Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 July 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Malawi | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Eastern Suburbs | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2017 | Ellerslie | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Eastern Suburbs | 123 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | New Zealand | 3 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 October 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2021 |
Kelvin Kalua (born 10 July 1999) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a right-back for Eastern Suburbs and the New Zealand national team.
A youth product of Ellerslie from 2010 to 2017, Kalua moved to Eastern Suburbs in the summer of 2017. [1] He made his senior debut with Eastern Suburbs in a 2–0 New Zealand Football Championship win over Waitakere United on 17 December 2017. [2] He helped the team win the 2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship. [3]
Born in Malawi, Kalua moved to New Zealand in 2006 at the age of six and eventually became a citizen. He made his international debut with the New Zealand national team in a 2–1 friendly win over Curaçao on 9 October 2021. [4]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Eastern Suburbs | 2017–18 | Premiership | 11 | 0 | — | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | 17 | 0 | — | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | 14 | 1 | — | 3 [b] | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
2020–21 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||||
2021 | National League | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
2022 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
2023 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
2024 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 2 | ||||
2025 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 125 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 133 | 8 |
Eastern Suburbs