| Intro | Cameroonian footballer |
| A.K.A. | Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Cameroon |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
7 July 1996, Douala |
| Age | 24 years |
| Star sign | Cancer |
Wilfrid Jaures Kaptoum (born 7 July 1996) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona B as a central midfielder.
Club career
Born in Douala, Kaptoum joined FC Barcelona’s youth ranks in 2008, aged 12, after a stint in Samuel Eto’o’s foundation. He was subsequently loaned to neighbouring UE Sant Andreu, and in June 2014 was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División.
Kaptoum played his first match as a professional on 23 August 2014, starting in a 0–2 away loss against CA Osasuna. He scored his first goal on 19 October, netting the second in a 4–1 home win against AD Alcorcón. 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.
His first appearance in the UEFA Champions League came on 9 December 2015, in a 1–1 draw away to Leverkusen. In another 1–1 draw game against Valencia CF on 10 February 2016, Kaptoum 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. 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.
Club statistics
- As of match played 27 November 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona B | 2014–15 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 25 | 3 | — | 25 | 3 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 35 | 4 | — | 35 | 4 | ||||||
| Barcelona | 2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| Career totals | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 5 | ||
Honours
- Barcelona
- Copa del Rey: 2015–16
- UEFA Youth League: 2013–14
- “First Youth League title goes Barcelona’s way”. UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.