Jawed Kalai
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 July 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Cambrai, France | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Versailles | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CAS Escaudoeuvres | |||
| –2014 | Cambrai | ||
| 2014–2016 | Valenciennes | ||
| 2016–2018 | Cambrai | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Cambrai | ||
| 2020–2021 | UR La Louvière | ||
| 2021–2024 | Valenciennes B | 29 | (8) |
| 2021–2024 | Valenciennes | 5 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Wasquehal (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | SAS Épinal | 29 | (7) |
| 2025– | Versailles | 22 | (3) |
| 2025– | Versailles B | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 June 2026 | |||
Jawad Kalai (born 29 July 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National club Versailles.
Career
[edit]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]
In July 2024, Kalai moved to Championnat National 2 club SAS Épinal.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Kalai is of Moroccan descent.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ Jawed Kalai at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Foot – Ligue L’ACC espère monter en puissance, l’EFACCA créer la surprise, lavoixdunord.fr, 19 January 2019
- 1 2 3 FOOT – R4 Jawed Kalaï veut aider Cambrai B à se relancer en championnat, lavoixdunord.fr, 24 February 2018
- ↑ Le mercato n’est pas fini, lalouviere-centre.be, 20 July 2020
- ↑ Football (National 3): sur la pelouse du Mont-Houy comme en tribune Liberté, les jambes fourmillent chez Jawed Kalai, lavoixdunord.fr, 25 November 2021
- ↑ VALENCIENNES VS. GUINGAMP 1 - 1, soccerway.com, 8 January 2022
- ↑ [EN DIRECT] VAFC : Jawed Kalai prêté à Wasquehal (N2), le11hdf.fr, 1 September 2022
- ↑ "JAWED KALAI DE RETOUR À WASQUEHAL" [JAWED KALAI RETURNS TO WASQUEHAL] (in French). Valenciennes. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ↑ VALENCIENNES : LA FFF REFUSE LE PRÊT DE JAWED KALAI À WASQUEHAL (OFF), foot-national.com, 1 February 2024
- ↑ ✍️ Bienvenue au SAS Football Jawed !🌟, facebook.com, 5 July 2024
- ↑ "Jawed Kalai, de la R1 à la Ligue 2". 3 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jawed Kalai at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Footballers from Cambrai
- Living people
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
- AC Cambrai players
- UR La Louvière Centre players
- Valenciennes FC players
- Wasquehal Football players
- SAS Épinal players
- FC Versailles 78 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 3 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Régional 1 players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium