Kevin Pina (footballer)
_2022.jpg) Pina with Krasnodar in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Lenini Gonçalves Pereira de Pina | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Praia, Cape Vede | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Krasnodar | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tchadense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Oliveirense | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Anadia (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Sertanense (loan) | 31 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Chaves B | 25 | (2) |
| 2020–2022 | Chaves | 39 | (1) |
| 2022– | Krasnodar | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019 | Cape Verde U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2022– | Cape Verde | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:38, 29 March 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kevin Lenini Gonçalves Pereira de Pina (born 27 January 1997) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club Krasnodar and the Cape Verde national team.
Club career
A youth product of the Cape Verdean team Tchadense, Pina made his professional debut with Oliveirense in a 3–2 LigaPro loss to Benfica B on 13 January 2018.[1] He shortly after went on loan to Anadia and Sertanense, before transferring to Chaves in 2019.[2]
On 8 September 2022, Pina signed a three-year contract with the Russian Premier League club Krasnodar.[3]
International career
Pina was called up to represent the Cape Verde national team for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in September 2021.[4] He debuted with Cape Verde in a 6–o friendly win over Liechtenstein on 25 March 2022.[5]
References
- ^ "Benfica II vs. UD Oliveirense - 13 January 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Futebol: Internacional cabo-verdiano de sub-20 Kevin Pina vai representar equipa satélite do Chaves (Portugal) | INFORPRESS". July 17, 2019.
- ^ "ИГРОКОМ "КРАСНОДАРА" СТАЛ КЕВИН ЛЕНИНИ" [Kevin Lenini became a Krasnodar player] (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Kevin Pina entre os eleitos da seleção de Cabo Verde". August 25, 2021.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Liechtenstein vs. Cape Verde". www.national-football-teams.com.
External links
- Kevin Pina at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Kevin Pina at Soccerway
- CS1 Russian-language sources (ru)
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles without Wikidata item
- ForaDeJogo player ID not in Wikidata
- Soccerway template with ID not in Wikidata
- Soccerway template with ID not matching pattern
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Praia
- Cape Verdean footballers
- Cape Verde international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- U.D. Oliveirense players
- G.D. Chaves players
- FC Krasnodar players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Primeira Liga players
- Russian Premier League players
- Cape Verdean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Russia