Kevin Hoyos

Kevin Hoyos
Personal information
Full name Kevin John Hoyos Manzur
Date of birth (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993
Place of birth Fountain Valley, California, United States
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Tristán Suárez
Youth career
2007–2012 Estudiantes (LP)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Estudiantes (LP) 0 (0)
2013C.D. Victoria (loan) 15 (7)
2014– Tristán Suárez 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2013

Kevin John Hoyos Manzur (born 25 February 1993 in Fountain Valley, United States) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Tristán Suárez in the Argentine Primera B Metropolitana.

Career

Kevin Hoyos was born in Fountain Valley, California, United States, a June 20, 1991. He is son of Argentine parents and brother of the also footballer Michael Hoyos. In 2006, he and his brother began to play with a small team of his hometown in the U.S., the Irvine Strikers, with this club Hoyos was for three years and then step to play with West Coast FC, in this club also income with his brother, after two years both players Kevin and Michael were transferred to Estudiantes de La Plata, the club with which both debuted professionally, with this club Kevin was three and a half years, then he left the club in July 2013 and a month later he was loaned to C.D. Victoria in Honduras.[1]

Personal

His parents were from Don Torcuato in Buenos Aires province. Hoyos, who holds dual USA-Argentine citizenship, is the third USA player to play in the Argentine top league, after Renato Corsi, who played for Argentinos Juniors and other teams in the 1980s, and Bryan Gerzicich, who played for Arsenal in 2006. His older brother, Michael, is also American and currently plays for OFI Crete in the Superleague Greece.

See also

  • American Professional Soccer Players Abroad

References

  1. "Kevin Hoyos: "Lucharé por ser el goleador del campeonato". Diario Deportivo Diez. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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