Pele van Anholt

Kingsley Pele van Anholt (born 23 April 1991) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a full back for Enosis Neon Paralimni.[1] Van Anholt is of Dutch-Ghanaian descent.[2]

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
Club information
Current team
 Enosis Neon Paralimni
Number 6
Youth career
CAB Bolsward
2002–2009 SC 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– Enosis Neon Paralimni 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2020

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. 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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