Pele van Anholt

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Anholt, not Anholt.
Pele van Anholt
Personal information
Full name Kingsley Pele van Anholt
Date of birth (1991-04-23) 23 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Sneek, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Full-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 TEC
Number 6
Youth career
CAB Bolsward
2002–2009 Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2016 Heerenveen 127 (2)
2010–2011 → Emmen (loan) 6 (0)
2016–2017 Willem II 23 (0)
2017 LA Galaxy 5 (0)
2018–2020 NAC Breda 41 (1)
2020–2021 Enosis Neon Paralimni 13 (0)
2022 Roda JC 3 (0)
2023– TEC 49 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:33, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Kingsley Pele van Anholt (born 23 April 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or full back for Derde Divisie club TEC.[1] Van Anholt is of Curaçaoan-Ghanaian descent.[2]

Club career

Van Anholt started his career with SC Heerenveen, where he played six seasons.[3] He also formerly played on loan for FC Emmen.

Van Anholt signed with Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy on 12 July 2017.[4] Pele played five games with LA Galaxy before tearing his MCL and ACL on 29 August 2017 in a 3–0 loss to San Jose Earthquakes.[5] His 2018 contract option was declined by the LA Galaxy on 27 November 2017.[6]

References

  1. ^ https://www.rodajckerkrade.nl/nieuwsbericht/12-03-2022/pele-van-anholt-sluit-aan-bij-roda-jc(in Dutch)
  2. ^ "Kluiverts Curaçao laat kans op goede uitgangspositie onbenut". 11 June 2015.
  3. ^ Van Anholt vertrekt bij Heerenveen, nieuw contract Marzo - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  4. ^ "LA Galaxy acquire Dutch Defender Pele van Anholt | LA Galaxy".
  5. ^ "Three things we learned from the LA Galaxy's 3-0 loss to San Jose Earthquakes presented by SNHU". LAGalaxy.com. LA Galaxy Communications. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. ^ "LA Galaxy exercise 2018 contract options on five players". LA Galaxy.com. LA Galaxy Communications. Retrieved 27 November 2017.


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