Lion Kalentjev
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Groningen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VV Helpman | |||
| –2011 | GVAV-Rapiditas | ||
| 2011–2014 | Groningen | ||
| 2014–2019 | Feyenoord | ||
| 2019–2020 | NEC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | NEC II | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → TOP Oss (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | DOVO | 16 | (6) |
| 2023–2024 | Westlandia | ||
| International career | |||
| 2018 | Russia U18 | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:07, 16 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Lion Kalentjev (Russian: Лион Калентьев; born 9 January 2000) is a footballer who plays as a forward. Born in the Netherlands to Russian parents, he represented Russia internationally on junior levels.
Club career
[edit]He spent most of his junior career at Feyenoord and represented the club in the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League before joining NEC before the 2019–20 season. In November 2020, he was sent on loan to Eerste Divisie club TOP Oss.[1]
He made his professional Eerste Divisie debut for TOP Oss on 14 December 2020 in a game against Jong FC Utrecht.[2] As his contract expired with NEC on 30 June 2021, Kalentjev practiced with TOP Oss ahead of the new season.[3]
On 12 July 2021, Kalentjev signed with DOVO, competing in the Derde Divisie.[4] He made his debut on 21 August, also scoring his first goal for the club, in a 3–3 draw against VVOG.[5] Ahead of the 2023-24 season, Kalentjev signed for Vierde Divisie club RKVV Westlandia.[6]
Personal life
[edit]He was born in Groningen four months after his parents arrived to Netherlands from Russia as asylum seekers.
References
[edit]- ^ Pichel, Dominique (16 November 2020). "NEC stalt twee spelers bij TOP Oss". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch).
- ^ "Jong Utrecht v TOP Oss game report". Soccerway. 14 December 2020.
- ^ "24 man op trainingsveld TOP Oss, waarvan de helft onder contract". kliknieuws.nl (in Dutch). 23 June 2021.
- ^ Brouwer, Henk (12 July 2021). "DOVO versterkt zich met Mercan en Kalentjev, Abid stopt". De Gelderlander (in Dutch).
- ^ "Derde divisie: DOVO sleept gelijkspel uit het vuur, Sportlust'46 boekt eerste zege". RTV Utrecht (in Dutch). 21 August 2021.
- ^ Wordt Lion Kalentjev onze nieuwe goalgetter?, rkvv-westlandia.nl, 19 June 2023
External links
[edit]- Lion Kalentjev at Soccerway
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- 2000 births
- Footballers from Groningen (city)
- Dutch people of Russian descent
- Living people
- Russian men's footballers
- Russia men's youth international footballers
- Dutch men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- NEC Nijmegen players
- TOP Oss players
- VV DOVO players
- RKVV Westlandia players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Derde Divisie players
- GVAV-Rapiditas players
- 21st-century Russian sportsmen
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
- Russian football forward stubs
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