Jens Cajuste

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Jens Cajuste
Personal information
Full name Jens-Lys Michel Cajuste
Date of birth (1999-08-10) 10 August 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Midtjylland
Number 40
Youth career
2006–2008 Sports Beijing[1]
2008–2009 Yu Ye Beijing[1]
2009–2010 Guldhedens IK[1]
2010–2018 Örgryte IS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Örgryte IS 14 (0)
2018– Midtjylland 34 (1)
International career‡
2019 Sweden U21 3 (0)
2020– Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020

Jens-Lys Michel Cajuste (born 10 August 1999), more commonly known as Jens Cajuste, is a Swedish football player who plays for FC Midtjylland.[2]

Early life

Cajuste was born in Sweden to a Haitian-American father and a Swedish mother. Cajuste moved to China with his family at age five, living one year in Luoyang before moving to Beijing.[3] There, he began football career with Chinese Sports Beijing. A few years later, the family returned to Sweden. As a 10 year old, Cajuste went to Örgryte IS.[4]

Club career

In June 2018, Cajuste was acquired by Denmark’s FC Midtjylland, where he signed a five-year contract.[5] Cajuste made his debut for Midtjylland on 26 August 2018 against Randers FC.[6] He made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 2020–21 group stage home game against Atalanta which Midtjylland lost 0–4.[7]

International career

On 4 November 2020 he earned his first call-up to the Sweden national team for their friendly game against Denmark and UEFA Nations League games against Croatia and France.[8] He made his international debut in a 0–2 loss against Denmark on 12 November 2020.[9]

Honours

Club

Midtjylland

References

  1. ^ a b c Forsberg, Aron (29 September 2018). "Fostrad i Kina – nu rycker USA:s landslag i svenske talangen: "Hade varit en stor ära"". fotbollskanalen.se. Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Sweden - J. Cajuste - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ Just Kristensen, Jørn (28 September 2018). "Svensk-amerikansk FCM-talent fik kinesisk karrierestart". herningfolkeblad.dk. Herning Folkeblad. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Jens Cajuste klar för FC Midtjylland". Örgryte IS.
  5. ^ "Fotbolltransfers.com - Officiellt: Jens Cajuste klar för FC Midtjylland". fotbolltransfers.com.
  6. ^ "Midtjylland vs. Randers - 26 August 2018 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  7. ^ TT (2020-11-02). "Cajuste om succén: Alltid trott på mig själv". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  8. ^ "Jens Cajuste överraskningen i Janne Anderssons trupp". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  9. ^ "Cajuste efter debuten: "Har mycket mer att erbjuda"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.

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