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Kevin Carlos Omoruyi Benjamin (born 10 April 2001), known as Kevin Carlos, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss side FC Basel.

Club career

Born in Ceuta to a Spanish mother and a Nigerian father, Kevin Carlos was a SD Huesca youth graduate. He made his senior debut with farm team AD Almudévar on 2 September 2018, starting and scoring the opener in a 2–2 Tercera División away draw against Atlético Monzón.

In 2019, Kevin Carlos returned to the youth categories after the partnership with Almudévar ended, and spent the season playing for the Juvenil A team. For the 2020–21 campaign, he was assigned to the reserves, now also in the fourth level, and renewed his contract until 2023 on 28 July 2020.

Kevin Carlos made his first team debut on 15 December 2020, coming on as an extra-time substitute for goalscorer Rafa Mir in a 3–2 away win over CD Marchamalo, for the season's Copa del Rey. He scored his first goal for the main squad on 30 November of the following year, netting the second of a 2–0 success at CD Cayón, also for the national cup.

Kevin Carlos' professional debut occurred on 14 December 2021, as he started in a 0–1 home loss against Girona FC, also for the Copa del Rey. He scored his first professional goal the following 4 September, netting the opener in a 3–0 Segunda División home win over UD Ibiza.

On 12 January 2023, Kevin Carlos joined Betis Deportivo on loan until the end of the season with an option to purchase. On 15 July, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Swiss side Yverdon-Sport FC; the following 3 January, he signed a permanent contract with the club.

On 23 August 2024, Kevin Carlos joined FC Basel on a four-year contract.

References

1. "Carlos Kevin: la alternativa a la falta de gol de la SD Huesca está en casa" [Carlos Kevin: the alternative of SD Huesca's lack of goal is at home] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
2. "Monzón y Almudévar hacen tablas" [Monzón and Almudévar draw] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
3. "Kevin Carlos y Manu Molina renuevan con la SD Huesca" [Kevin Carlos and Manu Molina renew with SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
4. "Kevin Omoruyi Makes Winning Debut For Huesca". Independent.ng. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
5. "Copa del Rey | Mateu y Carlos Kevin dan el pase de ronda a la SD Huesca ante el Cayón" [Copa del Rey | Mateu and Carlos Kevin give the next round to SD Huesca against Cayón] (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
6. "Calavera endulza el regreso de Míchel" [Calavera sweetens Míchel's return] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
7. "Kevin Carlos jugará cedido en el Betis" [Kevin Carlos will play on loan at Betis]. www.sdhuesca.es (in Spanish). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
8. "Kevin Carlos jugará cedido en el Yverdon-Sport FC" [Kevin Carlos will play on loan at Yverdon-Sport FC] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
9. "Der FCB verpflichtet Kevin Carlos von Yverdon Sport" [FCB sign Kevin Carlos from Yverdon Sport] (in German). FC Basel. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.

External links

• Kevin Carlos at BDFutbol
• Kevin Carlos at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
• Kevin Carlos at Soccerway

• 2001 births
• Living people
• Spanish people of Nigerian descent
• Footballers from Ceuta
• Spanish men's footballers
• Men's association football forwards
• Segunda División players
• Segunda Federación players
• Tercera División players
• AD Almudévar players
• SD Huesca B players
• SD Huesca footballers
• Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers
• Swiss Super League players
• Yverdon-Sport FC players
• FC Basel players
• Spanish expatriate men's footballers
• Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
• Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
• 21st-century Spanish sportsmen