Jens Cajuste

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Jens Cajuste
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Cajuste warming up for Reims in 2023
Personal information
Full name Jens-Lys Michel Cajuste
Date of birth (1999-08-10) 10 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 24
Youth career
2006–2008 Sports Beijing [1]
2008–2009 Yu Ye Beijing [1]
2009–2010 Guldhedens IK [1]
2010–2016 Örgryte IS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Örgryte IS 14 (0)
2018–2022 Midtjylland 58 (2)
2022–2023 Reims 39 (5)
2023– Napoli 21 (0)
International career‡
2019 Sweden U21 3 (0)
2020– Sweden 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Jens-Lys Michel Cajuste (born 10 August 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Napoli and the Sweden national team. [2]

Contents

Club career

Early career

Cajuste was born in Sweden to a Haitian-American father and a Swedish mother. He moved to China with his family at age five, living one year in Luoyang before moving to Beijing. [3] There, he began football career with Chinese Sports Beijing. A few years later, the family returned to Sweden. As a ten-year-old, Cajuste started playing for Örgryte IS. [4] After impressing in the club's youth teams, he was rewarded with a senior contract in 2016. [5] On 17 October 2016, Cajuste made his senior debut for Örgryte in the Superettan in a 4–1 loss to IK Sirius. [6]

Midtjylland

In June 2018, Cajuste moved to Denmark’s Midtjylland, where he signed a five-year contract. [7] He made his debut for the club on 26 August 2018 in a match against Randers. [8] His first goal also came against Randers, which also proved to be the winner, in a 2–1 league victory on 21 October 2019. [9]

On 21 October 2020, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a group stage home game against Atalanta, which Midtjylland lost 4–0. [10]

Reims

On 10 January 2022, Cajuste signed for French club Reims in a transfer deal worth a reported €10 million. [11] He became the club's record signing. [12] A few days later, Reims director-general Mathieu Lacour disputed the reported fee, stating that the price was around half of what Midtjylland had announced. [13] [14]

Cajuste made his debut for Reims in a Ligue 1 match against Metz on 16 January 2022, starting in central midfield before being substituted off for Alexis Flips at half-time, as Reims lost 1–0. [15]

Napoli

On 10 August 2023, Cajuste joined Serie A club Napoli, [16] by signing a five-year contract for a reported fee of €12 million. [17]

International career

On 4 November 2020, Cajuste was called up to the Sweden national team for their friendly game against Denmark and UEFA Nations League games against Croatia and France. [18] He made his international debut in a 2–0 loss against Denmark on 12 November 2020. [19]

Cajuste was called up for a major tournament for the first time when he was included in Sweden's 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 April 2024 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Örgryte IS 2016 Superettan 30———30
2017 Superettan3020—2 [lower-alpha 1] 070
2018 Superettan80———80
Total14020—20180
Midtjylland 2018–19 Danish Superliga 2010000030
2019–20 Danish Superliga241102 [lower-alpha 2] 000271
2020–21 Danish Superliga271408 [lower-alpha 3] 000391
2021–22 Danish Superliga50104 [lower-alpha 2] 000100
Total5827014000792
Reims 2021–22 Ligue 1 8210——92
2022–23 Ligue 131321——334
Total39531——426
Napoli 2023–24 Serie A 210106 [lower-alpha 3] 02 [lower-alpha 4] 0300
Career total1327131200401698
  1. ↑ Appearances in Superettan relegation play-offs
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearances in Supercoppa Italiana

International

As of match played 21 March 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 202020
202170
202250
202360
202410
Total210

Honours

Midtjylland

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