Kevin Mitchell Harmse (born July 4, 1984) is a South African-born Canadian
soccer
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player.
Club career
Youth years
Born in
Johannesburg, Harmse grew up in
Vancouver, British Columbia, and began his youth career training at the
Roman Tulis School in
Coquitlam, British Columbia.
Europe
Harmse was drafted by the
Vancouver Whitecaps in 2002 but did not sign with the club; instead, after training with both
Bayern Munich
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and
Benfica he signed with
Tromsø IL in the
Norwegian Premier League. He did not see much playing time, and returned to the Whitecaps in 2004, where he gradually worked himself to become a cornerstone of the defense, playing in 36 games and scoring once.
He signed for
Nitra in the
Slovakian
Corgoň Liga in 2006, spending a year with the club.
Major League Soccer
Harmse returned to North American and signed with
Los Angeles Galaxy of
Major League Soccer
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in April 2007. He made his MLS debut on April 12, 2007, coming on at halftime against
FC Dallas. He scored his first goal for the club on April 28, 2007, against
Chivas USA.
Harmse was traded to
Toronto FC in March 2008 for a fourth round draft pick. Harmse was used by the club as a central defender for much of the 2008 and part of the 2009 seasons. He scored his first goal for Toronto FC in the
2009 Nutrilite Canadian Championship opening game against his former team, the
Vancouver Whitecaps, on May 6, 2009 at
BMO Field.
Harmse was traded to
Chivas USA for allocation money on June 24, 2009, but did not feature in any games in his debut season with the team.
On January 21, 2010, Chivas traded Harmse to
Houston Dynamo
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for a conditional third- or fourth-round draft pick in the
2012 MLS SuperDraft
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.
Due to Harmse not being able to train with the club in pre-season due to a recurring injury, Houston opted to waive him on March 9, 2010.
Harmse was officially signed by
Vancouver Whitecaps FC on March 25, 2011, but was waived on June 10, having played in just three MLS games for the club.
On December 13, 2011, it was announced that Harmse signed with the expansion side
San Antonio Scorpions
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of the
North American Soccer League.
International career
Harmse played an important part of Canadian U-20 team that made it to the quarterfinals in the
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
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. He also played for the U-23 team that failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympics.
He made his debut with the senior
Canada national team on March 25, 2007, against
Bermuda. By December 2009, he earned a total of 9 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented Canada in 3
FIFA World Cup qualification
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Qualifying tournaments are hel ...
matches.
Record at FIFA Tournaments
- FIFA
Honours
Toronto FC
*Canadian Championship
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(1): 2009
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1984 births
Living people
Soccer players from Johannesburg
South African emigrants to Canada
Naturalized citizens of Canada
Canadian people of Afrikaner descent
Canadian people of British descent
Sportspeople from Coquitlam
Men's association football midfielders
Soccer people from British Columbia
Canadian men's soccer players
Canada men's international soccer players
2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Tromsø IL players
Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010) players
FC Nitra players
LA Galaxy players
Toronto FC players
Chivas USA players
San Antonio Scorpions players
A-League (1995–2004) players
USL First Division players
Eliteserien players
Slovak First Football League players
Major League Soccer players
North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Vancouver Whitecaps FC players
Canada men's youth international soccer players
Canada men's under-23 international soccer players