Wilfrid Kaptoum

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Wilfrid Kaptoum
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Personal information
Full name Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum
Date of birth (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AEK Larnaca
Number 18
Youth career
Samuel Eto'o Academy
2008–2015 Barcelona
2009–2010 → Sant Andreu (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2018 Barcelona B 42 (6)
2015–2016 Barcelona 0 (0)
2018–2019 Betis B 17 (0)
2018–2020 Betis 15 (0)
2020 → Almería (loan) 8 (0)
2021–2022 New England Revolution 42 (2)
2023 Las Palmas 11 (0)
2023– AEK Larnaca 11 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Cameroon U20 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2023

Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum (born 7 July 1996) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca. [2]

Contents

Club career

Barcelona

Born in Douala, Kaptoum joined FC Barcelona's youth ranks in 2008, aged 12, after a stint in Samuel Eto'o's foundation. [3] He was subsequently loaned to neighbouring UE Sant Andreu, [4] and in June 2014 was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División. [5]

Kaptoum played his first match as a professional on 23 August 2014, starting in a 0–2 away loss against CA Osasuna. [6] He scored his first goal on 19 October, netting the second in a 4–1 home win against AD Alcorcón. [7] On 28 October 2015, Kaptoum made his debut for Barcelona's first team, starting in a goalless draw away to CF Villanovense in the season's Copa del Rey. [8]

Kaptoum's first appearance in the UEFA Champions League came on 9 December 2015, in a 1–1 draw away to Leverkusen. [9] [10] In another 1–1 draw game against Valencia CF on 10 February 2016, he scored his debut goal for the first team 2 minutes after coming in as a substitute in the second leg of Copa del Rey semifinals. [11] [12] His goal also served to extend FC Barcelona's unbeaten run to 29 games, breaking the previous record of 28 games set under Pep Guardiola in the 2010–11 season. [13]

Kaptoum sustained a knee injury which kept him out of action for five months. He returned to fitness in December 2017. [14] On 29 January 2018, he agreed to terminate his contract with Barcelona. [14]

Betis

On 31 January 2018, two days after leaving Barcelona, Kaptoum signed with Real Betis and was initially assigned to the B-team. [15] He made his first team debut on 4 October, replacing Sergio León in a 3–0 home defeat of F91 Dudelange, for the season's UEFA Europa League. [16]

Kaptoum made his La Liga debut on 3 February 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 home win against Atlético Madrid. [17] On 10 January 2020, Kaptoum joined UD Almería on loan for the remainder of the season. [18]

On 5 October 2020, Kaptoum terminated his contract with the Verdiblancos. [19]

New England Revolution

On 23 December 2020, the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer announced the signing of Kaptoum on a free transfer. [20] [21] He scored his first goal for the club against Chicago Fire on 16 October 2021. Following the 2022 season, New England opted to decline his contract option. [22]

Las Palmas

On 13 January 2023, Kaptoum returned to Spain and its second division, after signing a short-term deal with UD Las Palmas. [23]

AEK Larnaca

On 13 July 2023, Kaptoum joined Cypriot First Division club AEK Larnaca. [24]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 December 2023 [25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2013–14 Segunda División 00———00
2014–15 31———31
2015–16 Segunda División B 253———253
2016–17 142——2 [lower-alpha 1] 0162
Total426000020446
Barcelona 2015–16 La Liga 00211 [lower-alpha 2] 0—31
2016–17 000000—00
Total0021100031
Betis B 2017–18 Segunda División B120———120
2018–19 Tercera División 50———50
Total170000000170
Betis 2018–19 La Liga10030——130
2019–20 50112 [lower-alpha 3] 0—81
Total150412000211
Almería (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División8000——80
New England Revolution 2021 MLS 21100——211
2022 21110——221
Total422100000432
Las Palmas 2022–23 La Liga11000——110
Larnaca 2023–24 Cypriot First Division 110003 [lower-alpha 4] 0—140
Career total146872602016110

Honours

Barcelona

New England Revolution

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References

  1. ↑ revolutionsoccer.net. "Wilfrid Kaptoum | New England Revolution". revolutionsoccer.net. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  2. ↑ Wilfrid Kaptoum at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Kaptoum, el único mediocentro africano (Kaptoum, the only African central midfielder); El Mundo Deportivo, 9 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Kaptoum, un Zidane de color y vestido del Barça (Kaptoum, a black Zidane and wearing Barça); Sport, 14 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Kaptoum tiene muchos números para subir al Barça B (Kaptoum has many numbers to rise to Barça B); Sport, 20 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Un doblete de Nino endulza la vuelta a Segunda tras 14 años (A Nino's double makes the return to Segunda after 14 years sweeter); Marca, 23 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Adama Traoré se disfraza de gacela para devorar al Alcorcón (Adama Traoré uses a gazelle costume to devour Alcorcón); Marca, 19 October 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ "Kaptoum y Aitor debutan con el primer equipo del Barcelona" [Kaptoum and Aitor debut with Barcelona's first team] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cámara y Kaptoum debutan en Champions" [Cámara y Kaptoum make their debut in the Champions League]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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  14. 1 2 Rojo, Luis F. (29 January 2018). "Barcelona youngster Kaptoum to join Real Betis". Marca. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  15. ↑ Gillingham, Geoff (31 January 2018). "La Masia poster boys Bartra and Tello reunite at Real Betis". Marca. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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  17. ↑ "Canales cierra los caminos" [Canales blocks the pathways] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  18. ↑ "The transfer of Kaptoum to Almeria is now official". Sportsfinding. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  19. ↑ "Wilfrid Kaptoum deja de pertenecer a la disciplina del Real Betis" [Wilfrid Kaptoum leaves Real Betis] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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  21. ↑ "Revolution continue to reshape roster for 2021 by signing midfielder Wilfrid Kaptoum". Boston Globe . 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  22. ↑ "New England Revolution announce year-end roster moves | New England Revolution". revolutionsoccer.net.
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  24. ↑ AEK Larnaca (2023-06-13). "Welcome to 𝐀𝐄𝐊 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐚, @Kaptoum5! 🔰". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-12-08.
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