Kevin Felida
{{short description|Curaçaoan professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Kevin Felida
|image = kevin felida-1571753982.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Felida in 2019
|fullname =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|11|df=y}}
|birth_place = Spijkenisse, Netherlands
|position = Defensive midfielder
|currentclub = RKC Waalwijk
|clubnumber = 35
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = SCO '63
|youthyears2 = 2009–2012
|youthclubs2 = VV Spijkenisse
|youthyears3 = 2012–2016
|youthclubs3 = Excelsior
|youthyears4 = 2016–2017
|youthclubs4 = Brabant United
|youthyears5 = 2017–2018
|youthclubs5 = Den Bosch
|years1 = 2018–2022
|clubs1 = Den Bosch
|caps1 = 132
|goals1 = 6
|years2 = 2022–
|clubs2 = RKC Waalwijk
|caps2 = 32
|goals2 = 1
|nationalyears1 = 2021–
|nationalteam1 = Curaçao{{NFT player|pid=82906|accessdate=26 September 2022}}
|nationalcaps1 = 2
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update = 11 June 2025
|ntupdate = 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.{{Soccerway|kevin--felida/501817|accessdate=1 May 2018}}{{Worldfootball.net|kevin-felida}} Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Curaçao national team.
Club career
Born in Spijkenisse, where he grew up as a childhood friend of Joshua Zirkzee,{{cite news |last1=Gouka |first1=Mikos |title=Van A tot Zirkzee: zien we deze nieuwkomer in Koemans voorselectie? |url=https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/van-a-tot-zirkzee-zien-we-deze-nieuwkomer-in-koemans-voorselectie~ad7562be/ |accessdate=20 October 2020 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=11 March 2020 |location=Rotterdam |language=Dutch |quote=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.}} 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.{{cite web |title=FC Den Bosch bindt jeugdspeler Kevin Felida |url=http://www.fcdenbosch.nl/fc-bosch-bindt-jeugdspeler-kevin-felida/ |publisher=FC Den Bosch |accessdate=20 October 2020 |language=Dutch |date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=15 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215000920/http://www.fcdenbosch.nl/fc-bosch-bindt-jeugdspeler-kevin-felida/ |url-status=dead }} At the same time, Felida became a regular part of the first-team squad.{{cite news |last1=Martens |first1=Jan |title=FC Den Bosch haalt Kevin Felida bij de hoofdmacht |url=https://www.bd.nl/fc-den-bosch/fc-den-bosch-haalt-kevin-felida-bij-de-hoofdmacht~a0664710/ |accessdate=20 October 2020 |work=Brabants Dagblad |date=14 December 2017 |language=Dutch}} 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.{{cite news |last1=van der Zouw |first1=Hennie |title=Koude douche voor FC Dordrecht in Den Bosch |url=https://www.dordrecht.net/nieuws/2018-03-18-21975-koude-douche-voor-fc-dordrecht-in-den-bosch |accessdate=20 October 2020 |work=dordrecht.net |date=18 March 2018 |language=Dutch}}
In the summer of 2022, Felida joined RKC Waalwijk on a three-year contract.{{cite web|publisher=RKC Waalwijk|url=https://www.rkcwaalwijk.nl/kevin-felida-eerste-zomeraanwinst-rkc-waalwijk|title=Kevin Felida eerste zomeraanwinst RKC Waalwijk|access-date=20 July 2022|language=nl}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/match/400136243/#match-timeline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603131359/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/match/400136243/#match-timeline|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 June 2021|title = FIFA}}
Personal life
Born in the Netherlands, Felida is of Curaçaoan descent. He is the nephew of the footballer Charlison Benschop.{{Cite web|url=https://www.derwesten.de/incoming/von-curacao-bis-nach-bad-blankenburg-id9625173.html|title=Von Curaçao bis nach Bad Blankenburg|first=DerWesten-|last=derwesten.de|date=22 July 2014|website=www.derwesten.de|access-date=31 May 2020|archive-date=26 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826014506/https://www.derwesten.de/incoming/von-curacao-bis-nach-bad-blankenburg-id9625173.html|url-status=dead}}
References
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{{RKC Waalwijk squad}}
{{Curaçao squad 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Curaçao men's footballers
Category:Curaçao men's international footballers
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Dutch people of Curaçao descent
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Sportspeople from Spijkenisse
Category:VV Spijkenisse players
Category:Footballers from South Holland