A. Candela · career
Antonio Candela
Full Back · Spezia · 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 4 seasons (2022/23–2025/26) across 2 clubs — 126 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 27 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 27 Season points.
Made the jump to a higher division in 2024/25 (Serie A) and kept playing — 19 games that season.
By season
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serie B | 17 | 1053 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Coppa Italia | 2 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 |
Schedule · 2025/26
20 played4 unused sub17 not in squad· 1267 min, 0g 1a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27 | Friendlies Clubs | H Lecce | 1-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 18 | Coppa Italia | H Sampdoria | 1-1 | Played | 99 | 1 | 6.9 | |
| Aug 24 | Serie B | H Carrarese | 0-2 | Played | 88 | 6.5 | ||
| Aug 30 | Serie B | H Catanzaro | 0-0 | Played | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| Sep 14 | Serie B | A Empoli | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| Sep 20 | Serie B | H Juve Stabia | 1-3 | Played | 90 | 5.9 | ||
| Sep 24 | Coppa Italia | A Parma | 2-2 | Played | 25 | 6.9 | ||
| Sep 27 | Serie B | A Venezia | 0-2 | Played | 82 | 6.3 | ||
| Sep 30 | Serie B | A Reggiana | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Oct 4 | Serie B | H Palermo | 1-2 | Played | 27 | 6.9 | ||
| Oct 18 | Serie B | H Cesena | 1-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Oct 25 | Serie B | A Avellino | 4-0 | Played | 2 | — | ||
| Oct 29 | Serie B | H Padova | 1-1 | Played | 9 | 6.6 | ||
| Nov 2 | Serie B | A Monza | 0-1 | Played | 77 | 6.5 | ||
| Nov 7 | Serie B | H Bari | 1-1 | Played | 26 | 6.7 | ||
| Nov 23 | Serie B | A Mantova | 1-4 | Played | 69 | 7.2 | ||
| Nov 30 | Serie B | H Sampdoria | 1-0 | Played | 90 | 7.0 | ||
| Dec 8 | Serie B | A Virtus Entella | 1-0 | Played | 89 | 6.2 | ||
| Dec 13 | Serie B | H Modena | 0-2 | Played | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| Dec 20 | Serie B | A Frosinone | 1-2 | Played | 30 | 6.3 | ||
| Dec 27 | Serie B | H Pescara | 2-1 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Jan 10 | Serie B | A Sudtirol | 1-2 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Jan 18 | Serie B | A Palermo | 0-1 | Played | 14 | 6.7 | ||
| Jan 24 | Serie B | H Avellino | 1-0 | Unused sub | 0 | — | ||
| Jan 31 | Serie B | A Sampdoria | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 7 | Serie B | H Virtus Entella | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 11 | Serie B | A Bari | 0-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 15 | Serie B | H Frosinone | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 21 | Serie B | A Cesena | 3-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Feb 28 | Serie B | H Reggiana | 0-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 3 | Serie B | A Padova | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 7 | Serie B | H Monza | 4-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 13 | Serie B | A Modena | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Mar 17 | Serie B | H Empoli | 1-1 | Played | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| Mar 21 | Serie B | A Juve Stabia | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 6 | Serie B | A Carrarese | 1-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 12 | Serie B | H Mantova | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 18 | Serie B | H Sudtirol | 6-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Apr 25 | Serie B | A Catanzaro | 2-4 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 1 | Serie B | H Venezia | 2-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| May 8 | Serie B | A Pescara | 1-1 | Not in squad | — |