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.

Career

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 Territory 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.

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. 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. 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.