Kevin Visser (born 19 July 1988) is a Dutch professional
footballer
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who plays for
AFC as a
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 formerly played for
ADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...
,
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
Volendam
Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England.
History
Originally, Volendam was the location o ...
.
Career
ADO Den Haag
As a youth, Visser played for Vitesse Delft,
Delfia,
DHC Delft
Delfia Hollandia Combinatie, commonly known as DHC, is a football club from Delft, Netherlands. DHC is currently playing in the Sunday Hoofdklasse A League (4th tier).
History
DHC played professional football from 1955 to 1968. The club played i ...
,
TONEGIDO
VSV TONEGIDO were a lower league club from the town of Voorburg, South Holland, Netherlands. The peak of the club's success was in 2002–03 when TONEGIDO won successive KNVB Amateur Cup's and the Dutch Amateur Super Cup. They went into administ ...
,
RKC Waalwijk
RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...
and
ADO Den Haag
Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation f ...
.
Visser made his debut in professional football on 15 August 2010 in a match for ADO against
Roda JC
Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...
. He scored his first senior goal in a match against
De Graafschap
VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football.
It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium. ...
in September 2010 after having come on as a substitute.
Helmond Sport
On 21 May 2013, Visser signed a three-year contract with
Eerste Divisie
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club
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 ...
. Upon signing, he stated that he had chosen to move to a club from the second division in order to develop as a player. He made his debut on 2 August in a 2–2 away draw against
Excelsior
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.
Visser scored his first goals for Helmond Sport on 7 November 2014 – a hat-trick – in a 5–2 league win over
Telstar
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.
Volendam
Visser signed a two-year contract with
FC Volendam
Football Club Volendam () is a professional Association football, football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion ...
in June 2016. On 5 August, he made his debut for the club in the league game against
Almere City
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. On 9 December, he scored his first goal in a 6–0 away win over
Achilles '29
Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the sixth-tier Eerste Klasse.
The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar and MV ...
.
During his time at the club, Visser grew into
team captain
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and a fixed value in central midfield.
Visser suffered a serious knee injury during a team practice in July 2020, sidelining him for more than a year.
On 6 August 2021, he made his official comeback, coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute of a 2–2 league draw against
FC Eindhoven
FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...
for
Calvin Twigt.
AFC
On 2 May 2022, Visser agreed to join third-tier
AFC for the 2022–23 season.
Career statistics
References
External links
Voetbal International profile
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1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Delft
Dutch footballers
Association football midfielders
VSV TONEGIDO players
ADO Den Haag players
Helmond Sport players
FC Volendam players
Amsterdamsche FC players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players