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Wieke Kaptein
Dutch footballer (born 2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wieke Hendrikje Maria Kaptein (Dutch: [ˈʋi.kə ˈɦɛn.drɪk.jə maːˈri.aː ˈkɑp.tɛin]; 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]
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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.
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Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 10 May 2025[2]
- Includes KNVB Women's Cup, Women's FA Cup
- Includes Eredivisie Cup, Women's League Cup
International
- As of match played 8 April 2025[2]
- Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kaptein goal.
Honours
Twente
- Eredivisie: 2021–22,[12] 2023–24[13]
- KNVB Women's Cup: 2022–23[14]
- Eredivisie Cup: 2021–22,[15] 2022–23,[16] 2023–24[17]
- Dutch Women's Super Cup: 2022,[18] 2023[19]
Chelsea
References
External links
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