Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anouar Kali | ||
Date of birth | 3 June 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Willem II | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
DOS | |||
Ajax | |||
Elinkwijk | |||
FC Utrecht | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | FC Utrecht | 52 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 29 | (1) |
2014–2015 | FC Utrecht | 13 | (0) |
2015 | Al-Arabi SC | 1 | (0) |
2016– | Willem II | 26 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Morocco U23 | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:10, 22 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 October 2016 |
Anouar Kali (born 3 June 1991 in Utrecht) is a Moroccan football player who plays as a midfielder for Willem II in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Growing up in Utrecht, Netherlands, Kali grew up with Rodney Sneijder and played street football before playing in various youth clubs, such as DOS, Ajax and Elinkwijk. But it was FC Utrecht helped Kali started his professional career and signed his first professional contract in 2010.
Kali made his Utrecht debut on 24 April 2011, coming on as a substitute for Nana Akwasi Asare in the 84th minutes, in a 4-2 win against Vitesse Arnhem. Kali went on to make two appearance in total at the end of the 2010-11 season.
In his second full season, Kali played his first match of the 2011-12 season, coming on as a substitute for Rodney Sneijder in the 85th minutes, in a 3-1 win over Roda JC on 27 August 2011. Kali then scored his first professional career, in a 6-4 win over Ajax on 6 November 2011 after sixteen minutes coming on as a substitute. For his performance, Kali was voted the club's talent of the year. Kali soon sustained ankle injury in April 2012 and missed three matches. Kali went on to make twenty-two appearance for the club.
His third season proved to be a breakthrough for Kali, as he started in the first team regularly. However at the start of the season, Kali was sent-off after a second bookable offense despite a good performance made, in a 1-0 win over PSV on 16 September 2012. Kali then scored his first goal of the season, in a 3-1 win over Willem II on 27 January 2013. Kali earned his fifth yellow card of the season against PSV on 16 February 2013, giving him a one match suspension. Once again, Kali was sent-off for the second time this season after another second bookable offense, in a 6-0 defeat to AZ on 14 April 2013. Coincidentally, Kali was 1500th player to receive a red card in the league's history.