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Kevin Felida (born 11 November 1999) is a professional
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who plays as a
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for
Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
club
RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...
. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Curaçao national team.


Club career

Born in
Spijkenisse Spijkenisse () is a large town in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. Following an administrative reform in 2015, it is part of the List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Nissewaard, and ha ...
, 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 Voetbalvereniging Spijkenisse is a football club from Spijkenisse, Netherlands. In 2017–18, VV Spijkenisse played its sole season in the Saturday Derde Divisie. Since 2023, it plays in the Eerste Klasse, after relegating from the Vierde Divisie ...
and
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. 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 The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in th ...
, 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, Felida became a regular part of the first-team squad. In the match against
FC Dordrecht Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...
(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 RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...
on a three-year contract.


International career

Felida debuted with the Curaçao national team in a 0–0
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tie with
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on 8 June 2021.


Personal life

Born in the Netherlands, Felida is of
Curaçao Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in the southern Caribbean Sea (specifically the Dutch Caribbean region), about north of Venezuela. Curaçao includ ...
an descent. He is the nephew of the footballer Charlison Benschop.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Felida, Kevin 1999 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Curaçao men's footballers Curaçao men's international footballers Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Curaçao descent FC Den Bosch players RKC Waalwijk players Eerste Divisie players Sportspeople from Spijkenisse VV Spijkenisse players Footballers from South Holland 21st-century Dutch sportsmen 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players