Sylvanus Nimely (born 4 September 1998) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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side

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Club career

On 23 February 2017, he joined the

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side

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet Top League, Soviet championships (second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian Premier League, Russian champ ...

. After playing for a year and a half for the second squad

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, he made his debut in the

on 29 October 2018 in a game against

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. On 26 January 2021, Spartak announced that Nimely transferred to Croatian side

HNK Gorica Hrvatski nogometni klub Gorica (), commonly referred to as HNK Gorica, is a Croatian football club based in the town of Velika Gorica, located just south of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They play their home matches at the Gradski stadion Velik ...

. In August 2021, Nimely joined

Ilves Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, ...

in Finnish top-tier

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. Unable to make an impact, he left the club after the season and joined Croatian side

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in February 2022. In February 2023, he signed with

Surkhon Termez Surkhon Termiz (''Surxon Termiz Futbol Klubi'') is an Uzbek professional football club based in the city of Termez. It was founded in 1968. Bakhtiyor Fazilov is the club owner. History Domestic history Managers Players ...

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. On 14 August 2024,

club

announced the signing of Nimely.

International career

He made his international debut on 7 September 2013, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Samuel Thompson in a 4–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying defeat to

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at the Tundavala National Stadium in

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Personal life

His older brother,

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, also played football.

Career statistics

Club

International

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nimely, Sylvanus 1998 births Footballers from Monrovia Living people Liberian men's footballers Liberia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Monrovia Club Breweries players MFK Karviná players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC Spartak Moscow players HNK Gorica players Ilves (football) players NK Solin players FC Surkhon players Russian First League players Russian Premier League players Croatian Football League players Veikkausliiga players First Football League (Croatia) players Uzbekistan Super League players Liberian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Liberian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan