Kévin dos Santos

Portuguese footballer (born 1999)

Kévin Dos Santos

Kévin dos Santos with York United in 2022

Personal information
Full name|  Kévin David Nogueira Carvalho Santos
Date of birth|  (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth|  Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal
Position(s)|  Forward
Team information

Current team

|  York United
Number|  11
Youth career
2007–2012|  Alverca
2016–2017|  Vilafranquense
2017–2019|  Vitória de Setúbal
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2019–2021|  Tadcaster Albion|  25|  (2)
2021–2022|  Darlington|  38|  (4)
2022–|  York United|  40|  (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 October 2023

Kévin David Nogueira Carvalho Santos (born 20 November 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for York United in the Canadian Premier League.

## Early life[edit]

He began his youth career in Portugal with Alverca. In 2013, he had a trial with the Manchester City Academy.[citation needed] He later played youth football with Vilafranquense and Vitória de Setúbal, eventually joining the U23 side of the latter.[1]

## Club career[edit]

In 2019, Santos joined Tadcaster Albion in the English eighth-tier Northern Premier League Division One North West.[2] He made his debut against Prescot Cables.[3]

In July 2021, he joined Darlington of the sixth-tier National League North,[4] after having impressed the club during an FA Cup match with Tadcaster against Darlington in the previous October.[5][6] He scored his first goal on 2 October against AFC Telford United.[7] His goal against AFC Fylde was named the Goal of the Season.[8][9] During his only season at Darlington he scored four goals in 41 appearances across all competitions.[10]

On 12 July 2022, he joined Canadian Premier League club York United.[11][12] He made his debut on 15 July against Pacific FC in a substitute appearance.[13] On 14 May 2023, he scored directly from a corner kick for his first goal with the club, in a match against Pacific FC.[14] He scored another highlight reel goal on June 21 against the HFX Wanderers.[15]

## Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 11 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | League  | Playoffs  | National cup  | Other  | Total

|
|
|
|
|
|

Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Tadcaster Albion | 2019–20[16] | Northern Premier League (NPL)
Division One North West  | 19 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 4[a] | 1 | 25 | 4
2020–21[17] | NPL Division One North West  | 6 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 11 | 0
Total  | 25 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 4
Darlington | 2021–22[18][19] | National League North | 38 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 4
York United FC | 2022[18] | Canadian Premier League | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0
2023[18] | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 6
Total  | 40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 43 | 6
Career total  | 103 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 120 | 14

1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

## References[edit]

1. ^ "York United FC signs Portuguese winger Kevin Dos Santos". Canadian Premier League. 12 July 2022.
2. ^ "Quakers Lose Winger to Canadian Premier League". Non League Today. 12 July 2022.
3. ^ "Kevin Dos Santos Tadcaster Albion profile". Tadcaster Albion A.F.C.
4. ^ Jones, Matty (23 July 2021). "Darlington complete deal for Kevin Dos Santos while Charman signs new deal". The Northern Echo.
5. ^ Simpson, Ray (23 July 2021). "Quakers sign Kevin Dos Santos". Darlington F.C.
6. ^ Kilbride, Jacob (14 October 2020). "Darlington prove too strong for Tadcaster in 6–1 FA Cup win". The Press.
7. ^ Simpson, Ray (2 October 2021). "Two goal Luke helps Quakers to first home win of the season". Darlington F.C.
8. ^ Stoddart, Craig (11 July 2022). "Kevin Dos Santos confirms Darlington exit". The Northern Echo.
9. ^ Simpson, Ray (12 July 2022). "Kevin Dos Santos moves to Canada". Darlington F.C.
10. ^ Stoddart, Craig (8 July 2022). "Dos Santos leaving Darlington but Beck is back". The Northern Echo.
11. ^ "York United FC confirms signing of Portuguese winger Kevin Dos Santos". York United FC. 12 July 2022.
12. ^ Jacques, John (12 July 2022). "York United Adds Portuguese Winger Kevin Santos". Northern Tribune.
13. ^ O'Connor Clarke, Charlie (15 July 2022). "HIGHLIGHTS: York United FC vs Pacific FC (July 15th, 2022)". OneSoccer.
14. ^ Asante, Ridwan Ibrahim (15 May 2023). "Analysis: Slow start and missed opportunities cost Nine Stripes dearly". York United FC.
15. ^ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (22 June 2023). "We Need To Talk About Kevin: Special strike from Dos Santos in 2-2 stalemate". York United FC.
16. ^ "Tadcaster Albion – Appearances – Kevin dos Santos – 2019–2020". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
17. ^ "Tadcaster Albion – Appearances – Kevin dos Santos – 2020–2021". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
18. ^ a b c Kévin dos Santos at Soccerway
19. ^ For FA Cup 2nd qualifying round: Simpson, Ray (18 September 2021). "Quakers held to a goalless draw in FA Cup". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
Simpson, Ray (21 September 2021). "Quakers knocked out of Cup by lucky goal". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Kévin dos Santos at Soccerway
* Kevin Santos at ZeroZero
* Kévin dos Santos club profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)

* v
* t
* e

York United FC - current squad

* 1 Giantsopoulos
* 2 Gee
* 3 Mourdoukoutas
* 6 Thompson
* 7 Grant
* 8 Adekugbe
* 9 Wright
* 11 Dos Santos
* 12 Bayiha
* 16 Ferrari
* 17 Afework
* 18 Babouli
* 22 Ricci
* 23 Abatneh
* 24 O. De Rosario
* 27 Buschman-Dormond
* 28 Gagnon-Laparé
* 30 Martin-Pereux
* 32 Soumaoro
* 33 Baldisimo
* 37 Esprit
* 55 Richardson
* 60 Morano
* 67 Himaras
* 70 Voytsekhovskyy
* 76 Williams
* 77 Pavela
* Jimoh
* Iannello

* Head coach: Nash
* Assistant coach: Smith
* Assistant coach: Eustáquio
* Goalkeeping coach: Benzi

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template
*[Benzi]: Camilo Benzi