Kevin Rodrigues-Pires (born 12 September 1991) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

Wuppertaler SV Wuppertaler SV is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – e ...

. Born in Germany, he represented Portugal at youth international level.

Early life

He played youth football with

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Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...

, 1. FC Köln, and Alemannia Aachen.

Club career

In 2009, he made his senior debut for

Alemannia Aachen II Alemannia Aachen () or ATSV Alemannia 1900 is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, ''Alemannia'' enjoyed a three-year turn in the Bundesliga in the ...

. In 2010, he joined Schalke 04 II in the fourth tier

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. He spent two seasons with the club. In 2012, he moved to

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 195 ...

, where he played two seasons. On March 14, 2014, he scored two goals against SSVg Velbert 02. In May 2014, he departed the club. In 2014, he joined

Sportfreunde Lotte VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well ...

. In August 2015, he joined

TSV Steinbach TSV Steinbach Haiger is a German Association football, association football club from Steinbach, near Haiger, Hesse. The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the German football league system, tier four Regionalliga Südwest in ...

in the

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. In January 2016

. On March 22, 2017, he tore a ligament, causing him to miss several months of action. In September 2017, he re-tore the ligament after returning to training two weeks earlier, however, he would not require surgery. He then joined

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in the summer of 2018. He signed a contract until June 2020. He returned to the fourth tier in the summer of 2020 with

. He made his debut in an exhibition match against fifth tier Oberliga side SSVg Velbert 02. He serves as team captain. His contract was set to expire at the end of June 2022, but he extended it for another season.

International career

In 2009, he made three appearances with the Portugal U18 team.

References

External links

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at FuPa.net * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodrigues-Pires, Kevin 1991 births Living people Footballers from Cologne Citizens of Portugal through descent Portuguese footballers Portugal youth international footballers German footballers Association football midfielders FC Schalke 04 II players Rot-Weiss Essen players Sportfreunde Lotte players SC Preußen Münster players Wuppertaler SV players 3. Liga players German people of Portuguese descent Regionalliga players SC Fortuna Köln players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players 1. FC Köln players Alemannia Aachen players TSV Steinbach Haiger players