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

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who last played for

Chennaiyin FC Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season o ...

in the

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is an Indian professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Organised by the All India Football Federat ...

, as a winger.

Early and personal life

Born in

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

, Nelson is of Surinamese descent.

Club career

Nelson began his career with AZ and

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, playing for the latter after a loan deal was made permanent. After being released by RBC following their bankruptcy, he was without a club until he signed for Bulgarian club

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

in June 2010. In January 2012, he signed for Ukrainian club

Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

on a three-and-a-half year contract. During his time in the Ukraine, a war with Russia began, and the club had to relocate to Kiev for safety. In October 2015, after Metalurh Donetsk went bankrupt, he returned to Bulgaria to sign for

Botev Plovdiv Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes in ...

. On 23 October 2015, on his debut for the club, Nelson scored the winning goal against

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. T ...

. In January 2017 he signed for

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

side

FC Kaisar FC Kaysar ( kk, Қайсар Футбол Клубы, ''Qaısar Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have miss ...

. After his contract was terminated shortly afterwards for personal reasons, he joined

Bahraini Premier League The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Currently known as the Nasser bin Hamad Premier League, the first season was held in 1957. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup. ...

side

Al-Muharraq Muharraq ( ar, المحرق, al-Muḥarraq) is Bahrain's third largest city and served as its capital until 1932 when it was replaced by Manama. The population of Muharraq in 2012 was 176,583. The city is located on Muharraq Island. Bahrain Int ...

. After his contract with Al-Muharraq expired, in September 2017 he signed for

in the

. He left the club in April 2019.

International career

In June 2011, Nelson expressed interest in representing

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

at international level.

Honours

Chennaiyin FC *

: 2017–18

References

1988 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Dutch men's footballers AZ Alkmaar players RBC Roosendaal players PFC CSKA Sofia players FC Metalurh Donetsk players Botev Plovdiv players FC Kaisar players Al-Muharraq SC players Chennaiyin FC players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Ukrainian Premier League players Bahraini Premier League players Indian Super League players Men's association football wingers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Bahrain Expatriate men's footballers in Bahrain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India {{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub