Christian Cappis

Christian Jaeger Cappis (born August 13, 1999) is an American soccer player who plays as a center midfielder for Hobro IK at the Danish Superliga.

Christian Cappis
Cappis playing for the United States U20 against France U20 on March 22, 2019
Personal information
Full name Christian Jaeger Cappis
Date of birth (1999-08-13) August 13, 1999
Place of birth Katy, Texas, United States
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Center midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hobro IK
Number 18
Youth career
2015–2017 Texans SC Houston
2017–2018 FC Dallas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Hobro IK 40 (1)
National team
2019 United States U20 2 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 17, 2020

Club career

FC Dallas

Cappis started to play soccer for academy club, Texans SC. In 2017, his club won the "2016–17 US Developmental Academy U17/18 Championship" with him being named "Central Conference Player of the Year".

As a result of his performance on this tournament, he and Chris Richards, who was also part of the team, were approached by FC Dallas's academy and in the same year, they signed with the club. After several good performances at the Dallas Academy, the club showed interest in sign him a professional contract. However, the move was prevented by MLS due to the Homegrown Player Rule which prevents academy players from signing with clubs far from their native town. As Cappis is from Greater Houston, Houston Dynamo was supposed to have priority in signing the player.[1][2]

Hobro IK

However, instead of signing with any team on MLS, Cappis went to trial with several clubs in Europe. On November 6, 2018, he signed his first professional contract with Danish Superliga team, Hobro IK.[3][4] On the same day, he debuted for the team in a match against OB at the 2018–19 Danish Cup. Cappis came on the game's 56th minute replacing Edgar Babayan and providing an assist in his team 4–2 defeat.[2][5] On February 10, 2019, Cappis debuted in the Danish Superliga when he replaced Martin Mikkelsen at the 88th minute of a match against AC Horsens.[6]

At the end of the 2019–20 season, Hobro was relegated to the Danish 1st Division.[7] In December, Hobro failed to renew Cappis' work permit and lead to Cappis' passport being revoked and at facing deportation form Denmark.[7]

U.S. national team

Cappis was called up to the United States senior squad in January 2020 for a friendly against Costa Rica but did not appear in the match.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of December 17, 2020.
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hobro IK 2018–19 Danish Superliga 3010–4080
2019–20 28100–20301
2020–21 Danish 1st Division 9010–00100
Career total 401200060481

Notes

    References
    1. Carrick, Buzz. "How MLS stiffed FC Dallas out of signing Chris Cappis". SportsDay. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
    2. Muncy, Alex. "USMNT Weekly Youth Update: The Christian Cappis Saga". Stars and Stripes FC. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
    3. Kafai, Arman. "Former academy player Christian Cappis trialing overseas". Pro Soccer USA. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
    4. Clark, Travis. "Christian Cappis finds a home at Hobro". Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
    5. "Resultat Hobro 2–4". Danish Football Association. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
    6. "Hobro 0 – 0 Horsens". Soccerway. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
    7. "Report: Cappis wants to leave Hobro this summer". SBI Soccer. September 3, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
    8. "Berhalter Announces 22-Player Travel Roster for Final Prep Ahead of USA-Costa Rica". www.ussoccer.com.
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