Andrea Caracciolo

Andrea Caracciolo (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa kaˈrattʃolo]; born 18 September 1981) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Italian club Lumezzane. He is also a full Italy international, having made two senior appearances between 2004 and 2006.

Andrea Caracciolo
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-09-18) 18 September 1981
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Lumezzane
Youth career
1998–2000 Sancolombano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Como 0 (0)
2001 → Pro Vercelli (loan) 10 (0)
2001–2005 Brescia 72 (26)
2002–2003 → Perugia (loan) 22 (2)
2005–2007 Palermo 62 (14)
2007–2008 Sampdoria 12 (1)
2008–2011 Brescia 122 (59)
2011–2012 Genoa 12 (1)
2012 → Novara (loan) 19 (2)
2012–2018 Brescia 205 (87)
2018–2020 FeralpiSalò 53 (20)
2020– Lumezzane 0 (0)
National team
2002 Italy U-20 2 (1)
2002–2004 Italy U-21 10 (1)
2004–2006 Italy 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2020

Biography

Born in Milan to a Southern family and raised in Cesano Boscone, he has a diploma in electrical engineering. He is a Milan fan and before becoming a professional footballer he often followed matches at San Siro. Caracciolo's family practiced football: his father, originally from Reggio Calabria, he was a midfielder in various Lombard teams; his brother Vincenzo played in Varese; Uncle Fortunato was awarded as the best player in an edition of the Viareggio Tournament. He is nicknamed Airone for his characteristic way of cheering which began after a sports newspaper in Perugia headlined an article about him: Vola airone ! He is married to Gloriana Falletta and has two twin children, Beatrice and Riccardo, born on 5 October 2011

Technical features

Complete striker, strong physically and in the air game, able to do the department alone, he prefers to protect the ball to get the team up favoring his teammates with the banks. Despite his size - which makes him dangerous on crosses and set kicks - he has good individual technique. In addition to knowing how to play with both feet, if necessary he can act as a second toe. In his repertoire, in addition to the sense of goal, the coldness from eleven meters falls. He proves to be a skilled penalty taker, he scored 49 penalties out of 60 kicked.


Club career

Caracciolo first football appearances were for Sancolombano of Italian Serie D (amateur league); later playing for Como and Pro Vercelli, both in professional leagues, before being signed by Brescia in June 2001, in co-ownership deal for lire 470 million (€242,735).[1]

Brescia

Caracciolo made his Serie A debut on 6 January 2002, against Bologna. In June 2002, Brescia bought him outright.[2]

During the 2002–03 Serie A season he played for Perugia, before returning to Brescia, scoring 12 goals at the end of the 2003–04 season.

Palermo

After the relegation of Brescia, he was signed by Palermo on 1 July 2005, for €9 million.,[3] with €3 million being converted to the signing of Davide Possanzini.[4] He soon became Luca Toni's replacement, who left for Fiorentina. In the 2005–06 season, Caracciolo played 35 games, scoring 9 goals.[5] In the next season, Caracciolo has limited chance since the arrival of Amauri and David Di Michele. He scored only 5 goals in 27 matches, and made 17 starts.[6]

Sampdoria

In June 2007 was sold to Sampdoria in a co-ownership bid, for €4.25 million.[3][7] as their centre forward Emiliano Bonazzoli is recovering from injury, Francesco Flachi, Fabio Bazzani and Fabio Quagliarella all left the club. That month also saw Caracciolo replaced Quagliarella, Quagliarella replaced Vincenzo Iaquinta and Fabrizio Miccoli replaced Caracciolo. Moreover, Sampdoria and Palermo formed numbers of swap deal in 2006 summer transfer windows, made there was a net debt of about €2.2 million from Palermo to Sampdoria on 30 June 2007 (without counting Caracciolo; or exactly €3.5 million ca in July 2006[8]);,[3] made the signing of Caracciolo again involved little cash.

He faced competition with Claudio Bellucci, Antonio Cassano and fit again Bonazzoli, which he made only 6 starts.

Return to Brescia

On 31 January 2008 Caracciolo agreed to return to Brescia in a permanent transfer,[9] for €7.05 million, with Sampdoria received half of the transfer fee (€3.55 million)[10] Yet, instead of receiving cash, Sampdoria signed Morris Donati and Mattia Mustacchio in co-ownership deal for €300,000 and €700,000 respectively and rested of the credit was used for signing Marius Stankevičius (€3M) in early July.[11]

Genoa & Novara

In 2011–12 Serie A, Caracciolo had half his rights bought by Genoa C.F.C. for €1.5 million in another co-ownership deal,[12] which the club was searching for a reliable centre forward for years; Genoa also failed to sign Antonio Floro Flores early in June and sell Sergio Floccari after the expire of loan. Caracciolo also re-joined former Como owner Enrico Preziosi, who signed former players of Genoa or Como in recent seasons, likes Abdoulay Konko (January 2011), Cesare Bovo (2011). However Caracciolo failed to meet the demand of the management team.

Novara

In January 2012 Genoa signed Italian internationals Alberto Gilardino and Rodrigo Palacio was recovered. It made Caracciolo no room in starting eleven. Caracciolo was loaned to Serie A struggler Novara (18th at that time), replacing the left of Riccardo Meggiorini. He scored his first goal on 12 February, marking the winner in a 1–0 shock exploit at Stadio San Siro against Inter.

In June 2012, Genoa sold back the 50% registration rights back to Brescia for €200,000.[13]

Brescia

Caracciolo became a member of Brescia in 2012–13 Serie B. On 22 November 2014, he scored a hat-trick of penalties in a 3–3 home draw against Carpi, match valid for 15th week of 2014–15 Serie B.[14]

Lumezzane

On 28 July 2020 he signed a 2-year contract with Lumezzane.[15]

International career

Caracciolo played for the Italy U-21 team, with whom he won a European U-21 Championship in 2004. He also earned a call-up to the 2002 squad.

Under manager Marcello Lippi, Caracciolo made his senior international debut for the Italian national team in a friendly match against Finland on 17 November 2004, held in Messina, coming on as a second-half substitute for Luca Toni; Italy won the match 1–0.[16]

On 16 August 2006 he was recalled to the Azzurri squad by new coach Roberto Donadoni for a friendly game against Croatia held in Livorno, replacing Cristiano Lucarelli in the 65th minute of the 2–0 defeat.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of 10 February 2018[18]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Como 2000–01 Serie C1 00——00
Pro Vercelli 2000–01 Serie C12 100——100
Brescia 2001–02 Serie A 72103[lower-alpha 1]0112
2003–04 3112003[lower-alpha 1]03412
2004–05 341210—3512
Total 722620608026
Perugia (loan) 2002–03 Serie A 22251—273
Palermo 2005–06 Serie A 359516[lower-alpha 2]14611
2006–07 275206[lower-alpha 2]1356
Total 6214711228117
Sampdoria 2007–08 Serie A 121206[lower-alpha 3]0273
Brescia 2007–08 Serie B 17800—178
2008–09 351522—3717
2009–10 392510—4025
2010–11 Serie A 331200—3312
Total 1246032—12762
Genoa 2011–12 Serie A 12100—121
Novara (loan) 2011–12 Serie A 19200—192
Brescia 2012–13 Serie B 391711—4018
2013–14 321811—3319
2014–15 291432—3216
2015–16 321100—3211
2016–17 351400—3514
2017–18 351320—3713
Total 1908374—19787
Career total 523189268242573199
  1. All appearance(s) in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  2. All appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  3. Two appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup, four appearances in UEFA Cup

International
As of 16 August 2006[19][20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 200410
200500
200610
Total20

References
  1. Calcio Como SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2001 (in Italian), CCIAA
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20071118213039/http://www.lega-calcio.it/ita/partecipazioni2002.pdf
  3. US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2007 (in Italian)
  4. US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2006 (in Italian)
  5. 2005–06 La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile
  6. 2006–07 La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile
  7. "Caracciolo alla Sampdoria in compartecipazione". US Città di Palermo (in Italian). 22 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  8. Aimo Diana, Marco Pisano to Palermo for €9 million and Massimo Bonanni, Pietro Accardi and Christian Terlizzi to Sampdoria for €5.5 million
  9. "Caracciolo al Brescia. Arrivano i giovani Mustacchio e Donati" (in Italian). sampdoria.it. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
  10. US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
  11. UC Sampdoria Report and Accounts on 31 December 2008 (in Italian)
  12. Genoa CFC SpA Report and Accounts on 31 December 2011 (in Italian)
  13. Genoa CFC SpA Report and Accounts on 31 December 2012 (in Italian)
  14. "Serie B: Brescia-Carpi 3–3, gol e highlights. Video". Datasport.it. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  15. "Comunicato: nuovo accordo con ANDREA CARACCIOLO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lumezzane. 28 July 2020.
  16. "Non male l'Italia sperimentale Miccoli-gol per battere la Finlandia" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 17 November 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  17. "Non va la nuova Italia di Donadoni La Croazia è più avanti: 0–2 a Livorno" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  18. "Italy - A. Caracciolo - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  19. "Andrea Caracciolo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  20. "Andrea Caracciolo - national football team player". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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