Gino van Kessel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gino Ronald van Kessel | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Alkmaar, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Lechia Gdańsk (on loan from Slavia Prague) |
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| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kolping Boys | |||
| SV Vrone | |||
| –2008 | Telstar | ||
| 2008–2012 | AZ | ||
| 2012–2013 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Almere City (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → Trenčín (loan) | 25 | (10) |
| 2014 | Arles-Avignon | 14 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Trenčín | 47 | (23) |
| 2016– | Slavia Prague | 7 | (2) |
| 2017– | → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015– | Curaçao | 11 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2016 |
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Gino Ronald van Kessel (born 9 March 1993) is a Curaçaoan footballer who plays as a winger in the Polish Ekstraklasa for Lechia Gdańsk, currently on loan from Slavia Prague, and for the Curaçao national team.
Van Kessel was acquired by AFC Ajax from the youth ranks of AZ Alkmaar in 2012, from where he joined the reserve squad of the Amsterdam club at first. Prior to his acquisition from Alkmaar he had finished as top scorer of the 2012 Copa Amsterdam with 5 goals while playing for AZ, a feat he would repeat a year later finishing as the top scorer of the Copa Amsterdam once more, this time with Ajax, when he scored three goals for the Amsterdam side.
In December 2012, Van Kessel was loaned to neighboring Almere City FC, where he played in the Dutch Jupiler League for the remainder of the 2012–2013 season. In Almere he was rejoined with his fellow Ajax teammates Sven Nieuwpoort and Henri Toivomaki, all playing for Almere City on loan from Ajax. During his loan period, he appeared in ten league matches, scoring once. Starting the 2013–14 season back with Ajax, following his second appearance in the Copa Amsterdam in which he would finish as top scorer of the tournament, Van Kessel was given the number 34 shirt participating in the Ajax pre-season training camp, and appearing in a friendly fixture against SDC Putten coming on in the second half for Tobias Sana in the 1–4 away victory.
On 14 July 2013, it was announced that Van Kessel would serve a 6-month loan spell in Slovakia, playing for FK AS Trenčín in the Corgoň Liga until the winter transfer window in January. At Trenčín, the club owned by former Ajax player Tschen La Ling, he was given the number 9 shirt. He was on the bench in Sweden for his new clubs UEFA Europa League qualifying match against IFK Göteborg on 18 July 2013 but did not make an appearance in the 0–0 draw. Instead Van Kessel made his debut for Trenčín in a regular season away loss against Spartak Trnava which ended 2–1 for the opposition in Trnava. Van Kessel started in the striker position, and was substituted off in the 61' minute, after having been cautioned in the 56' minute. He made his continental debut on 8 August 2013, in a UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Astra Giurgiu from Romania, having been brought in for Karol Mondek in the 61' minute, and scoring on his debut in the 88' minute. The match ended in a 2–2 resulting in a 3–5 aggregate loss for AS Trenčín, and elimination in the third qualifying round. A few days later on 11 August 2013, Van Kessel scored his first league goal in the Corgoň Liga in an encounter with DAC which ended in a 6–0 victory for Trenčín. On 1 December 2013 Van Kessel returned to Amsterdam with AS Trenčín sitting in second place in their league table at the time of his return, making a total of 16 league appearances, scoring 8 goals, and six assists during league play, having also scored once in the Europa League while playing for the Slovakian side.
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