Gregory Nelson
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Date of birth | 31 January 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
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Position(s) | Winger | ||
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Current team
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Botev Plovdiv | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
AZ Alkmaar | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | AZ Alkmaar | 1 | (0) |
2009 | → RBC Roosendaal (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2009–2010 | RBC Roosendaal | 16 | (5) |
2010–2012 | CSKA Sofia | 37 | (5) |
2012–2015 | Metalurh Donetsk | 81 | (6) |
2015– | Botev Plovdiv | 6 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2015 |
Gregory Nelson (born 31 January 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who currently plays for Botev Plovdiv in the Bulgarian A Football Group. Nelson plays as a winger and is 1.78 m tall.
Career
Born in Amsterdam, he played in the youth teams of AZ Alkmaar.[1] Nelson made his debut for AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie on 30 September 2007 against Heracles Almelo.
He spent the 2009-10 season on loan at RBC Roosendaal. The loan contract had an option to purchase the player, an option which RBC took advantage of on 11 June 2009.[2] Nelson was released by RBC on 11 January 2010.[3]
After six months without a club, he signed for CSKA Sofia in June 2010.[4] In January 2012, he signed for Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk on a three-and-a-half year contract.[5][6] On 11 March 2012, Nelson made his official debut for the team from Donetsk, playing the first 74 minutes of the 1:1 home draw with Metalist Kharkiv in a Ukrainian Premier League match.[7]
Botev Plovdiv
Several months after the bankruptcy of FC Metalurh Donetsk, on 9 October 2015, Gregory Nelson returned to Bulgaria and signed a contract until the end of the season with Botev Plovdiv.[8]
On 23 October Gregory Nelson scored the winning goal against Pirin Blagoevgrad in his debut for Botev Plovdiv.[9]
On 29 November Nelson scored twice during the 4:2 away defeat from Litex Lovech.[10] He was selected for the man of the match, despite his team's loss.[11]
References
- General
- (Dutch) Voetbal International
- (German) Fußballdaten
- Specific
- ↑ AZ-talent Gregory Nelson beste B-junior van - AZ Fanpage
- ↑ Toet, Van Driel en Nelson langer bij RBC R'daal
- ↑ Zimmerman en Nelson verlaten RBC Roosendaa
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- ↑ Ботев привлече Грегъри Нелсън
- ↑ Ботев с труден и ценен успех над Пирин, Нелсън дебютира с победен гол
- ↑ Ботев отстъпи пред Литекс в зрелищен двубой в Ловеч
- ↑ Грегъри Нелсън: Паднахме заради качествата на Литекс
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Amsterdam
- Sportspeople from Amsterdam
- Dutch people of Surinamese descent
- Dutch footballers
- AZ Alkmaar players
- RBC Roosendaal players
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- FC Metalurh Donetsk players
- PFC Botev Plovdiv players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Bulgarian A Football Group players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
- Dutch expatriates in Bulgaria
- Dutch expatriates in Ukraine