Jawed Kalai

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Jawed Kalai
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 23) [1]
Place of birth Cambrai, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Valenciennes
Number 29
Youth career
CAS Escaudoeuvres
0000–2014 Cambrai
2014–2016 Valenciennes
2016–2018 Cambrai
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Cambrai
2020–2021 UR La Louvière
2021– Valenciennes B 28 (8)
2021– Valenciennes 5 (1)
2022–2023Wasquehal (loan) 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:38, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Jawad Kalai (born 29 July 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Valenciennes.

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Career

Kalai started his football career at CAS Escaudoeuvres, [2] before he joined Cambrai at the age of eight. Later, he moved to Valenciennes as an under-14 player. [3] Kalai stayed at Valenciennes for two years, before returning to Cambrai in 2016. [3] In January 2018, Kalai was promoted to Cambrai's first team, playing in the Régional 1. [3]

In July 2020, Kalai joined Belgian club UR La Louvière. [4] From the 2021–22 season, he returned to Valenciennes, where he started on the club's reserve team, playing in the Championnat National 3. [5] However, on 8 January 2022, Kalai got his professional debut for Valenciennes in Ligue 2 in a game against Guingamp, where he came on from the bench for the last minute. [6] On 1 September 2022, Kalai joined Wasquehal on loan until the end of the season. [7]

During the first six months of the 2023-24 season, Kalai made two appearances in Ligue 1 and one in the cup for Valenciennes. In search of more playing time, Kalai returned to his former club, Wasquehal, on a loan deal at the end of January 2024. [8] However, it was revealed the following day that the French Football Federation (FFF) had blocked the transfer for unknown reasons, meaning Kalai had to stay at Valenciennes. [9]

Personal life

Born in France, Kalai is of Moroccan descent. [10]

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References

  1. Jawed Kalai at WorldFootball.net
  2. Foot – Ligue L’ACC espère monter en puissance, l’EFACCA créer la surprise, lavoixdunord.fr, 19 January 2019
  3. 1 2 3 FOOT – R4 Jawed Kalaï veut aider Cambrai B à se relancer en championnat, lavoixdunord.fr, 24 February 2018
  4. Le mercato n’est pas fini, lalouviere-centre.be, 20 July 2020
  5. Football (National 3): sur la pelouse du Mont-Houy comme en tribune Liberté, les jambes fourmillent chez Jawed Kalai, lavoixdunord.fr, 25 November 2021
  6. VALENCIENNES VS. GUINGAMP 1 - 1, soccerway.com, 8 January 2022
  7. [EN DIRECT VAFC : Jawed Kalai prêté à Wasquehal (N2)], le11hdf.fr, 1 September 2022
  8. "JAWED KALAI DE RETOUR À WASQUEHAL" [JAWED KALAI RETURNS TO WASQUEHAL] (in French). Valenciennes. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  9. VALENCIENNES : LA FFF REFUSE LE PRÊT DE JAWED KALAI À WASQUEHAL (OFF), foot-national.com, 1 February 2024
  10. "Jawed Kalai, de la R1 à la Ligue 2". 3 June 2022.