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| Date of birth | (1981-09-18)18 September 1981 (age 44) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lumezzane (chairman) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Alcione | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Lumezzane | 23 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Italy U20 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Italy U21 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Italy | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 February 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
Andrea Caracciolo (Italian pronunciation:[anˈdrɛːakaˈrattʃolo]; born 18 September 1981) is an Italianfootball director and former player, currently chairman ofLumezzane.
Astriker, Caracciolo was also a fullItaly international, having made two senior appearances between 2004 and 2006.
Born inMilan to a Southern family and raised inCesano Boscone, Caracciolo has a diploma in electrical engineering.
Caracciolo's family practiced football: his father, originally fromReggio Calabria, was a midfielder in various Lombard teams; his brother Vincenzo played in Varese, whereas his uncle Fortunato was awarded as the best player in an edition of theViareggio Tournament.
He is nicknamedAirone (Italian for "heron") for his characteristic way of cheering.
He is married to Gloriana Falletta and has two twin children, Beatrice and Riccardo, born on 5 October 2011.
Caracciolo first football appearances were forSancolombano of ItalianSerie D (amateur league); later playing forComo andPro Vercelli, both in professional leagues, before being signed byBrescia in June 2001, inco-ownership deal forlire 470 million (€242,735).[1]
Caracciolo made his Serie A debut on 6 January 2002, againstBologna. In June 2002, Brescia bought him outright.[2]
During the2002–03 Serie A season, he played forPerugia, before returning to Brescia, scoring 12 goals at the end of the2003–04 season.
After the relegation ofBrescia, he was signed byPalermo on 1 July 2005, for €9 million.,[3] with €3 million being converted to the signing ofDavide Possanzini.[4] He soon becameLuca Toni's replacement, who left forFiorentina. In the2005–06 season, Caracciolo played 35 games, scoring 9 goals.[5] In the next season, Caracciolo has limited chance since the arrival ofAmauri andDavid Di Michele. He scored only 5 goals in 27 matches, and made 17 starts.[6]
In June 2007, was sold toSampdoria in a co-ownership bid, for €4.25 million.[3][7] as their centre forwardEmiliano Bonazzoli is recovering from injury,Francesco Flachi,Fabio Bazzani andFabio Quagliarella all left the club. That month also saw Caracciolo replaced Quagliarella, Quagliarella replacedVincenzo Iaquinta andFabrizio 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 fromClaudio Bellucci,Antonio Cassano and fit again Bonazzoli, which he made only 6 starts.
On 31 January 2008, Caracciolo agreed to return toBrescia 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 signedMorris Donati andMattia Mustacchio in co-ownership deal for €300,000 and €700,000 respectively and rested of the credit was used for signingMarius Stankevičius (€3M) in early July.[11]
In2011–12 Serie A, Caracciolo had half his rights bought byGenoa 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 signAntonio Floro Flores early in June and sellSergio Floccari after the expire of loan. Caracciolo also re-joined former Como ownerEnrico Preziosi, who signed former players of Genoa or Como in recent seasons, likesAbdoulay Konko (January 2011),Cesare Bovo (2011). However Caracciolo failed to meet the demand of the management team.
In January 2012, Genoa signed Italian internationalsAlberto Gilardino andRodrigo 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 ofRiccardo Meggiorini. He scored his first goal on 12 February, marking the winner in a 1–0 shock exploit atStadio San Siro againstInter.
In June 2012, Genoa sold back the 50% registration rights back to Brescia for €200,000.[13]
Caracciolo became a member of Brescia in2012–13 Serie B. On 22 November 2014, he scored a hat-trick of penalties in a 3–3 home draw againstCarpi, match valid for 15th week of2014–15 Serie B.[14]
In 2018, after his contract with Brescia ended, he signed forSerie C clubFeralpiSalò.
On 28 July 2020, he signed a 2-year contract withLumezzane.[15]
Caracciolo played for theItaly U-21 team, with whom he won aEuropean U-21 Championship in2004. He also earned a call-up to the2002 squad.
Under managerMarcello Lippi, Caracciolo made his senior international debut for theItaly national team in a friendly match againstFinland on 17 November 2004, held in Messina, coming on as a second-half substitute forLuca Toni; Italy won the match 1–0.[16]
On 16 August 2006, he was recalled to theAzzurri squad by new coachRoberto Donadoni for a friendly game againstCroatia held in Livorno, replacingCristiano Lucarelli in the 65th minute of the 2–0 defeat.[17]
On 12 April 2022, during a press conference,Lumezzane confirmed Caracciolo's retirement from active football to accept an offer as the club's new director of football with immediate effect.[18] On 6 July 2022, following the club's promotion to Serie D, the board of directors of Lumezzane appointed Caracciolo as the club's new chairman.[19]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Como | 2000–01 | Serie C1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pro Vercelli | 2000–01 | Serie C12 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Brescia | 2001–02 | Serie A | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 2003–04 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 34 | 12 | ||
| 2004–05 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 12 | |||
| Total | 72 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 26 | ||
| Perugia (loan) | 2002–03 | Serie A | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 27 | 3 | |
| Palermo | 2005–06 | Serie A | 35 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 6[b] | 1 | 46 | 11 |
| 2006–07 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 1 | 35 | 6 | ||
| Total | 62 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 81 | 17 | ||
| Sampdoria | 2007–08 | Serie A | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| Brescia | 2007–08 | Serie B | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 8 | |
| 2008–09 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 2 | — | 37 | 17 | |||
| 2009–10 | 39 | 25 | 1 | 0 | — | 40 | 25 | |||
| 2010–11 | Serie A | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 12 | ||
| Total | 124 | 60 | 3 | 2 | — | 127 | 62 | |||
| Genoa | 2011–12 | Serie A | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| Novara (loan) | 2011–12 | Serie A | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | |
| Brescia | 2012–13 | Serie B | 39 | 17 | 1 | 1 | — | 40 | 18 | |
| 2013–14 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 1 | — | 33 | 19 | |||
| 2014–15 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 2 | — | 32 | 16 | |||
| 2015–16 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 11 | |||
| 2016–17 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 14 | |||
| 2017–18 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 13 | |||
| Total | 190 | 83 | 7 | 4 | — | 197 | 87 | |||
| Career total | 523 | 189 | 26 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 573 | 199 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
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