Kew Raffique Jaliens (born 15 September 1978) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Sparta

Kew Jaliens started his career at

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and made his league debut aged 18 in a 2–1 away win over FC Groningen on 25 May 1997. In the following 1997–98 season, Jaliens became a regular in the starting lineup. He finished his career at Sparta with 68 league appearances scoring 4 goals.

Willem II

Jaliens signed for Willem II in 1999 and made his league debut on 28 August in a match against FC Den Bosch. He scored his first goal on 3 February 2001 in a match against FC Twente Enschede.

AZ

In 2004 Jaliens signed for AZ and made his league debut in a 1–1 draw with

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on 14 August. He scored his first goal for AZ on 16 March 2005 in a match against Vitesse Arnhem. In July 2007 he signed a contract extension to 2012, with AZ director of football Marcel Brands, who described him as a "cornerstone of the team".Jaliens signs contract extension with AZ
.Kew Jaliens jaar langer bij AZ
Jaliens took a part in winning the

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and Dutch Super Cup in 2009.

Wisła Kraków

On 26 January 2011, Jaliens joined Polish

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

side

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on a free transfer from AZ. He signed a two and a half year deal. Jaliens won the Ekstraklasa championship in his debut season.

Newcastle Jets

On 15 August 2013, it was announced that Jaliens had signed with Australian club

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. On 4 August 2014, Jaliens was named as captain of the Newcastle Jets for the upcoming 2014–15 season. Jaliens was reportedly sacked from the Jets by owner Nathan Tinkler following a player revolt midway through the 2014–15 A-League season.

Melbourne City

Barely two weeks after his departure from Newcastle, Jaliens joined A-League rival Melbourne City on an injury replacement short-term contract. Subsequently, Jaliens netted one of the winning goals in his first appearance against his former club, Newcastle Jets.

International career

In 2006 Jaliens received a call-up from Marco van Basten and made his debut for the senior side against

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. He was selected for the 23-man Netherlands squad for the

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finals that were held in

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. Jaliens played one game in the tournament against

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which Netherlands kept a clean sheet. Jaliens has represented the Netherlands 10 times.

Beijing Olympics

Jaliens was selected as one of the three over aged players in the Netherlands football team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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. Jaliens played in all three group stage games in the tournament against

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, Japan and

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, but missed the quarterfinal loss against

due to yellow cards ban.

Personal life

He was born on 15 September 1978 to Imro and Carmen Jaliens. He is the nephew of Kenneth Jaliens, the technical director of the Surinamese national team.

Career statistics

¹ – includes A-League final series statistics

Honours

AZ *

: 2008–09 * Dutch Super Cup: 2009 Wisła Kraków *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaliens, Kew 1978 births Living people Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers Netherlands under-21 international footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Eredivisie players Ekstraklasa players A-League Men players Sparta Rotterdam players AZ Alkmaar players Willem II (football club) players Wisła Kraków players Newcastle Jets FC players Melbourne City FC players Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate soccer players in Australia 2006 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Olympic footballers of the Netherlands Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Association football defenders