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Cyril Kali
Personal information
Full name Cyril Kali
Date of birth (1984-01-21) 21 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Besançon, France
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1998–2003 AJ Auxerre
2003–2007 Lille OSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Lillestrøm SK 0 (0)
2007–2008 Asteras Tripolis 4 (0)
2008–2010 Panserraikos 29 (1)
2010–2011 Veria 25 (2)
2011 AEL 5 (0)
2012–2013 Veria 34 (2[1])
2013–2014 Panetolikos 8 (0)
2014–2017 Veria 42 (1)
2017–2018 Apollon Pontou 19 (1)
2018–2019 Kerala Blasters 14 (0)
2019–2023 Panserraikos 32 (2)
International career‡
2019– Saint Martin 4[2] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:24, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2019

Cyril Kali (born 21 January 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.[3] Born in France, Kali represented Saint Martin national football team on four occasions.

Club career

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Besançon-born Cyril Kali played in his youth years for French side AJ Auxerre and OSC Lille, while making his professional debut for Norwegian side Lillestrøm SK.[4]

In 2006, Kali began his senior career at the Norwegian side Lillestrøm SK. Since 2007, he has played professional football in Greece for PS Kalamata (2007), Asteras Tripolis F.C. (2007–08), Panetolikos F.C. (2008–10), Veria F.C. (thrice in 2010–11, 2012–13 and 2014–17 season) Athlitiki Enosi Larissa (2011) and Apollon Pontus F.C. in the 2017–18 season.

As a central defender, Kali has spent more than a decade in the Greek football league where he had turned out for clubs like Asteras, Tripolis and AEL. With Veria FC, he played 42 league matches and finished Runners-up in the 2011–12 Greek Football League

Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters FC have announced the signing of Cyril Kali for the 2018–19 season.[5][6] He made 14 appearances and 23 interceptions[7] for the club before moving to Panserraikos F.C. in 2019.[8]

He has also played for Greek side PAOK FC.[9]

Career statistics

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Kerala Blasters

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On 3 July 2018, Kali joined Indian Super League top division club Kerala Blasters FC.[10]

Season League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2018–19 Indian Super League 14 0 0 0 14 0
Blasters total 14 0 0 0 14 0
As of 16 March 2018

International career

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He made his debut for Saint Martin national football team on 5 September 2019 in a CONCACAF Nations League Group-A match against Barbados, as a starter.[11] He appeared in 4 international matches for his country in 2019.

Honours

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Veria[12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "4-0 Cyril Kali Goal - Veria 4-0 AOK Kerkyra - Greek Superleague - 18.03.2017". The Daily Motion. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Kali, Cyril". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ "CYRIL KALI". slgr.gr. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. ^ Cyril Kali in Lillestrøm SK (Intertotocupen 2006/07) Archived 3 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine altomfotball. Retrieved 11 March 2021
  5. ^ "Kerala Blasters announce signing of France defender Cyril Kali!". arunfoot.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  6. ^ "ISL 2018: Kerala Blasters sign French defender Cyril Kali". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Cyril Kali!". indiansuperleague.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Cyril Kali". flashscore.in. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Cyril Kali". paokfc.gr. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  10. ^ "ISL: Kerala Blasters sign French defender Cyril Kali". Goal. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Barbados v Saint Martin game report". concacafnationsleague.com. CONCACAF. 5 September 2019.
  12. ^ "C. KALI". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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