Étienne Capoue

Club

_Retired Soccer

Position

Defensive Midfield

Nationality

France

Date of birth

1988-07-11

Birthplace

Niort, France

Height

1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

78 kg

Étienne René Capoue (born 11 July 1988) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

He began his professional career at Toulouse, making 196 total appearances and scoring 13 goals, while making the UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year for 2011–12. From 2013 to 2020 he played in England's Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur and Watford, reaching the 2019 FA Cup Final with the latter. He then joined Villarreal, winning the UEFA Europa League in his first season, and was man of the match in the final.

Capoue was a French youth international, having earned caps at under-18, under-19, and under-21 level, serving as captain for a portion of his stint with the latter team. He earned seven senior caps from 2012 to 2013, scoring once.