Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin van Essen | ||
Date of birth | 18 August 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Naarden, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
SV Almere | |||
FC Omniworld | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | FC Omniworld | 8 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Argon | 53 | (7) |
2012–2016 | Telstar | 108 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2016 |
Kevin van Essen (born 18 August 1989 in Naarden) is a Dutch professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Telstar in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.
Van Essen played for FC Omniworld and amateur side Argon before joining Eerste Divisie outfit Telstar in 2012. [1]
In July 2015 it was announced that van Essen had tested positive for the diuretic Furosemide in a control in May. [2] He received a two-year suspension in December 2015 and considered a return to a former job in construction. [3]
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