Nicolás Capaldo
Capaldo with Red Bull Salzburg in 2023
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Capaldo Toboas
Date of birth (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998
Place of birth Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Red Bull Salzburg
Number 7
Youth career
Deportivo Mac Allister
2015–2019 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Boca Juniors 14 (0)
2021– Red Bull Salzburg 59 (8)
International career‡
2018–2020 Argentina U23 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 February 2020

Nicolás Capaldo Taboas (born 14 September 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.[1]

Club career

Capaldo is a product of the Boca Juniors academy, he had been signed from Deportivo Mac Allister in 2015.[2][3] Gustavo Alfaro called the midfielder up in 2019, initially for the mid-season break where he featured in a Torneo de Verano friendly with Unión Santa Fe on 16 January.[1] After not being used while on the substitutes bench for away fixtures with San Martín and Belgrano, Capaldo made his debut in professional football during a Primera División match against Defensa y Justicia on 24 February at the Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello.[1][4][5]

International career

In September 2019, Capaldo was called up by the Argentina U23s ahead of an exhibition fixture with Bolivia.[6] He played his first match a few days later against Colombia, and scored his first goal for the team against Brazil in a 1–0 win for the Gran Canaria invitational tournament final.

Personal life

Born in Argentina, Capaldo is of Italian descent.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 December 2023.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 1010305[lower-alpha 1]0—100
2019–20 Argentine Primera División 130706012[lower-alpha 1]0—380
2020–21 Argentine Primera División 00001205[lower-alpha 1]0—170
Total 14080210220—650
Red Bull Salzburg 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 27362—8[lower-alpha 2]0—415
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 23420—5[lower-alpha 3]1—305
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 9010—4[lower-alpha 2]0—140
Total 59792—171—8510
Career total 7371722103900015010
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in Copa Libertadores.
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League.
  3. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League.

Honours

Boca Juniors

Red Bull Salzburg

Argentina U23

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Argentina – N. Capaldo". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ↑ ""Es un sueño que estoy cumpliendo"". La Arena. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Así formará Boca en el primer partido de Gustavo Alfaro: tres debuts en el amistoso ante Unión". La Nación. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Quiénes son las promesas que llevó Alfaro a la pretemporada de Boca y qué lugar les dará". Infobae. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "La Selección Sub 23 jugará ante Bolivia desde las 19, en el estadio de Banfield". AFA. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Da Capaldo e Valentini a Maestro Puch: tutti gli oriundi nel mirino di Mancini per l'Italia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
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