Wilfrid Kaptoum

Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum (born 7 July 1996) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.[2]

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]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 New England Revolution
Youth career
Samuel Eto'o Academy
2008–2015 Barcelona
2009–2010 → Sant Andreu (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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– New England Revolution 0 (0)
National team
2014–2015 Cameroon U20 8 (2)
2019– Cameroon 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2020

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

On December 23rd 2020 The New England Revolution announced that they'd signed Kaptoum on a free transfer.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 17 June 2020[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
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
Total 426000020446
Barcelona 2015–16 La Liga 00211[lower-alpha 2]0—31
2016–17 000000—00
Total 0021100031
Betis B 2017–18 Segunda División B 120———120
2018–19 Tercera División 50———50
Total 170000000170
Betis 2018–19 La Liga 10030——130
2019–20 50112[lower-alpha 3]0—81
Total 150412000211
Almería

(loan)

 2019–20 Segunda División 80———80
New England Revolution 2021 MLS 00000 00000
Career total 826623020938
  1. Two appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours
Barcelona

References
  1. "Kaptoum". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. "Revolution continue to reshape roster for 2021 by signing midfielder Wilfrid Kaptoum". December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  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.
  10. "Bayer Leverkusen 1 - 1 Barcelona Player & Team ratings - 09/12/2015 UEFA Champions League". goal.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  11. "Valencia 1-1 Barcelona (agg 1-8): Neville denied rare win as Barça break record". goal.com. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  12. "Barça salvage 1-1 King's Cup draw against improved Valencia". Reuters. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  13. "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.
  14. 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.
  16. "Betis 3–0 Dudelange". UEFA.com. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  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.
  20. "New England Revolution sign midfielder Wilfrid Kaptoum after La Liga stops". December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  21. Wilfrid Kaptoum at Soccerway
  22. "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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