Daniel Cappelletti (born 9 October 1991) is an Italian

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who plays as a defender for club

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

. Cappelletti started his early career as a full-back, but transformed into

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with Südtirol.

Biography

Born in

Cantù Cantù (; Brianzöö: ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza. History The name could stem from that of the Canturigi, a population of I ...

, Lombardy, Cappelletti started his career at

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

and then Cantù San Paolo. In January 2009 he was signed by Sicily club

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

. He was a regular member of Primavera under-20 team in 2009–10 season. In August 2010 he left for

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club Padova along with

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, with option to buy half of the registration rights for €400,000 and €500,000 respectively. Cappelletti made his debut on 2 October, replacing

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at half time. That season he played 3 games in the Italian second division, substituted Crespo twice and left-back

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once. He made his only start in

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. That match Padova used a 3–4–3 formation and he was one of the 3 defenders. On 1 July 2011, he left for another second division club

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

along with Karim Laribi. However, he did not play any match for the first match but played for Sassuolo's Primavera (literally "Spring") team as overage player. On 5 January 2012, he moved to fellow second division club

Juve Stabia Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian football club based in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania. Juve Stabia currently plays in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football system. History The football in Castellammare di Stabia From St ...

. On 13 July 2012, Palermo agreed a loan deal with

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978� ...

club

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

, where he was a centre-back. On 11 July the temporary deal was renewed. On 4 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

. On 2 September 2023, Cappelletti moved to

Brindisi Brindisi ( , ) ; la, Brundisium; grc, Βρεντέσιον, translit=Brentésion; cms, Brunda), group=pron is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Histo ...

on a two-year contract. On 1 February 2024, Cappelletti moved to

until the end of the 2023–24 season.

Representative team

Cappelletti was selected by Lombardy regional "student" team for 2007 ''Coppa Nazionale Primavera'', a tournament compete by representative teams of Italian regions. The team finished as the second in the Group 3 and eliminated. He did not get any international caps until spotted by

Italy under-21 Serie B representative team Italy national under-21 football B team is the Italy national football team that represents Serie B at competitions and is controlled by the Lega B. Due to sponsorship reasons, the team was credited as Under-21 Serie B TIM until 2010. They are ...

in 2011, where he played as a left-back against

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

Selection twice and Russian First League Selection once.

References

External links

Football.it Profile

Lega Serie B Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cappelletti, Daniel 1991 births Sportspeople from the Province of Como Footballers from Lombardy Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Como 1907 players Palermo FC players Calcio Padova players US Sassuolo Calcio players SS Juve Stabia players AS Cittadella players LR Vicenza players Brindisi FC players AC Trento 1921 players Serie B players Serie C players