Kevin Felida

Kevin Felida
Felida in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Spijkenisse, Netherlands[1]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 RKC Waalwijk
Number 35
Youth career
SCO '63
2009–2012 VV Spijkenisse
2012–2016 Excelsior
2016–2017 Brabant United
2017–2018 Den Bosch
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Den Bosch 132 (6)
2022– RKC Waalwijk 23 (1)
International career‡
2021– Curaçao[2] 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:08, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:37, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Kevin Felida (born 11 November 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk.[3][1] Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Curaçao national team.

Club career

Born in Spijkenisse, where he grew up as a childhood friend of Joshua Zirkzee,[4] Felida ended up in the youth academy of FC Den Bosch via VV Spijkenisse and Excelsior. In the 2017–18 season, he began playing for their under-21 team. Felida made his senior debut on 1 December 2017, in the 3–0 win over Go Ahead Eagles, where he came on as a substitute in the 85th minute for Muhammed Mert. On 14 November, it was announced that Felida has signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until the summer of 2020.[5] At the same time, Felida became a regular part of the first-team squad.[6] In the match against FC Dordrecht (4–1 win), on 16 March 2018, Felida scored his first professional goal, a strike from 30 metres out.[7]

In the summer of 2022, Felida joined RKC Waalwijk on a three-year contract.[8]

International career

Felida debuted with the Curaçao national team in a 0–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Guatemala on 8 June 2021.[9]

Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Felida is of Curaçaoan descent. He is the nephew of the footballer Charlison Benschop.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Kevin Felida at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Kevin Felida". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. ^ Kevin Felida at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  4. ^ Gouka, Mikos (11 March 2020). "Van A tot Zirkzee: zien we deze nieuwkomer in Koemans voorselectie?". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Rotterdam. Retrieved 20 October 2020. Kevin Felida is de grote vriend van Zirkzee. De middenvelder speelt bij FC Den Bosch. Hij stond op het veld toen Ahmad Mendes Moreira van Excelsior racistisch werd beledigd. Ahmad en ik waren de enige donkere spelers op het veld. Ik voelde me bij hem betrokken, zei hij tegen het NRC.
  5. ^ "FC Den Bosch bindt jeugdspeler Kevin Felida" (in Dutch). FC Den Bosch. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. ^ Martens, Jan (14 December 2017). "FC Den Bosch haalt Kevin Felida bij de hoofdmacht". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ van der Zouw, Hennie (18 March 2018). "Koude douche voor FC Dordrecht in Den Bosch". dordrecht.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Kevin Felida eerste zomeraanwinst RKC Waalwijk" (in Dutch). RKC Waalwijk. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  9. ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 3 June 2021.
  10. ^ derwesten.de, DerWesten- (22 July 2014). "Von Curaçao bis nach Bad Blankenburg". www.derwesten.de.