| Kelvin Arase | |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Benin City, Nigeria |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Waldhof Mannheim |
| Clubnumber: | 36 |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | SR Donaufeld Wien |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Rapid Wien |
| Years1: | 2016–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Rapid Wien |
| Caps1: | 75 |
| Goals1: | 10 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Horn (loan) |
| Caps2: | 19 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Ried (loan) |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Karlsruher SC |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023 |
| Clubs5: | → Oostende (loan) |
| Caps5: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Waldhof Mannheim |
| Caps6: | 31 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Austria U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | Austria U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016–2017 |
| Nationalteam3: | Austria U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2016–2018 |
| Nationalteam4: | Austria U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 5 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam5: | Austria U20 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears6: | 2018–2020 |
| Nationalteam6: | Austria U21 |
| Nationalcaps6: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 22 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 14 December 2016 |
Kelvin Arase (born 15 January 1999) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for German club Waldhof Mannheim.
Born in Benin City[1] in 1999, Arase started his football career with SR Donaufeld Wien youth team in 2009. In 2011, Arase moved to Rapid Wien youth team.[2]
In 2016, Arase was called up for Rapid Wien first team. On 19 September 2016, Arase made his Austrian Bundesliga debut against SV Mattersburg at Allianz Stadion, replacing Louis Schaub at the 86th minute by coach Mike Büskens.[3] On 13 August 2019, Arase was loaned out to SV Ried. However, he was recalled after only two weeks due to injuries in the Rapid Wien squad.[4]
On 20 January 2023, Arase was loaned to Oostende in Belgium until the end of the 2022–23 season.[5]
On 11 August 2023, Arase joined Waldhof Mannheim in 3. Liga.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Rapid Wien | 2016–17[7] | Austrian Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 6 | |||||
| 2020–21 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 34 | 6 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 38 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 13 | |||
| Horn (loan) | 2018–19 | Austrian 2. Liga | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| Ried (loan) | 2019–20 | Austrian 2. Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 96 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 14 | |||