# Angelo Cappello

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{{short description|Belizean footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Angelo Cappello
| full_name = Angelo Santo Cappello<ref name="nft">{{NFT player|81984|access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|01|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Corozal Town](/source/Corozal_Town), Belize
| height = 1.70 m<ref name="nft" />
| position = [Left winger](/source/Left_winger)
| currentclub = [FC Halifax Town](/source/FC_Halifax_Town)
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020
| youthclubs1 = [Sheffield United](/source/Sheffield_United_F.C._Academy)
| years1 = 2020–2022
| clubs1 = [Sheffield United](/source/Sheffield_United_F.C.)
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = → [Blyth Spartans](/source/Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.) (loan)
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2022–
| clubs3 = [FC Halifax Town](/source/FC_Halifax_Town)
| caps3 = 89
| goals3 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = Belize U17
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2021–
| nationalteam2 = [Belize](/source/Belize_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| club-update = 14 May 2025
| ntupdate = 26 March 2025
}}

'''Angelo Santo Cappello''' (born 27 January 2002) is a Belizean professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [left winger](/source/left_winger) for [National League](/source/National_League_(division)) club [FC Halifax Town](/source/FC_Halifax_Town) and the [Belize national team](/source/Belize_national_football_team).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/football/town-forward-capellos-journey-from-belize-to-halifax-3802107|title=Capello's journey from Belize to Halifax|publisher=halifaxcourier.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diez.hn/liganacionaldehonduras/angelo-cappello-madre-belicena-tio-abuelos-hondurenos-belice-sheffield-united-inglaterra-OWDZ1390871#image-1|title=Angelo Cappello - Diez article}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diez.hn/centroamerica/angelo-cappello-hondureno-sheffield-united-premier-league-seleccion-belice-DWDZ1392203|title=Angelo Cappello en Belice habla de sus características como jugador|publisher=diez.hn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/vanarama-national-league-ones-to-watch-part-one-76422|title=National League Ones To Watch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/sheffield-united-youngster-angelo-capello-breaks-silence-after-belize-team-bus-is-held-up-by-armed-gang-in-haiti-3176497|title=Angelo Capello breaks silence after Belize team bus is held up by armed gang in Haiti|publisher=thestar.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="soccerway">{{Soccerway|532998}}</ref>

==Club career==
Born in Belize, Cappello moved to the United Kingdom with his family at the age of 11.<ref>{{cite web|title=Belize Prepares For Puerto Rico|url=http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=46920|date=15 November 2018|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> In August 2020, he signed a professional contract with [Premier League](/source/Premier_League) club [Sheffield United](/source/Sheffield_United_F.C.).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sheffield United reward eight youngsters with maiden professional deals|url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/news/sheffield-united-youngsters-sign-deals-18711889|date=4 August 2020|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Belizean athlete signs football contract with Sheffield United|url=https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/05/04/belizean-athlete-signs-football-contract-with-sheffield-united/|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref>

On 11 March 2022, Cappello joined [National League North](/source/National_League_North) side [Blyth Spartans](/source/Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C.) on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blythspartans.com/arrival-cappello-joins-on-loan/ |title=Cappello joins on loan |publisher=Blyth Spartans FC |date=11 March 2022 |accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref> On 22 July 2022, he signed for [National League](/source/National_League_(division)) side [FC Halifax Town](/source/FC_Halifax_Town) after he was released by Sheffield United.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://fchalifaxtown.com/news/angelo-cappello-joins-the-shaymen/|title=Angelo Cappello Joins The Shaymen|website=fchalifaxtown.com|date=22 July 2022|accessdate=24 July 2022}}</ref>

==International career==
Cappello has represented Belize at youth international level.<ref>{{cite web|title=U-18 selection records wins in Belize and Petén ahead of regional championship|url=https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2019/10/16/u-18-selection-records-wins-in-belize-and-peten-ahead-of-regional-championship/|date=16 October 2019|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> In November 2018, he received his first call-up to the [Belize national team](/source/Belize_national_football_team) for [2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_CONCACAF_Nations_League_qualifying) match against [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico_national_football_team).<ref>{{cite web|title=Belize Jaguars Face off with Puerto Rico|url=https://ambergriscaye.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/533302/belize-jaguars-face-off-with-puerto-rico.html|date=16 November 2018|access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> On 25 March 2021, he made his senior debut for Belize in a 2–0 loss to [Haiti](/source/Haiti_national_football_team).<ref>{{cite web|title=Haiti beats Belize 2–0 in World Cup qualifier|url=https://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2021/03/25/haiti-beats-belize-2-0-in-world-cup-qualifier/|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Cappello was born in Belize to an Italian father and a Belizean mother. He is the nephew of former Belizean footballer Orlando Jiménez.<ref>{{cite web|title=Madre de futbolista que fichó para Sheffield United no es hondureña, es beliceña|url=https://www.diez.hn/liganacionaldehonduras/angelo-cappello-madre-belicena-tio-abuelos-hondurenos-belice-sheffield-united-inglaterra-OWDZ1390871|date=1 July 2020|access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{updated|match played 25 March 2025}}<ref name=soccerway/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=4|[Belize](/source/Belize_national_football_team)
|2021||2||0
|-
|2022||3||0
|-
|2023||2||1
|-
|2025||2||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total!!9!!1
|}

:''Scores and results list Belize's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cappello goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Angelo Cappello
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 12 September 2023 || [Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama](/source/Stade_Municipal_Dr._Edmard_Lama), [Remire-Montjoly](/source/Remire-Montjoly), French Guiana || {{fb|GUF}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_CONCACAF_Nations_League)
|}

==Honours==
'''FC Halifax Town'''
*[FA Trophy](/source/FA_Trophy): [2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_FA_Trophy)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2023/may/21/isuzu-fa-trophy-final-fc-halifax-gateshead-20230521 |title=Jamie Cooke nets winner as FC Halifax seal Isuzu FA Trophy glory |publisher=The FA |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WorldFootball.net|angelo-capello}}

{{FC Halifax Town squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cappello, Angelo}}
Category:2002 births
Category:Living people
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Belizean men's footballers
Category:Belize men's international footballers
Category:Belize men's youth international footballers
Category:Belizean people of Italian descent
Category:Sheffield United F.C. players
Category:Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players
Category:FC Halifax Town players
Category:National League (English football) players
Category:Belizean expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England

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