Wilfrid Kaptoum

Wilfrid Kaptoum
Personal information
Full name Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum
Date of birth (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Betis B
Youth career
Samuel Eto'o Academy
2008–2015 Barcelona
2009–2010 → Sant Andreu (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Barcelona B 44 (6)
2015–2016 Barcelona 0 (0)
2018– Betis B 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:38, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum (born 7 July 1996) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Betis Deportivo Balompié.

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.[2] He was subsequently loaned to neighbouring UE Sant Andreu,[3] and in June 2014 was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División.[4]

Kaptoum played his first match as a professional on 23 August 2014, starting in a 0–2 away loss against CA Osasuna.[5] He scored his first goal on 19 October, netting the second in a 4–1 home win against AD Alcorcón.[6] 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.[7]

Kaptoum's first appearance in the UEFA Champions League came on 9 December 2015, in a 1–1 draw away to Leverkusen.[8][9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12]

Kaptoum sustained a knee injury which kept him out of action for five months. He returned to fitness in December 2017.[13] On 29 January 2018, he agreed to terminate his contract with Barcelona.[13]

Betis

On 31 January 2018, two days after leaving Barcelona, Kaptoum signed with Real Betis.[14]

Club statistics

As of 29 January 2018[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2014–15 31—31
2015–16 253—253
2016–17 162—2[lower-alpha 1]0182
Total 446—20466
Barcelona 2015–16 00211[lower-alpha 2]0—31
Total 002110—31
Career total 446211020497
  1. ↑ Two appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. ↑ All appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Barcelona

References

  1. ↑ "Kaptoum". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Kaptoum, el único mediocentro africano (Kaptoum, the only African central midfielder); El Mundo Deportivo, 9 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Kaptoum, un Zidane de color y vestido del Barça (Kaptoum, a black Zidane and wearing Barça); Sport, 14 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Kaptoum tiene muchos números para subir al Barça B (Kaptoum has many numbers to rise to Barça B); Sport, 20 June 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ 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)
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Bayer Leverkusen 1 - 1 Barcelona Player & Team ratings - 09/12/2015 UEFA Champions League". goal.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Valencia 1-1 Barcelona (agg 1-8): Neville denied rare win as Barça break record". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Barça salvage 1-1 King's Cup draw against improved Valencia". Reuters. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "El FC Barcelona, a la final de la Copa del Rey con récord" [Kaptoum extends Barça's unbeaten run as Luis Enrique's side stroll into Copa final]. Sport (in Spanish). 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  13. 1 2 Rojo, Luis F. (29 January 2018). "Barcelona youngster Kaptoum to join Real Betis". Marca. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  14. ↑ Gillingham, Geoff (31 January 2018). "La Masia poster boys Bartra and Tello reunite at Real Betis". Marca. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  15. ↑ Wilfrid Kaptoum at Soccerway
  16. ↑ "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.


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