Nicolás Capaldo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Capaldo and the second or maternal family name is Taboas.

Nicolás Capaldo
Capaldo with Red Bull Salzburg in January 2025
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Capaldo Toboas
Date of birth (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998
Place of birth Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hamburger SV
Number 24
Youth career
2004–2014 Deportivo Mac Allister
2015–2019 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Boca Juniors 65 (0)
2021–2025 Red Bull Salzburg 83 (12)
2025– Hamburger SV 0 (0)
International career‡
2018–2020 Argentina U23 8 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 April 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 February 2020

Nicolás Capaldo Taboas (born 14 September 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.[1]

Club career

Capaldo is a product of the Boca Juniors academy, he had been signed from Deportivo Mac Allister in 2015.[2][3] 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.[1] 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.[1][4][5]

On 10 July 2025, after four seasons with Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg, Capaldo moved to Germany, joining Bundesliga club Hamburger SV permanently, for a €4.5 million estimated fee.[6][7]

International career

In September 2019, Capaldo was called up by the Argentina U23s ahead of an exhibition fixture with Bolivia.[8] 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.

Personal life

Born and raised in Argentina, Capaldo is of Italian descent.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 August 2025[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boca Juniors 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 1 0 1 0 3 0 5[a] 0 — 10 0
2019–20 Argentine Primera División 13 0 7 0 6 0 12[a] 0 — 38 0
2020–21 Argentine Primera División 0 0 0 0 12 0 5[a] 0 — 17 0
Total 14 0 8 0 21 0 22 0 — 65 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 27 3 6 2 — 8[b] 0 — 41 5
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 23 4 2 0 — 5[c] 1 — 30 5
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 10 0 1 0 — 4[b] 0 — 15 0
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 22 4 4 0 — 12[b] 0 0 0 38 4
Total 82 11 13 2 — 29 1 0 0 124 14
Hamburger SV 2025–26 Bundesliga 0 0 1 0 — — — 1 0
Career total 96 11 22 2 21 0 51 0 0 0 190 14
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Boca Juniors

Red Bull Salzburg

Argentina U23

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Nicolás Capaldo at Soccerway
  2. ^ ""Es un sueño que estoy cumpliendo"". La Arena. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Así formará Boca en el primer partido de Gustavo Alfaro: tres debuts en el amistoso ante Unión". La Nación. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Quiénes son las promesas que llevó Alfaro a la pretemporada de Boca y qué lugar les dará". Infobae. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Nicolas Capaldo moves to the German Bundesliga".
  6. ^ "HSV sign Nicolas Capaldo". Hamburger SV. 10 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  7. ^ "La Selección Sub 23 jugará ante Bolivia desde las 19, en el estadio de Banfield". AFA. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Da Capaldo e Valentini a Maestro Puch: tutti gli oriundi nel mirino di Mancini per l'Italia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
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