Background
Kum was born in Germany, but moved to the Netherlands when he was a year-and-a-half old. Kum is the son of a German father and Dutch mother.
Kum was born in Germany, but moved to the Netherlands when he was a year-and-a-half old. Kum is the son of a German father and Dutch mother.
He formerly played eight years for ADO Den Haag, where he started his career, and two seasons for South Carolina Heerenveen. Kum began playing football for Defence Science Organisation from Zoetermeer and was scouted by Feyenoord and was signed. However, the club released Kum and he eventually moved to amateur club RVC Rijswijk where he was spotted by Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag where he entered the youth academy.
Kum has Dutch and German citizenship.
ADO Den Haag
In the second half of the 2005-2006 season, Kum replaced the injured Spira Grujić and made his debut for the club in a 2–0 loss against PSV Eindhoven on 29 January 2012 when he received a yellow card and played 90 minutes. Kum made 2 more appearance this season.
Over the next two seasons, Kum developed into the starting line-up in the ADO Den Haag-defense, playing in central defense. During his early career, the club was relegated to Jupiler League, only to be promoted again the following season through playoffs, asfter the club finished 6th in the league.
Following promotion, Kum ended speculation that he would leave the club as his expired at the end of the season signing a new contract until 2012.
The next season, Kum scored his first of the season in a 1–1 draw against Vitesse Arnhem on 6 March 2010. After two season with ADO at the league under manager John van den Brom, his career received an unexpected boost when Kum caught the attention of Kicker sports magazine"s coverage of Germans playing abroad. Heerenveen
On 1 July 2012, Kum moved to South Carolina Heerenveen on a free transfer under new manager Marco van Basten to the club defensive options and becoming the sixth summer signing.
Kum recently turned down a new deal at ADO and an offer from Nippon Electric Corporation Nijmegen.
Football Club Utrecht
On 24 June 2014, Kum signed with Football Club Utrecht on a free transfer. Due to his good performance in the Jupiler League, Kum was pre-selected by Foppe de Haan for 2008 Beijing Olympic.
In his first training, ahead of a friendly match against Sweden, Kum made a good first impression but suffered an injury. Because of his injury, Kum was not in the 18-man squad for the Olympics, but recovered in time to make the stand-by list.
Kum has made no international appearances since.