Kévin David Nogueira Carvalho Santos (born 20 November 1999) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for

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in the

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Early life

He began his youth career in Portugal with Alverca. In 2013, he had a trial with the Manchester City Academy. He later played youth football with Vilafranquense and

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, eventually joining the U23 side of the latter.

Club career

In 2019, Santos joined

Tadcaster Albion Tadcaster Albion Association Football Club is an association football club in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. Formed in 1892, their ground is situated behind the John Smith's brewery in Tadcaster, thus the reason for their nickname "The Br ...

in the English eighth-tier Northern Premier League Division One North West. He made his debut against

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. In July 2021, he joined

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of the sixth-tier

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, after having impressed the club during an

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match with Tadcaster against Darlington in the previous October. He scored his first goal on 2 October against

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. His goal against

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was named the Goal of the Season. During his only season at Darlington he scored four goals in 41 appearances across all competitions. On 12 July 2022, he joined

club York United. He made his debut on 15 July against

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in a substitute appearance. On 14 May 2023, he scored directly from a corner kick for his first goal with the club, in a match against

. He scored another highlight reel goal on June 21 against the

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. In February 2024, he signed a two-year contract with

. He made his debut for Ottawa on 13 April against his former club York United.

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Kevin Santos
at ZeroZero * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dos Santos, Kevin 1999 births Living people Men's association football forwards Portuguese men's footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Northern Premier League players National League (English football) players Canadian Premier League players F.C. Alverca players U.D. Vilafranquense players Vitória F.C. players Tadcaster Albion A.F.C. players Darlington F.C. players York United FC players Atlético Ottawa players