Kelvin Pires
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kelvin Spencer Pires | ||
Date of birth | 5 June 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Mindelo, Cape Verde | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
SJK (on loan from AS Trenčín) | ||
Youth career | |||
Batuque | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Batuque | ||
2020– | AS Trenčín | 52 | (4) |
2024– | → SJK (loan) | 26 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Cape Verde | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:54, 13 June 2022 (UTC) |
Kelvin Spencer Pires (born 5 June 2000) is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a centre back for Veikkausliiga club SJK, on loan from AS Trenčín.
Club career
[edit]Pires made his Fortuna Liga debut for AS Trenčín against FC Spartak Trnava on 6 March 2021.[1]
On 6 February 2024, Pires was loaned out to Finnish Veikkausliiga club SJK for the 2024 season.[2]
International career
[edit]Pires made his debut with the Cape Verde national team in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification home fixture with Nigeria on 4 September 2021. He was featured in the starting-XI and completed the entirety of the match. Cape Verde lost 1–2.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 2 November 2024.
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AS Trenčín | 2020–21 | Slovak Super Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Slovak Super Liga | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Slovak Super Liga | 27 | 4 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 33 | 6 | |||
2023–24 | Slovak Super Liga | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
Total | 52 | 4 | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 64 | 6 | ||
SJK (loan) | 2024 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
Career total | 78 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 9 |
- ^ Includes Slovak Cup and Suomen Cup
- ^ Includes Finnish League Cup
References
[edit]- ^ TRENČÍN VS. SPARTAK TRNAVA 2 - 0 06.03.2021, soccerway.com
- ^ Tervetuloa Kelvin Pires!, sjk.fi, 6 February 2024
- ^ "Cape Verde Islands vs. Nigeria - 7 September 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- AS Trenčín official club profile (in Slovak)
- Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)
- Kelvin Pires at Soccerway
- Kelvin Pires at Fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak)
Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Cape Verdean men's footballers
- Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers
- Cape Verde men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Batuque FC players
- AS Trenčín players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- Slovak First Football League players
- Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
- Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Veikkausliiga players