Kevin Pina
Pina with Krasnodar in 2022
Personal information
Full name Kevin Lenini Gonçalves Pereira de Pina
Date of birth (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997
Place of birth Praia, Cape Vede
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Krasnodar
Number 6
Youth career
Tchadense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Oliveirense 1 (0)
2018Anadia (loan) 6 (0)
2018–2019Sertanense (loan) 31 (2)
2019–2020 Chaves B 25 (2)
2020–2022 Chaves 39 (1)
2022– Krasnodar 25 (2)
International career
2019 Cape Verde U20 1 (0)
2022– Cape Verde 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:38, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Kevin Lenini Gonçalves Pereira de Pina (born 27 January 1997) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club Krasnodar and the Cape Verde national team.

Club career

A youth product of the Cape Verdean team Tchadense, Pina made his professional debut with Oliveirense in a 3–2 LigaPro loss to Benfica B on 13 January 2018.[1] He shortly after went on loan to Anadia and Sertanense, before transferring to Chaves in 2019.[2]

On 8 September 2022, Pina signed a three-year contract with the Russian Premier League club Krasnodar.[3]

International career

Pina was called up to represent the Cape Verde national team for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in September 2021.[4] He debuted with Cape Verde in a 6–0 friendly win over Liechtenstein on 25 March 2022.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2023
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oliveirense 2017–18 Liga Portugal 2 10001[lower-alpha 1]020
Anadia 2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal 6060
Sertanense 2018–19 Campeonato de Portugal 31221333
Chaves B 2019–20 Campeonato de Portugal 252252
Chaves 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 600060
2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 281103[lower-alpha 2]0321
2022–23 Primeira Liga 5050
Total 391100030431
Krasnodar 2022–23 Russian Premier League 15190241
2023–24 Russian Premier League 10150151
Total 252140392
Career total 127717100401488
  1. Appearances in the Taça da Liga
  2. Two appearances in the promotion play-offs, one appearance in the Taça da Liga

References

  1. "Benfica II vs. UD Oliveirense - 13 January 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  2. "Futebol: Internacional cabo-verdiano de sub-20 Kevin Pina vai representar equipa satélite do Chaves (Portugal) | INFORPRESS". July 17, 2019.
  3. "ИГРОКОМ "КРАСНОДАРА" СТАЛ КЕВИН ЛЕНИНИ" [Kevin Lenini became a Krasnodar player] (in Russian). FC Krasnodar. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. "Kevin Pina entre os eleitos da seleção de Cabo Verde". August 25, 2021.
  5. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Liechtenstein vs. Cape Verde". www.national-football-teams.com.
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