Emilio Caprile

{{Infobox football biography

| name=Emilio Caprile

| image=

| fullname = Emilio Caprile

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|9|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Genoa, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|3|5|1928|9|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Genoa

| height = {{height|m=1.72|precision=0}}

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1945–1946

| years2 = 1946–1947

| years3 = 1947–1948

| years4 = 1948–1949

| years5 = 1949–1951

| years6 = 1951–1952

| years7 = 1952–1953

| years8 = 1953–1954

| years9 = 1954–1958

| clubs1 = Genoa

| clubs2 = Sestrese

| clubs3 = Legnano

| clubs4 = Juventus

| clubs5 = Atalanta

| clubs6 = Juventus

| clubs7 = Lazio

| clubs8 = Como

| clubs9 = Legnano

| caps1 = 65

| caps2 = ?

| caps3 = 34

| caps4 = 32

| caps5 = 62

| caps6 = 5

| caps7 = 20

| caps8 = 21

| caps9 = 127

| goals1 = ?

| goals2 = 18

| goals3 = 12

| goals4 = 9

| goals5 = 16

| goals6 = 2

| goals7 = 2

| goals8 = 3

| goals9 = 34

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1948–1950

| nationalteam1 = Italy

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 1950

| nationalteam2 = Italy B{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-b-intres-det.html |title=England – International Results B-Team – Details |first=Barrie |last=Courtney |date=22 May 2014 |website=RSSSF |accessdate=21 April 2017}}

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Emilio Caprile ({{IPA|it|eˈmiːljo kaˈpriːle}}; 30 September 1928 – 5 March 2020) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward. A versatile player, he was capable of playing both as a striker and as a left winger.

Club career

Born in Genoa, Emilio Caprile's Serie A debut came at 17 years of age with Genoa in 1945 then Sestrese in Serie B as well as Legnano before going to Juventus. With Juventus he won the championship having only played five games and scoring 2 goals. Tired of riding the bench he went to Atalanta for two seasons and then to Lazio, Como in Serie B, returning finally to Legnano in Serie C. He retired after 13 seasons.

International career

Caprile made his senior international debut for Pozzo's Italy national team in the round of 16 of the 1948 London Olympics on 2 August 1948,{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26019 |title=Emilio Caprile |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 October 2021}} also scoring a goal in a 9–0 win over the United States, in Brentford, at the age of 19 years, 10 months, and 2 days, making him one of Italy's youngest ever debutants.{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1997/ottobre/31/esordienti_battuto_Maldini_piu_giovane_ga_0_9710312373.shtml|title=esordienti: ha battuto Maldini, il piu' giovane rimane Bergomi|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|date=31 October 1997|accessdate=9 August 2016}} He also made another appearance in the tournament, playing in the quarterfinals, scoring a goal in Italy's 5–3 loss to Denmark. These were the only two appearances that Caprile made for Italy between 1948 and 1950. In total, he scored two goals for Italy. He was the youngest player on Italy's 1950 World Cup team, but one of four players who did not see any action throughout the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=266&squadra=1|title=Caprile, Emilio|publisher=FIGC|language=Italian|accessdate=9 August 2016}}

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	2 August 1948	Brentford, Great Britain	{{fb\|USA}}	align=center\|9–0	align=center\| 9–0	rowspan=2\| 1948 Summer Olympics
2.	5 August 1948	Highbury, Great Britain	{{fb\|DEN}}	align=center\|2–2	align=center\| 3–5