| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steve Nkanu Kapuadi | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Le Mans, France | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Legia Warsaw | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Zulte Waregem | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Gent II | ||
| 2019 | Inter Bratislava | 10 | (0) |
| 2020−2022 | Trenčín | 22 | (0) |
| 2022−2023 | Wisła Płock | 26 | (0) |
| 2023– | Legia Warsaw | 53 | (4) |
| 2024 | Legia Warsaw II | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | DR Congo | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:40, 27 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:41, 8 June 2025 (UTC) | |||
Steve Nkanu Kapuadi (born 30 April 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Polish club Legia Warsaw. Born in France, he represents the DR Congo national team.
After passing through the Le Mans training center up to U17 level, he left his hometown club for Angers, before joining the zulte waregem training center in Belgium. He then moved to La Gantoise, where he joined the club's reserve team.Kapuadi moved to AS Trenčín from partner club of Inter Bratislava during the winter of 2020. He made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for Trenčín during a home fixture, at their temporary home ground at pod Dubňom, against Zemplín Michalovce on 15 February 2020. He played the entire 90 minutes of the match as a centre back, along with another winter arrival Richard Križan. Trenčín went on to defeat Zemplín with a 8:1 victory. [1] Kapuadi also made three further appearances in the remaining games of the regular season, becoming a regular in the starting eleven.
On 2 June 2022, Kapuadi was announced as Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Płock's new signing, penning a one-and-a-half-year deal, with an extension option until June 2025. [2] On 22 August 2023, he moved to another Polish top division side Legia Warsaw. [3]
Kapuadi was born in France and is of Congolese descent. [4]
On 8 May 2025, Kapuadi received his first call-up to the DR Congo national team for friendlies against Mali and Madagascar. [5] He made his international debut against the latter in a 3–1 win on 8 June. [6]
| Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Trenčín | 2019–20 | Slovak Super Liga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Slovak Super Liga | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Wisła Płock | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| Legia Warsaw | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 [b] | 2 | — | 47 | 5 | ||
| Total | 53 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 6 | ||
| Legia Warsaw II | 2023–24 | III liga, group I | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 102 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 7 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
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