Kevin Holness

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kevin Holness

| image =

| fullname = Kevin Keith Holness

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|09|25}}

| birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1989

| youthclubs1 = Langara College

| years1 = 1989–1992

| years2 = 1993

| years3 = 1994–1997

| years4 = 1995–1996

| years5 = 1996–1997

| years6 = 1996–2001

| years7 = 1997–1999

| years8 = 2000

| years9 = 2001

| clubs1 = Winnipeg Fury

| clubs2 = Toronto Blizzard

| clubs3 = Montreal Impact

| clubs4 = Wichita Wings (indoor)

| clubs5 = Toronto Shooting Stars (indoor)

| clubs6 = Edmonton Drillers (indoor)

| clubs7 = Toronto Lynx

| clubs8 = Vancouver 86ers

| clubs9 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC

| caps1 = 100

| caps2 = 23

| caps3 = 65

| caps4 = 5

| caps5 = 12

| caps6 = 166

| caps7 = 15

| caps8 = 28

| caps9 = 9

| goals1 = 5

| goals2 = 2

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 =

| goals5 =

| goals6 =

| goals7 = 1

| goals8 = 1

| goals9 = 0

| nationalteam1 = Canada U23

| nationalteam2 = Canada

| nationalyears1 = 1990–1992

| nationalyears2 = 1995–1996

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalcaps2 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2007–2008

| managerclubs1 = Saskatoon Accelerators

| pcupdate = 11 November 2009

| ntupdate = 11 November 2009

}}

Kevin Holness (born September 25, 1971) is a former Canadian international soccer player.

Club career

Holness spent his entire outdoor soccer career in Canada, playing for Winnipeg Fury, Toronto Blizzard, Montreal Impact, Toronto Lynx, Vancouver 86ers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-may-14-1993-p-33/|title=Heavy debts nag Fury|last=McDonald|first=Marvin|date=1993-05-14|website=NewspaperArchive.com|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|page=33|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14}}

Also, Holness played indoor soccer with Toronto Shooting Stars, Wichita Wings and most prominently with Edmonton Drillers in the NPSL.

International career

Holness played in all three of Canada's games at the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship which were held in Canada.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107041726/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=154504/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA He played there in a team also featuring Paul Peschisolido and Carl Fletcher.

He made senior his debut for Canada in a May 1995 Canada Cup match against Northern Ireland and earned a total of 9 caps, scoring 2 goals, both against Honduras at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup. His final international was a June 1996 friendly match against Costa Rica.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

class="wikitable"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

10 January 1996

Edison International Field, Anaheim, United States

2-0

3-1

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

10 January 1996

Edison International Field, Anaheim, United States

3-1

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Coaching career

Holness was the inaugural coach of the Saskatoon Accelerators of the Canadian Major Indoor Soccer League before resigning prior to the start of the 2009/2010 season. Holness is currently the technical director for FC Regina in Regina, Saskatchewan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.acfutbol.ca/ |access-date=2020-02-16 |title=Archived copy |archive-date=2017-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915100457/http://acfutbol.ca/ |url-status=dead }}

Honours

Canada Soccer President's Award: 2016

References

External links

[http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/story.html?id=3402c3f9-3b33-4e5e-9355-b5f01f53fc99 Reginan named coach] Canada.com
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Category:1971 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Kingston, Jamaica

Category:Jamaican emigrants to Canada

Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada

Category:Black Canadian men's soccer players

Category:Canadian men's soccer players

Category:Canada men's youth international soccer players

Category:Canada men's under-23 international soccer players

Category:Canada men's international soccer players

Category:Winnipeg Fury players

Category:Toronto Blizzard (1986–1993) players