A. Candela · career
Antonio Candela
Center Forward · Catanzaro · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2024/25
The record covers 5 seasons (2022/23–2025/26) across 3 clubs — 127 appearances, 3 goals and 10 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2023/24 at Venezia — Season rating 42, 1 goal and 3 assists in 40 games. 2023/24 was the leap — Season rating up 23 points at Venezia. Form has slipped 29 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 29 Season points.
Made the jump to a higher division in 2024/25 (Serie A) and kept playing — 19 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | CatanzaroLoan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 13 |
| 2025/26 | EmpoliLoan | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2025/26 | SpeziaLoan | 33 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 13 |
| 2024/25 | ValladolidLoan | 16 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | Venezia | 19 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Venezia | 40 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 42 |
| 2022/23 | Venezia | 34 | 2 | 6 | 65 | 19 |
| 2021/22 | CesenaLoan | 27 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020/21 | PergoletteseLoan | 30 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | OlbiaLoan | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019/20 | TrapaniLoan | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Spezia | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
International
| Side | Season | Competition | Apps | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy U20 | 2019/20 | World Cup - U20 | 2 | 0 |
| Italy U19 | 2019/20 | UEFA U19 Championship | 3 | 0 |
| 2018/19 | UEFA U19 Championship | 9 | 0 | |
| Italy U17 | 2017/18 | UEFA U17 Championship | 9 | 0 |
Honours
UEFA U19 Championship×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coppa Italia | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played4 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
Also spent part of this season at Spezia — those games aren't in this club's schedule.
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29 | Friendlies Clubs | H Paradiso | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 5 | Friendlies Clubs | H Giugliano | 3-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | Coppa Italia | H Sudtirol | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 21 | Serie B | A Vicenza Virtus | 2-3 | Not in squad | — |