Jens-Lys Cajuste

Nationality

Sweden

Born

1999-08-10

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

77 kg

Number

#12

Jens-Lys Michel Cajuste (Swedish pronunciation: ; born 10 August 1999) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for English EFL Championship club Ipswich Town on loan from Italian club Napoli, and the Sweden national team. 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. 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. Club career In June 2018, Cajuste was acquired by Denmark’s FC Midtjylland, where he signed a five-year contract. Cajuste made his debut for Midtjylland on 26 August 2018 against Randers FC. He made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 2020–21 group stage home game against Atalanta which Midtjylland lost 0–4. 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. He made his international debut in a 0–2 loss against Denmark on 12 November 2020.