Kingsley Pele van Anholt (born 23 April 1991) is a Dutch

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who plays as a

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or full back for

Derde Divisie The Derde Divisie (; en, Third Division), formerly known as Topklasse (; en, Top Class), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league ...

club TEC. Van Anholt is of

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an-

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ian descent.

Club career

Van Anholt started his career with

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

, where he played six seasons. He also formerly played on loan for

FC Emmen FC Emmen is a Dutch football club based in Emmen, Drenthe. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, after winning the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie title. Founded in 1925, the club entered the professional Eerste Divisie in 1985. I ...

. Van Anholt signed with

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club

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on 12 July 2017. Pele played five games with LA Galaxy before tearing his MCL and ACL on 29 August 2017 in a 3–0 loss to

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. His 2018 contract option was declined by the LA Galaxy on 27 November 2017.

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* 1991 births Sportspeople from Sneek Footballers from Friesland Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch people of Curaçao descent Dutch sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Men's association football fullbacks SC Heerenveen players FC Emmen players Willem II (football club) players LA Galaxy players NAC Breda players SV TEC players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Derde Divisie players Major League Soccer players Cypriot First Division players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub