Kelvin Arase

Kelvin Arase (born 15 January 1999) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Phoenix Rising in the USL Championship.

Arase has played over 100 times for Rapid Wien, and has over 30 youth caps for Austria.

Club career Early career Born in Benin City in 1999, Arase moved to Vienna's Donaustadt district at the age of six. He started his football career with SR Donaufeld Wien's youth team in 2009. In 2011, Arase moved to Rapid Wien's youth team.

Rapid Wien

On 19 September 2016, he made his Austrian Bundesliga debut against SV Mattersburg at Allianz Stadion, replacing Louis Schaub at the 86th minute by coach Mike Büskens. On 25 November 2017, Arase signed a new two and a half year contract with the club until summer 2020. He scored his first goal for the club in the Austrian Cup against SV Allerheiligen on 21 July 2019, scoring in the 90th+2nd minute.

On 27 August 2018, Arase was loaned out to SV Horn as a co-operation player, re-joining his former Rapid coach Carsten Jancker.

After making 7 competitive appearances, on 13 August 2019, Arase was loaned out to SV Ried, again as a co-operation player, which means that Rapid Wien can recall him at any time. However, he was recalled after only two weeks due to injuries in the Rapid Wien squad.

Karlsruher SC On 24 March 2022, Arase was announced at Karlsruher SC on a three-year contract.

On 20 January 2023, Arase was loaned to Oostende in Belgium until the end of the 2022–23 season.

Waldhof Mannheim On 11 August 2023, Arase joined Waldhof Mannheim in 3. Liga.

Phoenix Rising On 23 August 2025, Arase moved to USL Championship side Phoenix Rising.

International career Arase was part of the Austria U17 team that took part in the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

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