Wieke Kaptein

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Wieke Kaptein
Personal information
Full name Wieke Hendrikje Maria Kaptein [1]
Date of birth (2005-08-29) 29 August 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Hengelo, Netherlands
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 18
Youth career
Achilles '12
Twente
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Twente 40 (3)
2023– Chelsea 7 (2)
2023–2024 → Twente (loan) 22 (3)
International career‡
2019 Netherlands U15 4 (0)
2021 Netherlands U16 3 (0)
2021–2022 Netherlands U17 5 (0)
2022–2023 Netherlands U19 7 (0)
2023– Netherlands 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 December 2024

Wieke Hendrikje Maria Kaptein (born 29 August 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Netherlands national team. [2]

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Club career

Kaptein started playing football at Achilles '12. Already at the age of 15, she received a professional contract with FC Twente Enschede. [3]  Capping off her first season with the league title, she also featured in 2021/22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying, scoring the goal in the opening game against FC Nike Tbilisi to make it 9–0. [4]  Twente, however, lost out to Benfica in the Champions Path final. A year later, Benfica was the last stop on the way to the group stage.

In March 2023, Kaptein was voted one of the nine best talents in the world. [5]

International career

Kaptein played some games for the Dutch junior teams from the U-15. With the U-17 team, she took part in the first and second qualifying rounds of the 2022 U-17 European Championship, which was successfully completed in April 2022, where she was captain in the second round. [6] However, she was not part of the squad for the finals in May 2022, because she was wanted for the end of the league season. [7] With the U-19 team, she qualified in October 2022 for the second qualifying round for the 2023 U-19 European Championship. She was not used in the second round in April 2023, as she was nominated for the senior national team games that took place at the same time. [8]

On 11 April 2023, she had her first senior cap. She came on as a substitute in the 81st minute for Lieke Martens in a friendly they won 4–1 against Poland. [9] [10]

On 30 June 2023, she was nominated for the World Cup finals. [11] She was the youngest World Cup debutant ever for the Dutch national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 January 2025 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Twente 2021–22 Vrouwen Eredivisie 200203041—291
2022–23Vrouwen Eredivisie2034030201 [c] 0303
Twente (loan)2023–24Vrouwen Eredivisie2232010401 [c] 1304
Total626807010121898
Chelsea 2024–25 Women's Super League 72100061—143
Career total69890701622110311

International

As of match played 3 December 2024 [2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 202350
202491
Total141

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 November 2024 Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–14–1 Friendly

Honours

Twente

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