Jesús Capitán Prada (born 26 March 1977), known as Capi, is a Spanish former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently manager of Real Betis C.
 Capi at Betis in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Capitán Prada | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Camas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Betis C (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Camas | |||
| Betis | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | Betis B | 127 | (11) |
| 1997–2010 | Betis | 269 | (19) |
| 1999–2000 | → Granada (loan) | 33 | (4) |
| 2010–2012 | Xerez | 59 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | Camas | ||
| Total | 488 | (37) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002 | Spain | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Betis B (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Camas (youth) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Camas | ||
| 2022– | Betis C | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He spent most of his professional career with Betis, which included 209 La Liga games and 16 goals over the course of nine seasons (13 overall).[1]
Club career
editBetis
editCapi was born in Camas, Seville, Andalusia. Apart from a loan spell at Granada CF in the Segunda División B, he spent the vast majority of his career at Real Betis.[1] He started out with their reserves in the same league,[1] and made his first-team and La Liga debut against Valencia CF on 26 May 1997, one of only two during the season.[2][3]
Capi went to play over 300 competitive games for the Estadio Benito Villamarín-based club, always as an important part of the squad.[4] He scored his first goal for them on 19 November 2000, albeit in a 1–3 home defeat to neighbouring Sevilla FC where he excelled before being stretchered off with 15 minutes to go and the score at 1–1,[5] as the campaign in Segunda División ended in promotion for both sides in the city. However, in 2004–05, as the team achieved a fourth place in the league, with qualification to the UEFA Champions League, he appeared in only 11 matches, mainly due to injuries.[1]
After another two-and-a-half-month spell in the sidelines, Capi returned to action on 4 April 2009, netting as a second-half substitute in a 3–3 home draw with CD Numancia.[6][7] Betis were eventually relegated to division two.[1]
Capi continued to be bothered with injuries in the 2009–10 season, but still contributed 26 appearances – only three complete – as the club failed to regain its lost status.[1] On 19 June 2010, the 33-year-old appeared in his last game as a Verdiblanco, the useless 4–0 home win over Levante UD (they finished in fourth place, tied with both the second and third-placed teams), his contract subsequently expiring and not being renewed.[8]
Later career
editIn summer 2012, after a couple of second-tier campaigns with another side in his native region, Xerez CD,[9] Capi signed with amateurs Camas Club de Fútbol, his first-ever club as a footballer.[10] He retired in 2014 at age 37, being immediately appointed as Juan Merino's assistant manager at Betis B.[11]
International career
editCapi earned four caps for the Spain national team, making his debut on 27 March 2002 against the Netherlands in a 1–0 friendly loss in Rotterdam.[12] He featured in a further three internationals the same year.[1]
Honours
editBetis
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Yo jugué en el Real Betis: Capi (I played for Real Betis: Capi) Archived 23 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Vavel, 21 September 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ 1–1: La garra del Valencia no consigue apagar los fogonazos del Betis (1–1: Valencia spunk can not put out Betis fires); ABC, 27 May 1997 (in Spanish)
- ^ 0–1: El público del Villamarín festejó el triunfo del Sporting (0–1: Villamarín crowd celebrated Sporting triumph); ABC, 1 June 1997 (in Spanish)
- ^ Capi deja atrás casi dos décadas como jugador del Real Betis (Capi leaves nearly two decades as Real Betis player behind); Marca, 20 June 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Sevilla volvió a sacar tajada de su visita al campo del Betis (Sevilla fished again in trip to Betis' ground); Marca, 19 November 2000 (in Spanish)
- ^ Real Betis 3–3 Numancia; ESPN Soccernet, 4 April 2009
- ^ Partido loco, pero todo sigue igual (Crazy game, but everything remains the same); Marca, 4 April 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Capi: El adiós a un grande (Capi: Farewell to a great); ABC, 20 June 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Capi ficha por el Xerez y Díaz de Cerio y Vélez no quieren dejar el Athletic de Bilbao (Capi signs for Xerez and Díaz de Cerio and Vélez do not want to leave Athletic de Bilbao); La Verdad, 17 July 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Capi firma por el Camas CF y jugará esta temporada en Primera Provincial (Capi signs for Camas CF and will play this season in Primera Provincial); Ideal, 16 August 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Capi volverá a Granada como segundo entrenador del Betis B, y Cervián con el filial sevillista (Capi will return to Granada as Betis B assistant manager, and Cervián with Sevilla's reserves); Ideal, 9 July 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Ensayo preocupante (Worrying rehearsal); Mundo Deportivo, 28 March 2002 (in Spanish)
- ^ Dani delivers for Betis; UEFA, 11 June 2005
External links
edit- Capi at BDFutbol
- Betisweb stats and bio (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
- Capi at National-Football-Teams.com
- Capi at EU-Football.info
- Capi at Soccerway