Kenneth Paal
Kenneth Paal is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers and the Suriname national football team.
Born in the Netherlands, Paal represented them at U17 level before switching to Suriname at senior level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Paal | ||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Arnhem, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| NEC | |||
| –2014 | PSV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Jong PSV | 88 | (5) |
| 2015–2019 | PSV | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → PEC Zwolle (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | PEC Zwolle | 71 | (3) |
| 2022– | Queens Park Rangers | 70 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2014 | Netherlands U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2022– | Suriname | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:50, 24 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Paal made his professional debut for Jong PSV playing in the Eerste Divisie, the 2nd tier of professional football in the Netherlands, on 9 August 2014 against Achilles '29. He started in the first eleven at the first fixture of the 2014–15 season.
In June 2018, Paal joined PEC Zwolle on loan for the 2018–19 season with the club holding the option to buy. In May 2019, he signed a three-year contract with the club.
Queens Park Rangers
On 19 June 2022, Paal joined Championship club Queens Park Rangers on a three-year contract following the mutual termination of his contract with PEC Zwolle. He scored his first goal for QPR in a 3-0 win against Cardiff City on 19 October 2022.
Personal life
Born in the Netherlands, Paal is of Surinamese descent.
On 31 May 2022 it was announced that Paal was officially eligible to represent Suriname at the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League. Due to contract negotiations for a new club, Paal was unavailable to play for Natio. On 22 September 2022 Paal made his debut for his Suriname, in friendly against Nicaragua. It was held in Almere, Netherlands and resulted in a 2-1 victory for Suriname.
Career statistics
- As of end of 2021–22 season
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong PSV | 2014–15 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Eerste Divisie | 34 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |||
| 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 34 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 88 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 5 | ||
| PSV | 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| PEC Zwolle (loan) | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Pec Zwolle | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Total | 100 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 3 | ||
| QPR | 2022-23 | Championship | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |
| 2023-24 | Championship | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
| Total | 75 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 268 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 278 | 13 | ||
References
External links
- Career stats & Profile - Voetbal International
- Kenneth Paal at WorldFootball.net
This article uses material from the Wikipedia English article Kenneth Paal, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.