Gadi Kinda

Gadi Kinda
Personal information
Date of birth	23 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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
2011–2019	Ashdod
2019–2021	Beitar Jerusalem
2020	→ Sporting Kansas City (loan)
2021–2023	Sporting Kansas City
2024–	Maccabi Haifa
International career‡
2011–2012	Israel U18
2012	Israel U19
2013–2016	Israel U21
2021–	Israel
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 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 represents the Israel national team.^[2]

Early life

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

From the age of 17 he played for F.C. Ashdod in the Israeli Premier League and stayed with the club for eight 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

Kinda 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]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 November 2023	Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Andorra	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Beitar Jerusalem

Israeli Toto Cup: 2019–20

References

^ Gadi Kinda – UEFA competition record (archive)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "ראשי".
^ "ערוץ ליגת על - חדשות NRG - ברוך הבא: סיפורו של גדי קינדה".
^ "Gadi Kinda | Sporting Kansas City".
^ "קלינגר לקראת מכבי חיפה: אני מאוד אתבאס ואתאכזב אם לא נגיע לפלייאוף העליון". Beitar Jerusalem F.C. 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Sporting exercises contracts on Dia, Hernandez, Kinda, Russell, Smith". Fox Sports. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
^ "Gadi Kinda departs Sporting KC for Israeli club | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
^ "Montenegro v Israel game report". ESPN. 5 June 2021.

External links

Gadi Kinda at Soccerway
Gadi Kinda – Israel Football Association league player details

[1] Gadi Kinda – UEFA competition record (archive)

[hisBackground-2] "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. Archived from the original on 20 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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