Kevin van Essen

Kevin van Essen
Personal information
Full name Kevin van Essen
Date of birth (1989-08-18) 18 August 1989
Place of birth Naarden, Netherlands
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position 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 107 (10)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals 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.

Club career

Van Essen played for FC Omniworld and amateur side Argon before joining Eerste Divisie outfit Telstar in 2012.[1]

Anti-doping rule violation

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]

After his ban he returned to play football with amateur side NSC Nijkerk.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Kevin van Essen naar Telstar Archived 3 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine - SV Argon (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ Telstar-speler Telstar-middenvelder positief getest op doping, vi.nl, 29 July 2015
  3. ↑ Geschorste Van Essen wordt weer stukadoor - AD (in Dutch)
  4. ↑ "Kevin van Essen was klaar met voetbal: "Ik keek zelfs niet meer op tv"". NH Nieuws (in Dutch). 14 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
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