{{short description|Argentine footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Javier Capelli | image = | fullname = Javier Alejandro Capelli | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|1|7}} | birth_place = Junín, Argentina | height = 1.78 m<ref>{{cite web |title=Javier Capelli |url=https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/javier-capelli/ |website=livefutbol.com |access-date=15 June 2024 |language=es}}</ref> | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Sarmiento de Junín | years1 = 2006–2010 | clubs1 = Sarmiento de Junín | years2 = 2011–2013 | clubs2 = Rangers | years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = Rangers B <!--Segunda División Profesional CHI--> | years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = Palestino | years5 = 2014–2017 | clubs5 = San Martín SJ | years6 = 2017–2019 | clubs6 = Sarmiento de Junín | years7 = 2019 | clubs7 = Talleres RE | years8 = 2019–2021 | clubs8 = Singlar Club | caps1 = 58 | goals1 = 4 | caps2 = 68 | goals2 = 5 | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 29 | goals4 = 2 | caps5 = 53 | goals5 = 1 | caps6 = 21 | goals6 = 0 | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = – | goals8 = – | totalcaps = | totalgoals = }}
'''Javier Alejandro Capelli''' (born January 7, 1985) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a defender.
==Career== Besides Argentina, Capelli played in Chile for both Rangers<ref name="retamal">{{cite web |last1=Retamal |first1=Rodrigo |title=Javier Capelli: El patrón rojinegro que se hizo profesional gracias a un árbitro |url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/javier-capelli-el-patron-rojinegro-que-se-hizo-profesional-gracias-a-un-arbitro/# |website=La Tercera |access-date=15 June 2024 |language=es |date=28 April 2013}}</ref> and Palestino.<ref>{{cite news |title=Javier Capelli es el nuevo fichaje de Palestino |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/palestino/javier-capelli-es-el-nuevo-fichaje-de-palestino/2013-07-05/151732.html |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=alairelibre.cl |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |date=5 July 2013 |language=es}}</ref>
In 2019, Capelli played for Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in the Primera B Metropolitana.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cappelletti |first1=Ariel |title=Javier Capelli es refuerzo |url=http://02082013www.talleres.org.ar/futbol-profesional/torneo-2016-17/3597-javier-capelli-es-refuerzo |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=www.talleres.org.ar |date=2019 |language=es |quote=y se dispone a afrontar el segundo semestre del torneo de Primera “B” 2018/19,}}</ref> In the second half of the same year, he switched to Singlar Club.<ref>{{cite news |title=Colonial lo empató sobre el final |url=https://clubcolonial1930.wixsite.com/clubcolonialdeferre/post/colonial-lo-empató-sobre-el-final |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=ClubColonialdeFerre |date=7 October 2019 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Con Edgardo Speroni, Singlar se metió en las semifinales |url=https://elportalderojas.com.ar/.ep2020/index1.php?que=noticias&id=07919 |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=elportalderojas.com.ar |date=6 April 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is nicknamed ''Gallo'' (Rooster).<ref name="retamal"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{BDFA|JAVIER-CAPELLI-49680}} * {{Soccerway|javier-capelli/51522}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Capelli, Javier}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Junín, Buenos Aires Category:Argentine men's footballers Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers Category:Primera B Metropolitana players Category:Primera Nacional players Category:Argentine Primera División players Category:Club Atlético Sarmiento footballers Category:San Martín de San Juan footballers Category:Talleres de Remedios de Escalada footballers Category:Primera B de Chile players Category:Chilean Primera División players Category:Segunda División Profesional de Chile players <!--with Rangers B--> Category:Rangers de Talca footballers Category:Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Category:Men's association football defenders Category:21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-defender-1980s-stub}}