Arnor Angeli (born 25 February 1991) is a Belgian

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who plays in

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for Renaissance Mons 44.

Early life

Angeli is from Brussels, and his father, a supporter of Sporting d'Anderlecht, named him after

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, the

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ic attacker for the Anderlecht team in the 1980s.

Club career

Angeli was trained at

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

. He played there from the age of six, for the under sevens until the under 15s. ans. When a coach from

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signed some other players, Angeli decided, with regret, to leave Anderlecht to play more games. He then played for

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, but when they were relegated to D2 and he no longer had the opportunity to play for an elite team, he decided to leave the club. With the option of a number of Belgian, Dutch, and French clubs, he decided to join

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due to its proximity to sporting projects. Aged 18, he signed a contract with the club. He played for the U19s at first, quickly rising to the reserves (U21). For the following season (2009–2010), he was named in the first team. Angeli played his first game in

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in the 95th minute of the Standard-

Courtrai Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and larges ...

match on 26 September 2009. The score was 1–0 and Standard needed an equaliser in the dying seconds. After only 65 seconds of play, with his second touch of the ball, Angeli scored a goal which sealed the victory. He was named as a starter in his first game in the same season, in the game against

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(0–0) on 30 October 2009.

International career

Angeli plays for the youth national teams. He took part in the U19 Belgium team which competed in a friendly tournament.

Honours

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