- Stuart Nelson
Football player infobox
playername= Stuart Nelson
fullname = Stuart James Nelson
nickname = Nels
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|9|17
cityofbirth = Stroud
countryofbirth =England
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub = Norwich City
clubnumber = 25
position = Goalkeeper
years = 2002-2003
2003-2004
2004–2007
2007-2008
2008-
clubs = Doncaster Rovers
Hucknall Town
Brentford
Leyton Orient
Norwich City
caps(goals) = 002 (0)
020 (0)
116 (0)
030 (0)
000 (0)
nationalyears =
pcupdate = 5/3/2008
ntupdate =Stuart James Nelson (born
September 17 ,1981 inStroud, Gloucestershire ), is a professional footballgoalkeeper currently plays for Norwich City.Nelson started his career at Cheltenham youth club Battledown FC, where he was managed by Rob Tyler and played in the side that featured the likes of Liam Tyler, Stuart Lewis (ex-Aston Villa) and Nick Williams (ex-Watford).
County Cup success led to Nelson being spotted by Hucknall. Nelson joined Brentford from
Northern Premier League side Hucknall Town in February 2004 for a fee of £10,000. The former Cirencester Town goalkeeper completed his first full season with the Bees in 2004-05, maintaining 21 clean sheets and helping the team into the promotion play-offs.Nelson was appointed club captain for the 2006-07 season. However, a ligament injury picked up in October meant that he was unable to play again until 2007. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/6200118.stm Nelson ruled out until next year] ] He returned and played 6 games towards the end of the season.
He was released by Brentford on
May 16 ,2007 . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/6663481.stm Bees sign Mackie after clear-out] ] He signed for Leyton Orient in summer 2007. He left Leyton Orient F.C. on May 9th 2008 by mutual consent due to relocating issues. On August the 1st Norwich City confirmed the signing of Nelson after he impressed Glenn Roeder while on trial at Carrow Road. [ [http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~1356373,00.html 'KEEPER VACANCY FILLED BY NELSON] ]References
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