Nacer Chadli
Belgian footballer (born 1989) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nacer Chadli (born 2 August 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo.
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Full name | Nacer Chadli[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 34)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Liège, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, Winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Westerlo | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 89 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1994–1998 | JS Thier-à-Liège | ||||||||||||||||
1998–2005 | Standard Liège | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | MVV Maastricht | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | 90 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Twente | 84 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Tottenham Hotspur | 88 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | West Bromwich Albion | 36 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Monaco | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 17 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 47 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | → Westerlo (loan) | 27 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Westerlo | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2010 | Morocco | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2021 | Belgium | 66 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 |
Chadli began his career in the Eerste Divisie with AGOVV Apeldoorn, and in 2010, was transferred to top-flight FC Twente, where he won the KNVB Cup in his first season. In 2013, he joined Tottenham Hotspur, and three years later signed for West Bromwich Albion for a club-record £13 million.
Chadli played internationally for Morocco in 2010 as his father is of Moroccan descent,[4][5] but switched allegiance to Belgium the following year. He has earned over sixty caps for Belgium and represented the nation at the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and 2018, as well as at UEFA Euro 2020.