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Dutch footballer (born 2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wieke Hendrikje Maria Kaptein[1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 August 2005 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Twente | 40 | (3) |
2023– | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
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 | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2024 |
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]
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.
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Netherlands | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
2024 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 |
Twente
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