.jpg) Cajuste withIpswich Town in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jens-Lys Michel Cajuste[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-08-10)10 August 1999 (age 25)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town (on loan fromNapoli) | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Sports Beijing[3] | ||
| 2008–2009 | Yu Ye Beijing[3] | ||
| 2009–2010 | Guldhedens IK[3] | ||
| 2010–2016 | Örgryte IS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Örgryte IS | 14 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Midtjylland | 58 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Reims | 39 | (5) |
| 2023– | Napoli | 26 | (0) |
| 2024– | →Ipswich Town (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Sweden U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2020– | Sweden | 25 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:49, 15 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:20, 9 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Jens-Lys Michel Cajuste (Swedish pronunciation:[jɛnskaˈjɵst]; born 10 August 1999) is a Swedish professionalfootballer who plays as acentral midfielder forPremier League clubIpswich Town, on loan fromSerie A clubNapoli, and theSweden national team.
Cajuste was born in Sweden to aHaitian-American father and a Swedish mother. He moved to China with his family at age five, living one year inLuoyang before moving toBeijing.[4] There, he began his football career with Chinese Sports Beijing. A few years later, the family returned to Sweden. As a ten-year-old, Cajuste started playing forÖrgryte IS.[5] After impressing in the club's youth teams, he was rewarded with a senior contract in 2016.[6] On 17 October 2016, Cajuste made his senior debut for Örgryte in theSuperettan where they lost 4–1 toIK Sirius.[7]
In June 2018, Cajuste moved to Denmark'sMidtjylland, where he signed a five-year contract.[8] He made his debut for the club on 26 August 2018 in a match againstRanders.[9] His first goal also came against Randers, which also proved to be the winner, in a 2–1 league victory on 21 October 2019.[10]
On 21 October 2020, he made hisUEFA Champions League debut in a group stage home game againstAtalanta, which Midtjylland lost 4–0.[11]
On 10 January 2022, Cajuste signed for French clubReims in a transfer deal worth a reported €10 million.[12] He became the club's record signing.[13] A few days later, Reims director-general Mathieu Lacour disputed the reported fee, stating that the price was around half of what Midtjylland had announced.[14][15]
Cajuste made his debut for Reims in aLigue 1 match againstMetz on 16 January 2022, starting incentral midfield before being substituted off forAlexis Flips at half-time, as Reims lost 1–0.[16]
On 10 August 2023, Cajuste joinedSerie A clubNapoli,[17] by signing a five-year contract for a reported fee of €12 million.[18]
On 19 August 2024, Cajuste joined newly promotedPremier League clubIpswich Town on loan for the 2024–25 season.[19]
On 4 November 2020, Cajuste was called up to theSweden national team for theirfriendly game againstDenmark andUEFA Nations League games againstCroatia andFrance.[20] He made his international debut in a 2–0 loss against Denmark on 12 November 2020.[21]
Cajuste was called up for a major tournament for the first time when he was included in Sweden's 26-man squad forUEFA Euro 2020.[22]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Örgryte IS | 2016 | Superettan | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | Superettan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Superettan | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Midtjylland | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Danish Superliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 58 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 2 | |||
| Reims | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 42 | 6 | |||||
| Napoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6[c] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Ipswich Town (loan) | 2024–25 | Premier League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 159 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 199 | 9 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 0 | |
Midtjylland
They are very surprised, as we too were to discover this sum in the newspapers, which is absolutely false." ... "We are on the levels ofRajković (5 million euros in 2019). We are not intended to make these types of double-digit transfers, even if there are some bonuses and a capital gain on resale.
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