Gino van Kessel

Youth career

Van Kessel joined the youth ranks of AZ Alkmaar in 2008. In 2012, he finished as top scorer of the 2012 Copa Amsterdam with 5 goals. In the same year, Van Kessel joined Ajax. In 2013, he again became top scorer of the Copa Amsterdam, netting three goals for the Amsterdam side.

Ajax

Initially, Van Kessel was part of Ajax's reserve squad. For the 2013–14 season he returned to Ajax. Following his second appearance in the Copa Amsterdam in which he again finished as top scorer of the tournament, Van Kessel was given the number 34 shirt and participated in the Ajax pre-season training camp. He also appeared in a friendly fixture against SDC Putten, coming on in the second half for Tobias Sana in the 1–4 away victory.

Almere City (loan)

In December 2012, Van Kessel was loaned to neighboring Almere City FC, where he played in the Dutch Jupiler League for the remainder of the 2012–2013 season. In Almere he was rejoined with his fellow Ajax teammates Sven Nieuwpoort and Henri Toivomaki, all playing for Almere City on loan from Ajax. During his loan period, he appeared in ten league matches, scoring once.

AS Trenčín (loan)

On 14 July 2013, it was announced that Van Kessel would serve a six-month loan spell in Slovakia, playing for FK AS Trenčín in the Slovak Super Liga until the winter transfer window in January. At Trenčín, a club owned by former Ajax player Tschen La Ling, he was given the number 9 shirt. He was on the bench in…

Curaçao national team

On 24 May 2015, it was announced that Van Kessel had received his first International call-up by head coach Patrick Kluivert to represent Curaçao in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Cuba on 7 June 2015. He made his first appearance in a 0–0 draw at home on 10 June 2015, coming on as a 69-minute substitute. He made his debut on 10 June 2015 in the home leg against Cuba which ended in a 0–0 draw, coming on as a 69th-minute substitute for Quenten Martinus. Curaçao were able to defeat Cuba based on the away goal rule following a 1–1 draw in Havana, thus qualifying for the Third round of CONCACAF qualification. Curaçao were eliminated from qualifications in the third round by El Salvador, losing both matches 1–0 with Van Kessel playing the full 90 minutes in both matches, failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. On 26 March 2016, Van Kessel scored his first goal for the national team in his sixth match for Curaçao in a 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification match against the Dominican Republic. Curaçao advanced to the second round, with a 2–1 win. In the following round, the team defeated Guyana (5–2) and the U.S. Virgin Islands (7–0) advancing to the third round. Van Kessel scored twice against Guyana, while scoring a hattrick against the U.S. Virgin Islands. On 11 October 2016, Curaçao finished the third qualifying round ahead of the 2017 Caribbean Cup atop of their group, finishing ahead of Antigua and Barbuda and Puerto…

Club

As of match played 26 November 2016

1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches. 2 Includes Johan Cruijff Shield, Slovak Super Cup and Coupe de la Ligue matches.

International

As of matches played 27 September 2022

International goals

As of match played 5 October 2016 Curaçao score listed first, score column indicates score after each van Kessel goal.

AS Trenčín

Fortuna Liga: 2014–15, 2015–16 Slovak Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16 Slavia Prague

Czech First League: 2016–17 Curaçao

Caribbean Cup: 2017 King's Cup: 2019 Individual

Copa Amsterdam top scorer: 2012, 2013 AS Trenčín Most Valuable Player: 2013–14 AS Trenčín Fans' Favorite Player of the Year: 2013–14 Slovak First Football League top scorer: 2015–16 Slovak First Football League top assist provider: 2019–20 Nominated for CONCACAF Male Best XI 2016 Selection EFL League One Goal of the Month: August 2017 Caribbean Cup Golden Boot: 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification top scorer: 2017 (shared with Felitciano Zschusschen)