Gabriele Capanni

Gabriele Capanni (born 2 December 2000) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Ternana, on loan from AC Milan.

Club Career

AC Milan

He is a product of AC Milan youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2017–18 season. He was included in the senior squad for the first time in the 2019 International Champions Cup, but did not appear in any games.

Loan to Novara and Catania

On 30 August 2019, he joined Serie C club Novara on loan. He made his professional Serie C debut for Novara on 5 October in a game against Pro Vercelli as a substitute replacing Diego Peralta in the 69th minute. One week later, on 13 October, he scored his first professional goal, as a substitute, in the 62nd minute of a 1–2 loss to Giana Erminio. He made his first start on 20 October against Carrarese, he was replaced after 83 minutes by Angelo Tartaglia and three days later he played his first entire match, a 1–1 away draw against Renate. In January 2020 his loan was interrupted and he finished his first part of the season with 11 appearances, 3 of them as a starter and 1 goal.

On 31 January 2020, Capanni moved on loan to a different Serie C club Catania for the second part of the season. Two days later he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Kevin Biondi in the 56th minute of a 2–0 home defeat against Monopoli. On 26 February, Capanni played his first match as a starter, a 1–2 away defeat against Picerno, he was replaced by Nana Welbeck in the 59th minute. Capanni ended his 6-month loan to Catania with 8 appearances, 2 of them in the play-offs and 5 as a starter, without playing any entire match during the loan.

Loan to Cesena

On 5 October 2020, Capanni was loaned out to Serie C club Cesena on a season-long loan deal. Six days later, on 11 October, Capanni made his debut for the club as a starter in a 4–2 home defeat against FeralpiSalo, he was replaced by Simone Russini in