Kevin Felida

Kevin Felida
Felida in 2019
Personal information
Full name Kevin Antonio Felida
Date of birth (1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hanoi FC
Number 6
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)
2022–2025 RKC 32 (1)
2025–2026 Den Bosch 39 (4)
2026– Hanoi FC 0 (0)
International career‡
2021– Curaçao 17 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:37, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Kevin Antonio Felida (born 11 November 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for V.League 1 club Hanoi FC. 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, 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. At the same time, he became a regular part of the first-team squad. 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.

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

In July 2025, Felida returned to FC Den Bosch on a free transfer and signed a two-year contract with the club.

On 30 September 2026, Felida was transferred to V.League 1 club Hanoi FC.

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.

On 18 May 2026, he was named by head coach Dick Advocaat in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, marking the country's first-ever appearance at the tournament.

Personal life

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

References

  1. ↑ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup 2026: Curaçao (CUW)" (PDF). FIFA. 10 July 2026. p. 14. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Kevin Felida at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ "Kevin Felida". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Kevin Felida at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Martens, Jan (14 December 2017). "FC Den Bosch haalt Kevin Felida bij de hoofdmacht". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  8. ↑ van der Zouw, Hennie (18 March 2018). "Koude douche voor FC Dordrecht in Den Bosch". dordrecht.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Kevin Felida eerste zomeraanwinst RKC Waalwijk" (in Dutch). RKC Waalwijk. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  10. ↑ Wezenbeek, Yannick (19 July 2025). "FC Den Bosch haalt oude bekende transfervrij op bij RKC". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 July 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ↑ "Hà Nội FC ra mắt tiền vệ dự World Cup 2026" (in Vietnamese). VOV. 30 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 3 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Curaçao squad announcement". FIFA. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "Von Curaçao bis nach Bad Blankenburg" [From Curaçao to Bad Blankenburg]. Der Westen [de] (in German). 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2026.