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Jaliens in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-09-15) 15 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m
Playing position Defender
Youth career
Sagu Boys
Capelle
DCV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Sparta 68 (4)
1999–2004 Willem II 147 (4)
2004–2011 AZ 166 (5)
2011–2013 Wisła Kraków 46 (1)
2013–2015 Newcastle Jets 36 (3)
2015 Melbourne City 11 (1)
2018 Weston Workers Bears 6 (0)
Total 480 (18)
National team
1998–1999 Netherlands U-21 11 (0)
2008 Netherlands Olympic (O.P.) 3 (0)
2006–2007 Netherlands 15 (1)
Teams managed
2016–2021 Weston Workers Bears (assistant)
2021–2022 Newcastle Jets FC Youth (assistant)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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

Club career

Sparta

Kew Jaliens started his career at Sparta 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

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Kew Jaliens in 2007.

In 2004 Jaliens signed for AZ and made his league debut in a 1–1 draw with SC Heerenveen 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 took a part in winning the Eredivisie and Dutch Super Cup in 2009.

Wisła Kraków

On 26 January 2011, Jaliens joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków 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 Newcastle Jets.

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

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Jaliens playing for the Netherlands

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

He was selected for the 23-man Netherlands squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals that were held in Germany. Jaliens played one game in the tournament against Argentina 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 Beijing. Jaliens played in all three group stage games in the tournament against United States, Japan and Nigeria, but missed the quarterfinal loss against Argentina 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sparta Rotterdam 1996–97 Eredivisie 2 0 2 0
1997–98 32 3 1 0 33 3
1998–99 32 0 4 1 4 0 40 1
1999–2000 2 1 2 0 4 1
Total 68 4 7 1 4 0 79 5
Willem II 1999–2000 Eredivisie 22 0 1 0 5 0 28 0
2000–01 31 2 2 0 33 2
2001–02 29 0 3 0 32 0
2002–03 32 1 2 1 5 1 39 3
2003–04 33 1 4 0 2 0 39 1
Total 147 4 12 1 12 1 171 6
AZ Alkmaar 2004–05 Eredivisie 22 1 0 0 9 1 31 2
2005–06 30 0 2 0 7 1 2 1 41 2
2006–07 28 1 3 0 11 0 4 0 46 1
2007–08 30 2 1 0 6 1 37 3
2008–09 24 1 3 0 27 1
2009–10 24 0 2 0 5 0 31 0
2010–11 8 0 3 0 7 1 18 1
Total 166 5 14 0 45 4 6 1 231 10
Wisła Kraków 2010–11 Ekstraklasa 12 0 2 0 14 0
2011–12 19 1 4 0 11 0 34 1
2012–13 15 0 4 0 19 0
Total 46 1 10 0 11 0 67 1
Newcastle Jets 2013–14 A-League 23 2 23 2
2014–15 4 0 1 0 5 0
Total 27 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 2
Career total 454 16 44 2 68 5 10 1 576 24

Honours

AZ

Wisła Kraków

  • Ekstraklasa: 2010–11

See also

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