Emilio Caprile

Emilio Caprile ( born September 30, 1928 in Genoa ) is an Italian former footballer who aground during his playing career for various clubs, and for the Italian national football team.

Career

Association

Emilio Caprile began his career in 1945 at Genoa. For the Genoese, the attacker was active in the 1945/46 season, here he was granted him to assert themselves and to represent an important role in the team. Then Caprile went to FS Sestrese Calcio 1919. Though he again stayed there only a year, he managed the striker with second division with his performances to advance to the regulars. Shortly thereafter participated in the AC Legnano under contract in which Caprile again no longer than one season belonged to the squad. In the summer of 1948 was the then 19 -year-old an offer from the first division club Juventus and then joined the club on. The people of Turin Caprile met renowned competitors, since the attack with Giampiero Boniperti, John Hansen, John Pløger and discretion Muccinelli was occupied admirably.

He then worked for two years for Atalanta Bergamo active before the offensive player again returned to Juventus and with Juve in the season 1951/52, won the Scudetto. After a year he left the club again, and then played one season for Lazio and Calcio Como. After the AC Legnano was relegated at end of season 1953/54, from the series A, to Caprile the Lombard club joined the second time after 1947. During the four years of his work followed in the season 1956/57, the renewed decline and the fall in the third- highest division, then called C series. After its chances of promotion he could not accomplish with the team, he went for a year to the amateur club AC Sammargheritese.

National

Caprile was first appointed in 1948 in the Italian selection to host the Summer Olympics, for which he made ​​his debut in the match against the United States on August 2, 1948. In the 9-0 win in the second round against the United States, this was equivalent to the highest international match victory of the Italian national team, once his first goal, he managed it. Three days later he met with the Squadra Azzurra in Highbury Stadium in the quarterfinals to Denmark, the game ended in a 5-3 win for Denmark. John Hansen scored four goals for the Danes, Caprile was successful with the equalizer to make it 2-2.

For the hosting of the FIFA World Cup 1950, the attackers by national coach Ferruccio Novo, was nominated as part of the Italian selection for the final round of the tournament. In the two games of the preliminary round against Sweden and Paraguay him Gino Cappello, Riccardo Carapellese, Ermes Muccinelli, Giampiero Boniperti and Amedeo Amadei were preferred. Following the departure of the Italian national team in the preliminary round Caprile disappeared from view of the national team and subsequently received no further levies for the Italian national team.