Jesús Capitán Prada (born 26 March 1977), known as Capi, is a Spanish former

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who played as an

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. He spent most of his professional career with Betis, which included 209

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games and 16 goals over the course of nine seasons (13 overall).Yo jugué en el Real Betis: Capi (I played for Real Betis: Capi)
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, 21 September 2013 (in Spanish)

Club career

Betis

Capi was born in

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. Apart from a loan spell at

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in the Segunda División B, he spent the vast majority of his career at

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. He started out with their reserves in the same league, and made his first-team and

debut against

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on 26 May 1997, one of only two during the season. Capi went to play over 300 competitive games for the Estadio Benito Villamarín-based club, always as an important part of the squad. He scored his first goal for them on 19 November 2000, albeit in a 1–3 home defeat to neighbouring

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where he excelled before being stretchered off with 15 minutes to go and the score at 1–1, 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

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to the

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, he appeared in only 11 matches, mainly due to injuries. 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

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. Betis were eventually relegated to division two. 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. 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.

Later career

In summer 2012, after a couple of second-tier campaigns with another side in his native region,

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, Capi signed with amateurs Camas Club de Fútbol, his first-ever club as a footballer. He retired in 2014 at age 37, being immediately appointed as Juan Merino's assistant manager at Betis B.

International career

Capi earned four

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for the Spain national team, making his debut on 27 March 2002 against the

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in a 1–0 friendly loss in

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. He featured in a further three internationals the same year.

Honours

Betis *

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: 2004–05Dani delivers for Betis
UEFA, 11 June 2005

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Capi 1977 births Living people People from Camas, Seville Sportspeople from the Province of Seville Spanish footballers Footballers from Andalusia Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Real Betis players Granada CF footballers Xerez CD footballers Spain international footballers