Background and career
Nacer Chadli (Arabic: ناصر الشاذلي; born 2 August 1989) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Chadli began his career in the Eerste Divisie with AGOVV Apeldoorn, and in 2010, was transferred to top-flight FC Twente, where he won the KNVB Cup in his first season. In 2013, he joined Tottenham Hotspur, and three years later in 2016 signed for West Bromwich Albion for a club-record £13 million. After two seasons and a handful of appearances for the club, he moved to Monaco. After a loan spell with Anderlecht in 2019, he signed for İstanbul Başakşehir permanently the next year.
Chadli played internationally for Morocco in 2010 as his father is of Moroccan descent, but switched allegiance to Belgium the following year. He has earned over sixty caps for Belgium and represented the nation at the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and 2018, as well as at UEFA Euro 2020 in May 2021.
