Gadi Kinda ( he, גדי קינדה; born 23 March 1994) is a professional

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er who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Born in Ethiopia, he represents the Israel national team.

Early life

Kinda was born in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family. At the age of three, he immigrated to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

with his family.

Club career

From the age of 17 he played for F.C. Ashdod in the

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and stayed with the club for 8 years. In February 2019, he moved to

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jerus ...

. In January 2020, Kinda joined

club

on a one-year loan deal with an option to buy. Following the 2020 season, Kinda was signed permanently by Sporting Kansas City.

International career

He made his debut for the senior Israel national team on 5 June 2021 in a friendly match against

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. He substituted

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in the 73rd minute and scored on his debut in extra time to establish a final score of 3–1 for Israel.

Honours

Club

Israeli Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League (Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. From ...

: ** 2019–20

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinda, Gadi 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Addis Ababa Ethiopian Jews Ethiopian emigrants to Israel Citizens of Israel through Law of Return Footballers from Ashdod Israeli footballers Association football midfielders F.C. Ashdod players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Sporting Kansas City players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Major League Soccer players Israel youth international footballers Israel under-21 international footballers Israel international footballers Israeli expatriate footballers Israeli expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Jewish footballers Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli people of Ethiopian-Jewish descent Sportspeople of Ethiopian descent