Ricardo Luciano Kip (born 15 March 1992) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Ajax

Kip was born in

Zoetermeer Zoetermeer () is a city in the Western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. A small village until the late 1960s, it had 6,392 inhabitants in 1950. By 2013 this had grown to 123,328 ...

. The son of a Dutch father and a mother of Italian descent, he was recruited to play in the youth ranks of

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at age 11. He since represented Ajax on every youth level, before signing a one-year contract with the club on 30 May 2011. Playing his first year on the reserve squad of

Jong Ajax Jong Ajax () (''English: Young Ajax''), also referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2 is a Dutch association football team, the reserve team of Ajax. It is based in Amsterdam and competes in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. History Jong Ajax (''formerly more ...

, without making any appearances for the first team, Kip's contract was not renewed before the upcoming season, and he subsequently moved to

Almere City FC Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, and hosts home matches at the Yanmar Stadion. The club builds on former c ...

as a free transfer in the summer of 2013.

Almere City

Signing a two-year contract with the club from

Flevoland Flevoland () is the twelfth and youngest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the southern and eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder, were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the countr ...

, binding him until 2015, Kip made his

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 ...

debut on 10 August 2012, in the 0–2 home loss to

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

. He made his debut in the

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in the second round for Almere City against

ADO '20 Aanhouden Doet Overwinnen 1920, simply known as ADO '20, is a Dutch association football club from Heemskerk, North Holland. They are currently playing in the Dutch Derde Divisie. The club was founded on 15 May 1920 as ''Aanhouden Doet Overwinn ...

, a match which ended in a 4–1 loss in

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Fleetwood Town

He was released by Fleetwood at the end of the 2017–18 season, after making one appearance as a substitute. He had also been sent on loan at

Cambuur SC Cambuur, also known as Cambuur Leeuwarden, or simply Cambuur, () is a Dutch Association football, football club from the city of Leeuwarden formed on 19 June 1964. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league sy ...

before his release.

Later career

Kip returned to Almere City on a two-year contract in June 2018. In September 2020, Kip signed with

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club

Doxa Drama Doxa Drama Football Club ( el, Δόξα Δράμας) is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in the city of Drama, Greece, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Macedonia, Greece. The club currently competes in the Super ...

International career

Kip gained three caps for the Netherlands national under-17 team, making his international debut on 25 October 2008 in a friendly against

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kip, Ricardo Living people 1992 births Footballers from Zoetermeer Men's association football midfielders Dutch men's footballers Eerste Divisie players English Football League players Almere City FC players Fleetwood Town F.C. players SC Cambuur players Doxa Drama F.C. players Liga II players ASC Oțelul Galați players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Romania Netherlands men's youth international footballers Dutch people of Italian descent