Max Caputo
{{short description|Australian soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Max Caputo
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|8|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Australia
| height = 186 cm
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Melbourne City
| clubnumber = 17
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Essendon Royals
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Sunshine George Cross
| youthyears3 = 2018–2021
| youthclubs3 = Melbourne City
| years1 = 2021–
| clubs1 = Melbourne City NPL
| caps1 = 41
| goals1 = 27
| years2 = 2021–
| clubs2 = Melbourne City
| caps2 = 42
| goals2 = 7
| nationalyears1 = 2022–
| nationalteam1 = Australia U20
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| club-update = 13 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 2 August 2024
}}
Max Caputo (born 17 August 2005) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Melbourne City.{{cite web|url=https://www.essendonroyals.com.au/new-blog/2021/4/23/essendon-royals-junior-max-caputo-earns-scholarship-contract-at-melbourne-city|title=Essendon Royals junior Max Caputo earns scholarship contract at Melbourne City — Essendon Royals Soccer Club|website=essendonroyals.com.au|access-date=6 June 2021|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606081521/https://www.essendonroyals.com.au/new-blog/2021/4/23/essendon-royals-junior-max-caputo-earns-scholarship-contract-at-melbourne-city|url-status=dead}}
Career
=Melbourne City=
On 23 April 2021, Caputo earned a scholarship contract at A-League club Melbourne City after spending four years in their youth setup. After some first-team players had left their squad during the 2020–21 season, it was rumoured that Max Caputo would fill into their squad in a Melbourne Derby.{{cite web|url=https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/caputo-it-was-a-crazy-experience|title=Caputo: It was a crazy experience|date=9 June 2021|publisher=Football Australia|website=Melbourne City FC}} At age 15, Caputo made his senior professional debut on 6 June 2021 against Melbourne Victory as a substitute.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ALeague/status/1401471423961616384|title=What a moment for 15-year-old Max Caputo coming on for his #ALeague debut 👏|publisher=A-League|website=Twitter}} He had his second appearance in the A-League at the age of 17 on 2 April 2023 when he was substituted in the 90th minute and scored the equaliser two minutes later, becoming Melbourne City's youngest ever goalscorer in the league.{{cite web|url=https://keepup.com.au/news/live-blog-isuzu-ute-a-league-analysis-reaction-scores-april-2/|title= 'That's why I brought him on': City's new teen prodigy makes history with last gasp header|date= 2 April 2023}}
Career statistics
{{updated|3 August 2024}}{{soccerway|max-caputo/716370}}{{cite web|url=https://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=199912045&client=0-10178-0-391994-21697631|title=Player statistics for Max Caputo (2021)|access-date=9 June 2021|publisher=SportsTG|website=GameDay}}{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/team_info.cgi?action=PSTATS&pID=208646984&client=0-10178-196649-598158-26837508|title=Player statistics for Max Caputo|access-date=7 July 2022|publisher=SportsTG|website=GameDay}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Asia !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5"|Melbourne City NPL
|2021 |rowspan="2"|NPL Victoria 3 |13 | 12 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 2022
|13 | 9 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 9 | ||||
| 2023
|10 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 3 | ||||
| 2024
|5 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 3 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!41 | 27 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 27 | ||||
| rowspan="6"|Melbourne City
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22
|rowspan="4"|A-League Men |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24
|21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25
|0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 4 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!68 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 31 |
Honours
Melbourne City
- A-League Men Premiership: 2022–23{{cite AV media | date = 28 April 2023 | title = Melbourne City vs. Western Sydney Wanderers | type = Television production | language = English | url = https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/a-league-men/video/XCCbh5pPClOrv1rLRixGEAO9JaKmWdVw/full-match-replay-melbourne-city-vs-western-sydney-wanderers/ | access-date = 7 May 2023 | time = 2:26:30 | location = Australia | publisher = Paramount+}}
- A-League Championship : 2024–25
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|max-caputo/716370}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Melbourne City FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caputo, Max}}
Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Melbourne City FC players
Category:National Premier Leagues players
Category:Victoria Premier League players
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Australian people of Italian descent
Category:Australia men's under-20 international soccer players
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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