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Ryan Nelsen
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New Zealand association football player and coach
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Ryan Nelsen is a New Zealand association football player, coach, and writer. Born in Christchurch in 1977, he played as a centre-back for teams including Queens Park Rangers F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C., Christchurch United, and D.C. United. He competed in the Premier League and Major League Soccer, representing New Zealand in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Nelsen began his career in 1995 and was educated at Stanford University. He has served as a coach for Toronto FC. As an author, he wrote the work titled "Ryan Nelsen's road to the World Cup." He speaks English.
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It sits within the topics 1977 births, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players and 2002 OFC Nations Cup players.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Ryan Nelsen's road to the World Cup
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- 2008
- New Zealand Olympic ( O.P. )
- 2012
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Full name
- Ryan William Nelsen
- Date of birth
- ( 1977-10-18 ) 18 October 1977 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Christchurch , New Zealand
- Height
- 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Position
- Defender
- Years
- Team
- 1997 1998
- Greensboro Pride
- 1999 2000
- Stanford Cardinal
- 1995 1998
- Christchurch United
- 2001 2005
- D.C. United
- 2005 2012
- Blackburn Rovers
- 2012 2013
- Queens Park Rangers
- 1999 2012
- New Zealand
- 2013 2014
- Toronto FC
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- New Zealand
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ryan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Christchurch
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- centre-back
- League
- Major League Soccer
- Country for sport
- New Zealand
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- RyanNelsen20040718.JPG
- Height
- 185
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- Commons category
- Ryan Nelsen
- date of birth
- 1977-10-18
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- coach of sports team
- Toronto FC
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Encyclopedic overview
Ryan William Nelsen ONZM (born 18 October 1977) is a New Zealand former professional football player and head coach.
Nelsen commonly played as a defender, and his professional career began in 1995. He notably captained the New Zealand national team and started his professional football career in his native country for Christchurch United. In 2001, he joined Major League Soccer side D.C. United. In 2005, he moved to England with Premier League side Blackburn Rovers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ryan Nelsen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.