Anouar Kali

FC Utrecht

Growing up in Utrecht, Netherlands, Kali was friends with Rodney Sneijder, brother of Jeffrey Sneijder and Wesley Sneijder, and played street football before playing in various youth clubs, such as DOS, Ajax and Elinkwijk. But it was FC Utrecht helped Kali start his professional career. At some of his FC Utrecht, he signed a contract with the club. Kali made his Utrecht debut on 24 April 2011, coming on as a substitute for Nana Akwasi Asare in the 84th minute, in a 4–2 win against Vitesse Arnhem. Kali went on to make two appearances in total at the end of the 2010–11 season. In his second full season, Kali played his first match of the 2011–12 season, coming on as a substitute for Rodney Sneijder in the 85th minute, in a 3–1 win over Roda JC on 27 August 2011. Kali then scored his first professional career, in a 6–4 win over Ajax on 6 November 2011 after sixteen minutes coming on as a substitute. He became a first team regular for the side. For his performance, Kali was voted the club's talent of the year. Although he spent most of the season on the substitute bench and suffered ankle injury at some point in April 2012, Kali went on to make 23 appearances and scoring once in all competition for the club. His third season proved to be a breakthrough for Kali, as he started in the first team regularly. However at the start of the season, Kali was sent-off after a second bookable offense despite a good performance made, in a 1–0 win over PSV on 16 September…

Kali was born in the Netherlands to parents of Moroccan descent, and has represented the Morocco national under-23 football team.