From Grenoble to Toulouse: Ange Capuozzo, already from Toulouse
A year ago, Ange Capuozzo was still a Pro D2 player in Grenoble, without any international selection. Twelve months later, the rear who grew up in Pont-de-Claix has just been elected by the international federation revelation of the year
thanks to capital performances with Italy, the country of his grandparents.
” I’m very proud “said Ange Capuozzo simply about this award”after the match in Wales it was a life change, but what touches me the most is to have been recognized by the great legends of this sport, and to be recognized by his peers for me is the best of rewards“.
This award is the conclusion of a exceptional year 2022 for the young Isérois who also took up another major challenge, that of successfully integrating into Stade Toulousain. “It sure ain’t like the first day when I opened the gate and parked my car“Says Ange Capuozzo straight away, who still has stars in his eyes when it comes to talking about his first months in the most successful club in France.I hope not to lose too quickly the magic that I still have today arriving with the bus in the middle of the crowd two hours before the match. I feel lucky, in the morning when I go to training I look around and I’m proud“.
“Respect the people in place”
It only took a few matches for Ange Capuozzo to be adopted by the Toulouse public. He also succeeded in his first steps in the locker room, in his own way: “for me it is important to respect the people in place, the one who was already there it is up to him to make us discover the functioning of the club, and I learn from them in any case“.
Installed about fifteen minutes from the Ernest-Wallon stadium, Ange Capuozzo is finally enjoying his first months in his new city.I love walking there, it’s very pleasant”he has even already found an Italian restaurant to his liking, the one run by his teammate Sofiane Gitoune.