Nicolás Capaldo

Nicolás Capaldo
Capaldo with Red Bull Salzburg in 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 Centre back
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 37 (0)
2021–2025 Red Bull Salzburg 83 (12)
2025– Hamburger SV 26 (1)
International career‡
2018–2020 Argentina U23 8 (2)
2026– Argentina 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2026

Nicolás Capaldo Taboas (born 14 September 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Bundesliga club Hamburger SV and the Argentina national team.[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

Club

As of match played 24 August 2026[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Boca Juniors 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 1010305[a]0—100
2019–20 Argentine Primera División 130706012[a]0—380
2020–21 Argentine Primera División 00001205[a]0—170
Total 14080210220—650
Red Bull Salzburg 2021–22 Austrian Bundesliga 27362—8[b]0—415
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga 23520—5[c]1—306
2023–24 Austrian Bundesliga 10020—4[b]0—160
2024–25 Austrian Bundesliga 23440—12[b]000394
Total 8312142—2910012615
Hamburger SV 2025–26 Bundesliga 26110———271
2026–27 Bundesliga 0010———10
Total 26120———281
Career total 123132422105100021916
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 6 June 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Argentina 202610
Total10

Honours

Boca Juniors

Red Bull Salzburg

Argentina U23

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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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