Pierluigi Cappelluzzo (born 9 June 1996) is an Italian

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who plays as striker.

Career

Cappelluzzo is a youth exponent from

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

. He scored his first

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

goal on his debut on 8 February 2014 against

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. He joined

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as Hellas Verona or simply Verona, is a professional Italian football club based in Verona, Italy, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the Serie A Championship in 1984–85. His ...

in 2014 from

. In January 2017 he signed a new -year contract. On 5 July 2017 he was loaned to

Pescara Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxim ...

. On 30 January 2019 he was loaned to Imolese. On 24 August 2019 he joined

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on loan. On 5 October 2020 Verona sold his rights to

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

club Viterbese. The contract with Viterbese was terminated by mutual consent on 1 February 2021.

References

1996 births Living people People from Montepulciano Sportspeople from the Province of Siena Italian footballers Men's association football forwards A.C.R. Siena 1904 players Hellas Verona FC players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Imolese Calcio 1919 players U.S. Pistoiese 1921 players U.S. Viterbese 1908 players Serie B players Serie C players Footballers from Tuscany {{Italy-footy-forward-1990s-stub