- Nacer Chadli
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Nacer Chadli 
Personal information Full name Nacer Chadli Date of birth 2 September 1989 Place of birth Liège, Belgium Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Winger Club information Current club Twente Number 22 Youth career Standard Liège MVV Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007–2010 AGOVV 90 (28) 2010– Twente 33 (7) National team‡ 2010 Morocco 1 (0) 2011– Belgium 5 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:04, 4 June 2011 (UTC.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:54, 11 November 2011 (UTC)Nacer Chadli (born 2 September 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer of Moroccan ancestry who plays as a winger for Dutch club FC Twente.[1]
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Club career
AGOVV Apeldoorn
Chadli played his youth football at Standard Liège and MVV Maastricht. In the summer of 2007, he was contracted by Dutch second division club AGOVV Apeldoorn, who scouted him at MVV's youth academy. Here he was considered an emerging talent. When Chadli was tested for the first time by AGOVV, he went under the alias "Kaliffe", because technical manager Ted van Leeuwen was afraid other clubs would show their interest.[2] Chadli scored his first goal in professional football for AGOVV, in a match against FC Volendam.
FC Twente
In the summer of 2010, Chadli signed with FC Twente, and in the ensuing season became a first team player for the reigning Eredivisie champions.[3] His first Eredivisie goal was the winning one away at title rivals PSV.[4] He made his European and Champions League debut in a 2-2 home draw against Internazionale on 14 September.[5] On 29 September he scored his first Champions League goal away at Tottenham Hotspur,[6] and on 2 November got his second at Werder Bremen[7] . He scored again at Tottenham Hotspur a beautiful free kick on 7 December in the Champions league.
Club
Season Club Nat League League Cup International Other Total Played Goals Played Goals Played Goals Played Goals Played Goals 2007–08 AGOVV 
Eerste Divisie 19 2 1 0 - - 20 2 2008–09 34 9 2 0 - - 36 9 2009–10 37 17 1 1 - 2 0 40 18 Club total 90 28 4 1 0 0 2 0 96 29 2010–11 FC Twente Eredivisie 27 7 5 3 10 3 0 0 42 13 Club total 27 7 5 3 10 3 0 0 42 13 Career total 117 35 9 4 10 3 2 0 138 41 International career
A dual citizen of Belgium and Morocco, Chadli was thus able to represent both nations. On 28 January 2011, he announced his intention to represent Belgium at international level, and made his debut for the national squad for a 9 February friendly match against Finland.[8]
This call-up comes despite having already played for the Moroccan side, as this game was a non-competitive game.[9]
He scored his first international goal in the Euro 2012 qualifier against Azerbaijan in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
Scores list Belgium's tally first.
Nacer Chadli: international goals # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 29 March 2011 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 
Azerbaijan3 – 1 4 – 1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification References
- ^ Nacer Chadli at VI.nl (Dutch)
- ^ Nacer Chadli profile at Atlas-Lions (Dutch)
- ^ FC Twente swoop for Rosales and Chadli
- ^ http://www.psv.nl/Wedstrijden/Wedstrijdverslag.htm?dbid=211203&typeofpage=225188
- ^ "FC Twente 2 Inter Milan 2: match report". The Daily Telegraph (London). 14 September 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/8003323/FC-Twente-2-Inter-Milan-2-match-report.html.
- ^ Liew, Jonathan (29 September 2010). "Tottenham Hotspur v FC Twente: as it happened". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/8031088/Tottenham-Hotspur-v-FC-Twente-as-it-happened.html.
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=307851&cc=5739
- ^ "Chadli kiest voor België" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 28 January 2010. http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/fctwente/8866736/__Chadli_kiest_voor_Belgi__.html?p=3,2. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Moroccan international Chadli pledges future to Belgium". BBC Sport. 4 February 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/9387721.stm. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
FC Twente – current squad 1 Boschker · 2 Cornelisse · 3 Kuiper · 4 Wisgerhof · 5 Bengtsson · 6 Brama · 7 Landzaat · 8 Fer · 9 De Jong · 11 Bajrami · 12 Berghuis · 13 Mihaylov · 14 Janssen · 15 Rosales · 16 Marsman · 17 Rendla · 18 Leugers · 19 Douglas · 20 Tiendalli · 21 Janko · 22 Chadli · 23 Buysse · 24 John · 27 Vujičević · Manager: Adriaanse
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Liège (city)
- Moroccan footballers
- Morocco international footballers
- Belgian footballers
- Belgian people of Moroccan descent
- MVV Maastricht players
- AGOVV Apeldoorn players
- FC Twente players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Belgian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Belgian expatriates in the Netherlands
- Association football wingers
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