Kilian Nikiema | |
Fullname: | Killian Basba Geeke Nikiema |
Birth Date: | 2003 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Drachten, Netherlands |
Height: | 1.87 m |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | ADO Den Haag |
Clubnumber: | 23 |
Youthyears1: | 2007–2016 |
Youthclubs1: | Voorschoten '97 |
Youthyears2: | 2016–2019 |
Youthclubs2: | ADO Den Haag |
Years1: | 2019– |
Caps1: | 12 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
Nationalcaps3: | 1 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears4: | 2019– |
Nationalcaps4: | 4 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 22:24, 6 July 2024 (UTC) |
Nationalteam-Update: | 22:24, 6 July 2024 (UTC) |
Killian Basba Geeke Nikiema (born 22 June 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for ADO Den Haag. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Burkina Faso national team.
Nikiema began playing football with the youth academy of Voorschoten '97 at the age of 4 and played as winger, before switching to become a goalkeeper at 15. He joined the youth academy of ADO Den Haag in 2016, and signed his first professional contract with them on 9 May 2019.[1]
Nikema was born in the Netherlands to a Burkinabé father and Dutch mother, and is a youth international for the Netherlands. Nikiema made his professional debut for the Burkina Faso national team in a friendly 1–0 win over Libya on 4 September 2019.[2] [3]