Kévin Oliveira
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kévin Renato Fortes Oliveira | ||
Date of birth | 8 June 1996 | ||
Place of birth | São Vicente, Cape Verde | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Doxa Katokopias | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2014 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2016 | Benfica B | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Sporting Covilhã (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Swope Park Rangers | 30 | (6) |
2017 | Sporting Kansas City | 2 | (0) |
2017 | → Swope Park Rangers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Ottawa Fury | 64 | (10) |
2020– | Doxa Katokopias | 14 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017– | Cape Verde | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2017 |
Kévin Renato Fortes Oliveira (born 8 June 1996) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Doxa Katokopias
Club career
Swope Park Rangers
Oliveira signed for USL club the Swope Park Rangers on February 3, 2016. He scored his first goal for the side in its first-ever game on March 26, 2016 against Portland Timbers 2.[1] Oliveira had three goals and four assists before suffering a torn ACL in his left knee in training in late June 2016, which ended his season.[2]
Sporting Kansas City
On 15 September 2017, Oliveira signed with Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City, the parent club of Swope Park Rangers.[3]
On 10 December 2017, Oliveira was traded by Sporting Kansas City along with Tyler Pasher and a second-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft to Atlanta United FC in exchange for Kenwyne Jones, Alexander Tambakis, and a fourth-round pick in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.[4]
Ottawa Fury
On 18 January 2018, Oliveira signed with USL side Ottawa Fury FC.[5]
International career
Oliveira made his debut for the Cape Verde national team in a 2018 World Cup qualifier loss to Senegal in October 2017.[6]
References
- ^ Bergabo, Patrik. "Recap: Swope Park Rangers win inaugural game 2-1 against Portland Timbers 2".
- ^ Bergabo, Patrik. "SPR midfielder Kevin Oliveira suffers season-ending knee injury".
- ^ "Sporting KC signs forward Kharlton Belmar and midfielder Kevin Oliveira to MLS contracts". 15 September 2017.
- ^ https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2017/12/10/sporting-kc-acquires-forward-kenwyne-jones-goalkeeper-alexander-tambakis-and-2021
- ^ http://www.ottawafuryfc.com/news_article/show/877190?referrer_id=2824815
- ^ https://www.sportingkc.com/post/2017/10/07/sporting-kc-midfielder-kevin-oliveira-makes-cape-verde-debut-world-cup-qualifying
External links
- Kévin Oliveira at Major League Soccer
- Kévin Oliveira at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Kévin Oliveira at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from São Vicente, Cape Verde
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Portuguese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Cape Verdean footballers
- S.L. Benfica B players
- S.C. Covilhã players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Sporting Kansas City II players
- Sporting Kansas City players
- Ottawa Fury FC players
- Doxa Katokopias FC players
- USL Championship players
- Major League Soccer players
- Cape Verde international footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Cape Verdean football biography stubs