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
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)
2010–2011Emmen (loan) 6 (0)
2016–2017 Willem II 23 (0)
2017 LA Galaxy 5 (0)
2018–2020 NAC Breda 41 (1)
2020–2022 Enosis Neon Paralimni 13 (0)
2022 Roda JC 3 (0)
2023– TEC 32 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:46, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Kingsley Pele van Anholt (born 23 April 1991) is a Dutch 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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