Gadi Kinda

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Gadi Kinda
Personal information
Full name Gadi Kinda
Date of birth (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Addis Ababa, Ethiopia[2][3][4]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Maccabi Haifa
Number 6
Youth career
Ashdod
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2019 Ashdod 160 (12)
2019–2021 Beitar Jerusalem 26 (8)
2020Sporting Kansas City (loan) 18 (6)
2021–2023 Sporting Kansas City 46 (8)
2024– Maccabi Haifa 0 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Israel U18 5 (0)
2012 Israel U19 8 (2)
2013–2016 Israel U21 16 (1)
2021– Israel 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2021

Gadi Kinda (Hebrew: גדי קינדה; born 23 March 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Maccabi Haifa. Born in Ethiopia, he plays for the Israel national team.[2]

Early life[edit]

Kinda was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian-Jewish family.[2] At the age of three, he immigrated to Israel with his family.[2]

Club career[edit]

From the age of 17 he played for F.C. Ashdod in the Israeli Premier League and stayed with the club for 8 years. In February 2019, he moved to Beitar Jerusalem.[5]

In January 2020, Kinda joined Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City on a one-year loan deal with an option to buy.[6] Following the 2020 season, Kinda was signed permanently by Sporting Kansas City.[7]

Following the 2023 season, Kinda left Kansas City and returned to Israel to join Maccabi Haifa.[8]

International career[edit]

He made his debut for the senior Israel national team on 5 June 2021 in a friendly match against Montenegro.[citation needed] He substituted Manor Solomon in the 73rd minute and scored on his debut in extra time to establish a final score of 3–1 for Israel.[9]

Honours[edit]

Beitar Jerusalem

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gadi KindaUEFA competition record (archive)
  2. ^ a b c d "ראשי".
  3. ^ "ערוץ ליגת על - חדשות NRG - ברוך הבא: סיפורו של גדי קינדה".
  4. ^ "Gadi Kinda | Sporting Kansas City".
  5. ^ "קלינגר לקראת מכבי חיפה: אני מאוד אתבאס ואתאכזב אם לא נגיע לפלייאוף העליון". Beitar Jerusalem F.C. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Sporting KC acquires 25-year-old Israeli central midfielder Gadi Kinda on loan from Beitar Jerusalem". sportingkc.com. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Sporting exercises contracts on Dia, Hernandez, Kinda, Russell, Smith". Fox Sports. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Gadi Kinda departs Sporting KC for Israeli club | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
  9. ^ "Montenegro v Israel game report". ESPN. 5 June 2021.

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