Emilio Caprile was born in Genova, on September 30, 1928.
He spent his youth career with Genoa 1893 and then in 1945, with the Rossoblu now just called Genoa, he joined the first team squad.
Genoa had three managers: Guido Ara (until Dec 3), József Viola (until Mar 11) and Ottavio Barbieri and finished 12th in Serie A Alta Italia. Caprile played 5 league games.
In 1946-47 he played for Sestrese in Serie B but the Verdestellati were relegated. Caprile played 40 league games and scored 19 goals.
In 1947-48 he joined Legnano in Serie B. The Lilacs finished 4th under manager Giuseppe Galluzzi and Caprile played 34 league games with 12 goals.
In 1948-49 he played for Juventus for a season. The manager was William Chalmers from Scotland and the Bianconeri finished 4th. He played 32 league games and scored 9 goals (including Lazio home and away). His teammates included Lazio connections Lucidio Sentimenti IV (1949-54), Vittorio Sentimenti III (1949-52), John Hansen (1954-55) Carlo Parola (1954-55) and Ermes Muccinelli (1955-58).
In 1949 he went to Atalanta on loan for two seasons. The Bergamaschi finished 8th and 12th in Serie A, under Giovanni Varglien the first year and four different managers the second (including Varglien and Englishman Dennis Charles). Caprile played 61 league games with 16 goals (including Roma twice, Milan x2)
In 1951-52 he was back at Juventus for a season. He only played 5 league games with 2 goals as he was Karl-Aage Præst's reserve. The Bianconeri won the Scudetto under Jesse Carver and then Gyorgy Sárosi from December. His teammates included future Lazio, Pasquale Vivolo (1953-58), John Hansen (1954-55), Ermes Muccinelli and Karl-Age Præst (1956-57).
In 1952 Caprile joined Lazio. The Biancocelesti first had Giuseppe Bigogno as manager and then, from the 26th fixture onwards, Alfredo Notti. Lazio finished 10th and won both derbies. Caprile played 20 league games and scored 2 goals (Triestina, Inter). He also played 7 games with the reserves and scored 3 goals, helping the Biancocelesti to winning the reserve league Scudetto.
In November 1953 he joined Como on loan. The Comaschi were in Serie B and finished 4th under Argentine Hugo Lamanna. Caprile played 21 league games and scored 3 goals.
In 1954 he returned to Legnano in Serie B and stayed four seasons. The Lilacs finished 3rd, 14th, 18th (relegated) and 8th in C. Caprile played 127 league games and scored 34 goals.
He then spent one last season with Sammargheritese (Genova) in Serie D. The "Samm" finished 12th and Caprile played 14 league games with 2 goals. He then retired at 30.
He won 2 caps for Italy and scored 2 goals (USA and Denmark in 1948 Olympics).
Caprile was a forward. He was no giant at 1.70 and 65 kilos and played mainly on the wing but scored a fair amount of goals in his career, 99. He won a Scudetto at Juventus in 1952.
At Lazio he only stayed one season. It was a decent one for him with 20 league appearances and 2 goals, in a 4-1 home win against Triestina and a 1-1 away draw to Inter.
Caprile died in Genova on March 5 2022.
Lazio Career
Season | Serie A Appearances | Serie A Goals |
1952-53 | 20 | 2 |
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