Kevin Diks Bakarbessy (born 6 October 1996) is a Dutch professional
footballer
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who plays as a
full-back for
Danish Superliga
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club
F.C. Copenhagen
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.
Club career
Vitesse
Born in
Apeldoorn
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, Diks joined
Vitesse's youth setup in 2005, aged nine, after playing for VIOS Vaassen and hometown's
AGOVV Apeldoorn
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. In the 2014 summer he was called to the main squad for the pre-season, also appearing in a 1–3 defeat against
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. On 24 August 2014, after profiting from first-choice
Wallace
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's injury, Diks made his first-team – and
Eredivisie
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– debut, starting in a 1–2 away loss against
PEC Zwolle
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. On 8 January of the following year, after being already a permanent part of the main squad, he renewed his link until 2018.
Fiorentina
On 6 July 2016, Diks joined
Serie A
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side
Fiorentina
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on a five-year deal after impressing at Vitesse. He later requested number 34 shirt in tribute to
Abdelhak Nouri
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, who collapsed and suffered brain damage, ending his career.
On 23 October 2016, three months after signing for the Italian side, Diks finally made his long-awaited debut in a 5–3 away victory against
Cagliari
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, replacing
Cristian Tello
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in the 88th minute.
Vitesse (loan)
On 31 January 2017, Diks returned to Vitesse on loan for the remainder of the
2016–17 campaign, after failing to make his breakthrough whilst in Italy. On 11 February 2017, Diks made his Vitesse return in their 2–0 home defeat against
Willem II, playing the full 90 minutes. On 5 April 2017, Diks got sent off for a second bookable offence during Vitesse's 1–0 away victory against
Heracles Almelo
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.
He came off the bench as Vitesse won the final of the
KNVB Beker
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2–0 against
AZ Alkmaar
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on 30 April 2017 to help the club, three-time runners up, to the title for the first time in its 125-year history.
Feyenoord (loan)
On 4 July 2017, Diks joined Feyenoord on a season-long loan.
On 22 April 2018, he played as Feyenoord won the 2017–18
KNVB Cup
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final 3–0 against
AZ Alkmaar
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.
Empoli (loan)
On 31 January 2019, Diks joined
Serie A
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side
Empoli
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on loan until 30 June 2019.
AGF (loan)
On transfer deadline day, 2 September 2019, Diks was loaned out to
Danish Superliga
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club
AGF for the 2019–20 season. On 31 August 2020, the loan was renewed for the
2020–21 season.
FC Copenhagen
On 5 July 2021, Diks returned to Denmark, signing a four-year deal with
F.C. Copenhagen
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.
International career
On 9 October 2014, Diks made his
Netherlands U19 debut in a 7–0 victory against
Andorra U19's, playing the first half before being replaced by
Leeroy Owusu. Diks went on to make three more appearances before receiving a call-up to the
under-20 squad. Diks has also represented at
under-21
Personal life
Diks is the younger brother of
Jamarro, who had a spell in the Slovakian league.
He is of
Indonesian
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descent.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Vitesse
*
KNVB Cup
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:
2016–17
Feyenoord
*
Johan Cruijff Shield
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:
2017
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* KNVB Cup:
2017–18
Copenhagen
*
Danish Superliga
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:
2021–22
References
External links
Vitesse profile
*
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1996 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Apeldoorn
Association football fullbacks
Dutch footballers
Dutch people of Indonesian descent
Dutch people of Moluccan descent
Netherlands under-21 international footballers
Netherlands youth international footballers
Footballers from Gelderland
SBV Vitesse players
ACF Fiorentina players
Empoli F.C. players
Feyenoord players
Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
F.C. Copenhagen players
Eredivisie players
Serie A players
Danish Superliga players
Dutch expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark