Gregory Nelson

For other people named Gregory Nelson, see Gregory Nelson (disambiguation).
Gregory Nelson
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-01-31) 31 January 1988
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Winger
Youth career
AZ Alkmaar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 AZ Alkmaar 1 (0)
2009RBC Roosendaal (loan) 15 (0)
2009–2010 RBC Roosendaal 16 (5)
2010–2012 CSKA Sofia 37 (5)
2012–2015 Metalurh Donetsk 81 (6)
2015–2016 Botev Plovdiv 15 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 May 2016.


Gregory Nelson (born 31 January 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer. 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]

On 6 March 2016, Nelson scored a controversial goal during the 1-1 away draw with Beroe Stara Zagora.[12] He was chosen for man of the match. In an interview immediately after the game, he admitted that the ball hit his hand before he scored the goal.[13]

References

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