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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 | (1) |
| 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 | 12 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 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.
Club
- As of match played 20 November 2024[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Twente | 2021–22 | Vrouwen Eredivisie | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 29 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | Vrouwen Eredivisie | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| Twente (loan) | 2023–24 | Vrouwen Eredivisie | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[c] | 1 | 30 | 4 |
| Total | 62 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 8 | ||
| Chelsea | 2024–25 | Women's Super League | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 9 | 2 | |
| Career total | 67 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 98 | 10 | ||
- Includes KNVB Women's Cup, Women's FA Cup
- Includes Eredivisie Cup, Women's League Cup
International
- As of match played 25 October 2024[2]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
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