Kevin Martinus Adrianus Brands (born 28 March 1988) is a Dutch professional
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
He played in the youth teams of RKC and FC Den Bosch and signed a contract with AZ in January 2009, where he was included in the reserve team, Jong AZ. AZ then loaned him to
Telstar
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SC Cambuur
SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2020–21 Ee ...
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as t ...
.
Brands returned to play in the
Eredivisie
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when he joined Go Ahead Eagles on a one-year contract in summer 2016. There, he was reunited with his head coach at Volendam,
Hans de Koning
Hans de Koning (; born 5 April 1960) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. De Koning played as a goalkeeper.
Playing career
De Koning played for AZ'67 for ten years, before moving to Twente, where he became known as "''Hansj ...
. His contract included an option for another season. Although he began the season as a starter, he soon lost his spot in the starting lineup and was mainly a reserve during the rest of the fall of 2016. After half a year, he was allowed to leave the club. He was subsequently on trial at Dundee in Scotland, but a move never materialised. On 17 January 2017, he joined Turkish side
Samsunspor
Samsunspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray.TFF 1. Lig, the second highest Turkish league. In August 2017, Brands began playing for Almere City. In December of that year, he had his contract terminated and subsequently signed a two-year deal with
Bali United
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in Indonesia. Brands never made an appearance in the Indonesian league for the club, but did play five matches, including one qualifying match for the AFC Champions League and four matches in the group stage of the
2018 AFC Cup
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the fi ...
. His contract was cancelled in March 2018 by the Bali United board, because he did not fit the playing style of the team. At the beginning of September 2018, he had his contract terminated and he started playing for
VVSB
VVSB (Voetbal Vereniging Sint Bavo) is an amateur association football club from Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie.
History
The club was founded on October 26, 1931 and has played exclusively at the amateur l ...
in the third-tier Dutch
Tweede Divisie
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. He left there in December 2018. In January 2019, Brands moved to Thai club
Lampang
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in the second-tier
Thai League 2
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.
Personal life
Kevin is the son of former footballer and former director of football of Everton,
Marcel Brands
Marcel Brands (born 1962) is a Dutch former professional footballer who is currently the Director of Football at PSV Eindhoven.
Playing career
Born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Brands started his playing career at local club FC Den Bosch. He also pl ...