Elio Capradossi
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File:ElioCapradossi (cropped).jpeg Capradossi with Cagliari in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 March 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Kampala, Uganda | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Lazio | ||
| 2003–2010 | Lodigiani | ||
| 2010–2016 | Roma | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Roma | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | → Bari (loan) | 34 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Spezia (loan) | 19 | (3) |
| 2019–2022 | Spezia | 33 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → SPAL (loan) | 32 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | Cagliari | 16 | (0) |
| 2024 | Lecco | 6 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Cittadella | 16 | (0) |
| 2025– | Universitatea Cluj | 11 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Italy U16 | 5 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Italy U17 | 26 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Italy U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Italy U19 | 8 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | Italy U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Italy U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2024– | Uganda | 11 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025 | |||
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Elio Capradossi (born 11 March 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.[1] A former youth international for Italy, he plays for the Uganda national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Capradossi is a product of Roma youth academy. He won the 2015–2016 Italian U19 Championship with Roma's U19 team as the squad captain.
In the summer 2016 he was loaned to Bari in Serie B. He made his league debut on 24 September 2016 playing as a starter in the match against Benevento at Stadio San Nicola. In January 2018, after one season and a half spent at Bari, he returned to Roma.[2]
On 6 May 2018 he made his debut with Roma in a 1–0 away victory against Cagliari where he was played in the starting 11.[2]
On 20 July 2018, Capradossi signed to Serie B side Spezia on loan until 30 June 2019.[3]
On 1 August 2019, Capradossi signed to Serie B club Spezia on a four-year contract.[4]
In August 2019 Capradossi was acquired by the Spezia Calcio[5] and in July 2020 had a serious injury to the anterior cruciate ligament which blocked his playing activity for the subsequent ten months. On 23 May 2021, the Spezia-Roma match will sign his return in Serie A after three years.[6]
On 1 September 2022, Capradossi signed a two-year contract with Cagliari.[7] On 22 January 2024, his contract with Cagliari was dissolved by mutual consent.[8]
On 2 February 2024, Capradossi joined Serie B club Lecco.[9]
On 25 November 2024, Capradossi signed with Cittadella in Serie B.[10]
On 2 July 2025, Capradossi signed a deal with Romanian club Universitatea Cluj.[11]
International career
[edit | edit source]He represented the Italy U17 side at the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
He made his debut with the U21 team on 5 October 2017, in a friendly match won 6–2 against Hungary.
He decided to accept a call-up from Uganda in June 2024, being able to switch nationality thanks to his birthplace.[12] He made his debut for Uganda on 7 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Botswana at the Mandela National Stadium. He played the full game as Uganda won 1–0.[13]
Playing style
[edit | edit source]Capradossi has been compared to Angelo Ogbonna because of his ethnicity, strength, height and skill.[14] He has been credited for his abilities in passing and intercepting the ball, as well as his physicality and heading skills.[15]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Capradossi was born in Kampala, Uganda to an Italian father and a DR Congolese mother, and moved to Italy at the age of two. He received citizenship from his father who was the former director of Roma's rugby team.[14]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]International
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 14 October 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 1 | |
- As of match played 5 September 2025. Uganda score listed first, score column indicates score after each Capradossi goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 September 2025 | Mandela National Stadium, Kampala, Uganda | File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Italy U17
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship runner-up: 2013
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Kampala
- Footballers from Rome
- Ugandan men's footballers
- 21st-century Ugandan sportsmen
- Uganda men's international footballers
- Italian men's footballers
- Italy men's under-21 international footballers
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Italian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Ugandan people of Italian descent
- Ugandan people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Ugandan emigrants to Italy
- Men's association football central defenders
- Serie A players
- AS Roma players
- Serie B players
- SSC Bari players
- Spezia Calcio players
- SPAL players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Calcio Lecco 1912 players
- AS Cittadella players
- Liga I players
- FC Universitatea Cluj players
- Italian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Ugandan expatriate men's footballers
- Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen