Gregory Nelson

Gregory Nelson is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Chennaiyin Football Club in the Indian Super League, as a winger. He was born on 31st January 1988 at Amsterdam, Netherlands. Gregory started his career from youth teams of AZ Alkmaar. In 2007, Gregory made his senior team debut for AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie against Heracles Almelo. In the football season of 2009-10 of RBC Roosendaal, Gregory was on loan basis. The loan contract had an option to purchase the player; he continued up to 11th June 2009. Then Gregory was released by RBC on 11th January 2010. In 2010, after six months of releasing from the RBC, Gregory signed for CSKA Sofia. In January 2012, Gregory signed for Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

He made his official debut on 11th March 2012, from Donetsk playing the first 74 minutes of the 1:1 home draw with Metalist Kharkiv in a Ukrainian Premium League match. FC Metalurh Donetsk had gone bankrupt. After several months of bankruptcy, on 9th October 2015, Gregory returned to Bulgaria. He signed a contract with Botev Plovdiv until the end of the season. On 23rd October 2015, Gregory debuted for Botev Plovdiv and won the match against Pirin Blagoevgrad. On 29th November 2015, Gregory played the match for Botev Plovdiv and got defeated from Litex Lovech.

Then also, he got selected for the man of the match. Gregory has scored a controversial goal against Beroe Stara Zagora. He got awarded for the man of the match in that match. Even in the interview immediately after the game, Gregory admitted that the ball hit his hand before he scored the goal. On 16th January 2017, Gregory signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Kaisar, but his contract was terminated shortly after for personal reasons. After this contract canceled, Gregory joined Bahraini Premier League side Al-Muharraq. In September 2017, Gregory signed for Chennaiyin FC in the Indian Super League made his name shine by playing matches.