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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, writer, and coach. Born in Christchurch in 1977, he played as a centre-back for clubs including Christchurch United, Queens Park Rangers F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C., and D.C. United. His professional career began in 1995 and included participation in the Premier League and Major League Soccer. Nelsen represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is a graduate of Stanford University.
In addition to his playing career, Nelsen has worked as a writer and coach. He authored the book *Ryan Nelsen's road to the World Cup* and has served as a coach for Toronto FC. He speaks English and stands 185 cm tall with a mass of 84 kg.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Ryan Nelsen's road to the World Cup
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16
- Total plays
- 94
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ryan+Nelsen">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 28,595x
- The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 24,818x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,983x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,790x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
via Crossref · CC0
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
- Team
- _Retired-Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- New Zealand
via TheSportsDB
~13 min read
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.