Nacer Chadli

Nacer Chadli

Personal information
Full name	Nacer Chadli
Date of birth	(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989
Place of birth	Liège, Belgium
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	FC Twente
Number	33
Youth career
1994–1998	JS Thier-à-Liège
1998–2005	Standard Liège
2005–2007	MVV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	AGOVV Apeldoorn	90	(28)
2010–	FC Twente	71	(20)
International career‡
2010	Morocco	1	(0)
2011–	Belgium	11	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:31, 14 December 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:53, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Nacer Chadli (born 2 August 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer of Moroccan ancestry who plays as a winger for Dutch club FC Twente.

Club career

AGOVV Apeldoorn

Chadli played his youth football at JS Thier-à-Liège, 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. 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. His first Eredivisie goal was the winning one away at title rivals PSV. He made his European and Champions League debut in a 2-2 home draw against Internazionale on 14 September. On 29 September he scored his first Champions League goal away at Tottenham Hotspur, and on 2 November got his second at Werder Bremen. He scored against Tottenham Hotspur with a free kick on 7 December in the Champions league.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Other			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
AGOVV Apeldoorn	2007–08	19	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	2	1
	2008–09	34	9	8	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	9	8
	2009–10	37	17	11	1	1	0	-	-	-	2	0	0	40	18	11
	Total	90	28	20	3	1	0	-	-	-	2	0	0	96	29	20
FC Twente	2010–11	33	7	5	6	3	1	11	3	1	-	-	-	50	13	7
	2011–12	25	6	6	2	1	0	10	2	2	-	-	-	37	9	8
	2012–13	12	7	0	0	0	0	10	6	40	-	-	-	22	13	5
	Total	70	18	11	8	4	1	31	11	8	-	-	-	107	35	20
Career total		160	46	31	12	5	1	31	11	8	2	0	0	205	64	40

International career

Chadli playing for Belgium

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.

This call-up comes despite having already played for the Moroccan side, as this game was a non-competitive game.

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	Azerbaijan	3 – 1	4 – 1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification