Capi (footballer, born 1977)

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Capi
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Capi at Betis in 2008
Personal information
Full name Jesús Capitán Prada
Date of birth (1977-03-26) 26 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Camas, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Betis C (manager)
Youth career
Camas
Betis
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1999 Betis B 127 (11)
1997–2010 Betis 269 (19)
1999–2000Granada (loan) 33 (4)
2010–2012 Xerez 59 (3)
2012–2014 Camas
Total488(37)
International career
2002 Spain 4 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2016 Betis B (assistant)
2018–2019 Camas (youth)
2019–2021 Camas
2022– Betis C
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús Capitán Prada (born 26 March 1977), known as Capi, is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently manager of Real Betis C.

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He spent most of his professional career with Betis, which included 209 La Liga games and 16 goals over the course of nine seasons (13 overall). [1]

Club career

Betis

Capi was born in Camas, Seville, Andalusia. Apart from a loan spell at Granada CF in the Segunda División B, he spent the vast majority of his career at Real Betis. [1] He started out with their reserves in the same league, [1] and made his first-team and La Liga debut against Valencia CF on 26 May 1997, one of only two during the season. [2] [3]

Capi went to play over 300 competitive games for the Estadio Benito Villamarín-based club, always as an important part of the squad. [4] He scored his first goal for them on 19 November 2000, albeit in a 1–3 home defeat to neighbouring Sevilla FC where he excelled before being stretchered off with 15 minutes to go and the score at 1–1, [5] as the campaign in Segunda División ended in promotion for both sides in the city. However, in 2004–05, as the team achieved a fourth place in the league, with qualification to the UEFA Champions League, he appeared in only 11 matches, mainly due to injuries. [1]

After another two-and-a-half-month spell in the sidelines, Capi returned to action on 4 April 2009, netting as a second-half substitute in a 3–3 home draw with CD Numancia. [6] [7] Betis were eventually relegated to division two. [1]

Capi continued to be bothered with injuries in the 2009–10 season, but still contributed 26 appearances – only three complete – as the club failed to regain its lost status. [1] On 19 June 2010, the 33-year-old appeared in his last game as a Verdiblanco, the useless 4–0 home win over Levante UD (they finished in fourth place, tied with both the second and third-placed teams), his contract subsequently expiring and not being renewed. [8]

Later career

In summer 2012, after a couple of second-tier campaigns with another side in his native region, Xerez CD, [9] Capi signed with amateurs Camas Club de Fútbol, his first-ever club as a footballer. [10] He retired in 2014 at age 37, being immediately appointed as Juan Merino's assistant manager at Betis B. [11]

International career

Capi earned four caps for the Spain national team, making his debut on 27 March 2002 against the Netherlands in a 1–0 friendly loss in Rotterdam. [12] He featured in a further three internationals the same year. [1]

Honours

Betis

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yo jugué en el Real Betis: Capi (I played for Real Betis: Capi) Archived 23 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine ; Vavel, 21 September 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. 1–1: La garra del Valencia no consigue apagar los fogonazos del Betis (1–1: Valencia spunk can not put out Betis fires); ABC, 27 May 1997 (in Spanish)
  3. 0–1: El público del Villamarín festejó el triunfo del Sporting (0–1: Villamarín crowd celebrated Sporting triumph); ABC, 1 June 1997 (in Spanish)
  4. Capi deja atrás casi dos décadas como jugador del Real Betis (Capi leaves nearly two decades as Real Betis player behind); Marca, 20 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. El Sevilla volvió a sacar tajada de su visita al campo del Betis (Sevilla fished again in trip to Betis' ground); Marca, 19 November 2000 (in Spanish)
  6. Real Betis 3–3 Numancia; ESPN Soccernet, 4 April 2009
  7. Partido loco, pero todo sigue igual (Crazy game, but everything remains the same); Marca, 4 April 2009 (in Spanish)
  8. Capi: El adiós a un grande (Capi: Farewell to a great); ABC, 20 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. Capi ficha por el Xerez y Díaz de Cerio y Vélez no quieren dejar el Athletic de Bilbao (Capi signs for Xerez and Díaz de Cerio and Vélez do not want to leave Athletic de Bilbao); La Verdad, 17 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  10. Capi firma por el Camas CF y jugará esta temporada en Primera Provincial (Capi signs for Camas CF and will play this season in Primera Provincial); Ideal, 16 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  11. Capi volverá a Granada como segundo entrenador del Betis B, y Cervián con el filial sevillista (Capi will return to Granada as Betis B assistant manager, and Cervián with Sevilla's reserves); Ideal, 9 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  12. Ensayo preocupante (Worrying rehearsal); Mundo Deportivo, 28 March 2002 (in Spanish)
  13. Dani delivers for Betis; UEFA, 11 June 2005