Gordon Kinsaini (born July 26, 1981) is a

Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

se former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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for

SV Leo Victor Sport Vereniging Leo Victor, known as SV Leo Victor, is a Surinamese football club which plays in the Eerste Divisie. They play their home games in Paramaribo at the Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion. History Founded on 9 January 1934 as a Roman Ca ...

in the

Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie (; "Fourth Division"), formerly known as Hoofdklasse () is the second-highest league of amateur football in the Netherlands, and the fifth tier in general. Background The league was divided into two sections: Saturday and Sunda ...

. He previously played for

SV Robinhood Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese professional football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, hav ...

, and for the Suriname national team.

Career

Kinsaini began his career at SV Robinhood, making his debut in the 1999-2000 SVB Hoofdklasse. He remained with the club for ten years becoming one of the great figures of the club finishing as joint league top scorer together with Amaktie Maasie (of SV Leo Victor) during the 2002-03 season with 18 goals each.He is known for his pace and creating chances for teammates to score. In 2009, he was transferred to SV Leo Victor.

International career

Kinsaini has played International football for

, having made his debut in the final qualifying round of the

2001 Caribbean Cup The Caribbean Cup was the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. Entrants * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (Hosts and Defending Champions) * Withdraws ...

, scoring on his debut in the 5-0 win over

Aruba Aruba, officially the Country of Aruba, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the southern Caribbean Sea north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguaná Peninsula, Paraguaná and northwest of Curaçao. In 19 ...

. He also participated in the teams'

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification The 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation – the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America ...

campaign, making four appearances while scoring twice.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Suriname' goal tally first.''

References

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* Living people 1981 births Footballers from Paramaribo Surinamese men's footballers Suriname men's international footballers S.V. Robinhood players S.V. Leo Victor players SVB Eerste Divisie players Men's association football midfielders {{Suriname-footy-bio-stub