| Wieke Kaptein | |
| Full Name: | Wieke Hendrikje Maria Kaptein[1] |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 2005 |
| Birth Place: | Hengelo, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.71 m |
| Currentclub: | Chelsea |
| Clubnumber: | 18 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Achilles '12 |
| Youthclubs2: | Twente |
| Years1: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Twente |
| Caps1: | 40 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Chelsea |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs3: | → Twente (loan) |
| Caps3: | 22 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Netherlands U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam2: | Netherlands U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam3: | Netherlands U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2022–2023 |
| Nationalteam4: | Netherlands U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam5: | Netherlands |
| Nationalcaps5: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 1 July 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 16 July 2024 |
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.
Kaptein started playing football at Achilles '12. Already at the age of 15, she received a professional contract with FC Twente Enschede.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] [9]
On 30 June 2023, she was nominated for the World Cup finals.[10] She was the youngest World Cup debutant ever for the Dutch national team.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | ||
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