Kevin Gomez-Nieto (born 11 January 1994) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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for

Scheveningen Scheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands, as well as a subdistrict (''wijk'') of that city. Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long, sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse. The beach is po ...

in the Dutch

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie ( en, Second Division) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and b ...

Career

Gomez-Nieto began his career at the

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

academy before he was released in 2013. After leaving Feyenoord, Gomez-Nieto joined English

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side

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

in the summer of 2013 following a successful trial. He played ten games for Stoke's under-21 side in the 2013–14 season and upon the conclusion of the campaign he was not offered a contract and returned to the Netherlands. He went on trial at

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 the ...

side

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...

and a successful trial at Helmond earned him a contract with the club. Soon after, Gomez-Nieto made his professional debut on 29 August 2014 in a 4–1 defeat against

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. Gomez-Nieto player for

SVV Scheveningen Scheveningse Voetbal Vereniging Scheveningen is an association football club from Scheveningen, a district of The Hague, Netherlands. The club was founded 1 July 1919. It is currently playing in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of football i ...

between 2015 and 2019 before moving to

Quick Boys Quick Boys is an amateur football club from Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The club, established on February 1, 1920, is the second most successful amateur football club in the Netherlands, behind IJsselmeervogels. The club joined the footbal ...

. In April 2021, he returned to Scheveningen.

Personal life

Gomez-Nieto has mixed Dutch and Spanish heritage.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gomez-Nieto, Kevin 1994 births Living people Dutch footballers Dutch people of Spanish descent Feyenoord players Stoke City F.C. players Helmond Sport players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Derde Divisie players Footballers from Zoetermeer Association football fullbacks SVV Scheveningen players Quick Boys players