Pele van Anholt

Pele van Anholt
Personal information
Full name Kingsley Pele van Anholt
Date of birth (1991-04-23) 23 April 1991
Place of birth Sneek, Netherlands
Playing position Full back
Club information
Current team
 NAC Breda
Youth career
CAB Bolsward
2002–2009 SC Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2016 SC Heerenveen 127 (2)
2010–2011 → Emmen (loan) 6 (0)
2016–2017 Willem II 23 (0)
2017 LA Galaxy 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:00, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Kingsley Pele van Anholt (born 23 April 1991) is a Dutch footballer who last played as a full back for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer before signing a contract with Eredivisie club NAC Breda[1]. Van Anholt is of Dutch-Ghanaian descent.[2]

Club career

He 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 August 29th, 2017 in a 3-0 loss to San Jose Earthquakes.[5] His 2018 contract option was declined by the LA Galaxy on November 27th, 2017.[6]

References

  1. ↑ NAC Breda Twitter(in Dutch)
  2. ↑ http://www.voetbalzone.nl/doc.asp?uid=247718
  3. ↑ Van Anholt vertrekt bij Heerenveen, nieuw contract Marzo - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  4. ↑ https://www.lagalaxy.com/post/2017/07/12/la-galaxy-acquire-dutch-defender-pele-van-anholt
  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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