Manuel Capasso

Manuel Vicente Capasso (born 19 April 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Paraguayan club Olimpia on loan from Brazilian side Vasco da Gama.^[3]

Manuel Capasso

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Vicente Capasso
Date of birth	(1996-04-19) 19 April 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team	Olimpia (on loan from Vasco da Gama)
Number	22
Youth career
2013–2015	Acassuso
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2018	Acassuso	88	(5)
2018–2019	Defensa y Justicia	0	(0)
2019–2020	Aldosivi	0	(0)
2019–2020	→ Platense (loan)	17	(2)
2020–2021	Newell's Old Boys	16	(1)
2022	Atlético Tucumán	30	(1)
2023–	Vasco da Gama	15	(2)
2024–	→ Olimpia (loan)	17	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024

Career

Acassuso were Capasso's opening career club, he joined them in 2013.^[4] He was promoted into their senior squad under manager Walter Otta during the 2015 Primera B Metropolitana, marking his professional debut with a late cameo off the substitutes bench against Platense on 17 July.^[1][5] Capasso scored the first goals of his career in November 2016, netting in consecutive league fixtures versus Deportivo Español and Deportivo Riestra.^[1] He left Acassuso at the end of 2017–18, having made eighty-nine appearances while scoring five times for the club.^[1][6] On 1 July 2018, Capasso was signed by Primera División side Defensa y Justicia.^[1]

After no matches in five months for Defensa y Justicia, Capasso terminated his contract in January 2019 to move to fellow Primera División team Aldosivi.^[7][8] He didn't appear competitively across the next seven months, subsequently leaving on loan in July 2019 to Primera B Nacional's Platense - the opponents of his career debut.^[1] He scored goals for them against Estudiantes and Agropecuario in sixteen appearances.^[9]

In February 2023, Capasso was transferred to the Brazilian Club Vasco da Gama.^[3]

Career statistics

As of 6 October 2020.^[1]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Acassuso	2015	Primera B Metropolitana	6	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	6	0
	2016		17	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	17	0
	2016–17		32	2	0	0	—		—		0	0	32	2
	2017–18		33	3	0	0	—		—		1[a]	0	34	3
	Total		88	5	0	0	—		—		1	0	89	5
Defensa y Justicia	2018–19	Primera División	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aldosivi			0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	2019–20		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Platense (loan)	2019–20	Primera B Nacional	16	2	1	0	—		—		0	0	17	2
Career total			104	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	106	7

1. Appearance(s) in the Primera B Metropolitana play-offs