Nicolás Capaldo Taboas (born 14 September 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg.

Club career

Capaldo is a product of the Boca Juniors academy, he had been signed from Deportivo Mac Allister in 2015. Gustavo Alfaro called the midfielder up in 2019, initially for the mid-season break where he featured in a Torneo de Verano friendly with Unión Santa Fe on 16 January. After not being used while on the substitutes bench for away fixtures with San Martín and Belgrano, Capaldo made his debut in professional football during a Primera División match against Defensa y Justicia on 24 February at the Estadio Norberto "Tito" Tomaghello.

Nicolás Capaldo

International career

In September 2019, Capaldo was called up by the Argentina U23s ahead of an exhibition fixture with Bolivia. He played his first match a few days later against Colombia, and scored his first goal for the team against Brazil in a 1–0 win for the Gran Canaria invitational tournament final.

Nicolás Capaldo

Personal life

Born in Argentina, Capaldo is of Italian descent.

Nicolás Capaldo

Career statistics

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Honours

Boca Juniors

Argentine Primera División: 2019–20

Copa Argentina: 2019–20

Copa de la Liga Profesional: 2020

Supercopa Argentina: 2018

Red Bull Salzburg

Austrian Bundesliga: 2021–22, 2022–23

Austrian Cup: 2021–22

Argentina U23

Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2020

References

External links

1998 births

Living people

People from Santa Rosa, La Pampa

Footballers from La Pampa Province

Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent

Argentine men's footballers

Men's association football midfielders

Boca Juniors footballers

FC Red Bull Salzburg players

Argentine Primera División players

Austrian Football Bundesliga players

Argentine expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Austria