Kevin Silva

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Kevin Silva
Personal information
Full name Kevin Santos Silva [1]
Date of birth (1998-01-05) January 5, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
Number 1
Youth career
Players Development Academy
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 UCLA Bruins 30 (0)
2018 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 0 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 FC Golden State Force 1 (0)
2018–2020 Heart of Midlothian 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Raith Rovers (loan) 0 (0)
2019 → Toronto FC II (loan) 8 (0)
2020 Toronto FC II 0 (0)
2020–2021 Toronto FC 0 (0)
2021 → Toronto FC II (loan) 4 (0)
2022– Pittsburgh Riverhounds 11 (0)
International career
2015 United States U17
2017 United States U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 20, 2022

Kevin Santos Silva (born January 5, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Championship.

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Early and personal life

Silva was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and has one younger brother. [1]

Early and college career

Silva played at youth level for Players Development Academy. Prior to attending college, he was a two-time All-American and was ranked as the best high school goalkeeper in the country, as well as the number 13 overall player in the IMG 150 by Top Drawer Soccer and number 6 overall in College Soccer News' Top 150. [3]

In 2016, he began attending UCLA playing college soccer for the UCLA Bruins. [4] At UCLA he made 30 appearances in two seasons. [1] In 2018, he transferred to Rutgers University, planned to join the Rutgers Scarlet Knights soccer team. [5] However, after only training with the team, he departed ahead of the 2018 for a professional opportunity. [3]

Club career

He spent the 2017 season with FC Golden State Force, making one appearance. [6] [7]

In July 2018 he signed for Scottish club Hearts. [8] He moved on loan to Raith Rovers in September 2018, until January 14, 2019. [9] [10]

In May 2019, he signed on loan for Toronto FC II, [11] and joined the club permanently in January 2020. [12] He signed with the Toronto FC first team on July 3, 2020. [13] In June he returned to Toronto II on loan. [14] At the end of the 2021 season, the club declined his option for 2022. [15]

On February 21, 2022, Silva signed with USL Championship side Pittsburgh Riverhounds. [16]

International career

Silva has represented the United States at youth international level. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Profile". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Profile". US Soccer. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Fonseca, Brian (July 20, 2018). "Rutgers soccer goalkeeper Kevin Silva signs pro contract". 247 Sports.
  4. ↑ "UCLA Soccer Adds Kevin Silva". UCLA Bruins. June 17, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Men's Soccer Adds Transfers Kevin Silva & Vincenzo Pugliese". Rutgers. January 15, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ Kevin Silva at Soccerway. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Profile". USL PDL. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Hearts: Goalkeeper Kevin Silva becomes 13th summer signing". BBC Sport. July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Silva's Starl's Park loan". Heart of Midlothian F.C. September 28, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Goalie signs on loan". Raith Rovers F.C. September 28, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Toronto FC II acquire Kevin Silva on Loan". Toronto FC. May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Scotland's Hearts say American goalkeeper Kevin Silva has transferred to Toronto FC | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
  13. ↑ Butler, Dylan (July 3, 2020). "Toronto FC add goalkeeping depth by signing Kevin Silva from TFC II". Major League Soccer.
  14. ↑ "Toronto FC loan three players to Toronto FC II". Toronto FC . June 9, 2021.
  15. ↑ Buffery, Steve (December 1, 2021). "TFC make a number of roster moves while hoping to sign Ayo Akinola to a new deal". Toronto Sun .
  16. ↑ "Hounds Ink Pennsylvania Native Kevin Silva". USL Championship. USL Championship. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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