due to the suspension of Armando Pantanelli, he played as Paolo Mancini's backup on 26 January 2003 against

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. He won promotion to Serie A as

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Runner-up in 2004. He was the third keeper behind

Gennaro Iezzo Gennaro Iezzo (born 8 June 1973) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the head coach of Serie D club Chieti. Playing career Iezzo began his career at hometown club Juve Stabia before moving on to pla ...

and

Fanis Katergiannakis Fanis Katergiannakis (, born 16 February 1974) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Ethnikos Pylaias Katergiannakis started his career in the young team for Ethnikos Pylaias a team in his town in Tr ...

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season. In January 2005, he left for

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in exchange with Luca Tomasig. In August 2005, he left for

Olbia Olbia (, ; ; ) is a city and communes of Italy, commune of 61,000 inhabitants in the Italy, Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called in the Roman age, Civita in the Middle ...

in co-ownership deal. In January 2007, he left for Nuorese. In the 2008–09 season, he played for

Alghero Alghero (; ; ; ) is a city of about 45,000 inhabitants in the Italian province of Sassari in the north west of the island of Sardinia, next to the Mediterranean Sea. The city's name comes from ''Aleguerium'', which is a mediaeval Latin word m ...

and in the 2009–10 season he played for

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side

Budoni Budoni (Gallurese: ''Budùni'', ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about southeast of Olbia. As of 31 December 2014, it had a population of 5,125 an ...

. In July 2013 he joined

Savona Savona (; ) is a seaport and (municipality) in the west part of the northern Italian region of Liguria, and the capital of the Province of Savona. Facing the Ligurian Sea, Savona is the main center of the Riviera di Ponente (the western se ...

as goalkeeping coach, however he also played once for the first team. In December 2013 he returned to Sardinia.

International career

In 2004, Capello was called up to the Italy U20 team ( U21 feeder team) and played 3 times. In 2005, he was called to Italy U21 B team specially for

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, for a preparation match against Serie D Best XI. He played his only match with the team against Morocco.

Personal life

After retirement in December 2013, Capello started work as a firefighter. Capello was one of the survivors of

Ponte Morandi (English: Morandi Bridge), officially (English: Polcevera Viaduct), was a road viaduct in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, constructed between 1963 and 1967 along the Autostrada A10 (Italy), A10 motorway over the Polcevera, Polcevera River, from which i ...

bridge collapsing on 14 August 2018; his car fell , but he managed to walk away unscathed. https://web.archive.org/web/20180814233011/https://www.afp.com/en/news/207/former-cagliari-keeper-survives-apocalyse-genoa-bridge-collapse-doc-18d4ap3

References

External links

Profile at AIC.Football.it
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Profile at FIGC
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