Christopher Ronald Nurse (born 7 May 1984) is an English-born Guyanese

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who plays for Miami United FC in the National Premier Soccer League and the Guyana national team.

Career

Club

Nurse began his professional career in the English non-League system as a dynamic young midfielder who was a part of the youth academy at Kingstonian F.C before featuring for the reserve team & impressive displays during pre-season saw him rewarded with a place in the senior squad. Nurse has extensive experience at multiple levels. He played for Aldershot & Stevenage Borough in the

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and almost won promotion from the Conference North with Hinckley United in 2006–07. On 6 March 2009, the USL First Division team Rochester Rhinos announced the signing of Nurse to a one-year deal for the 2009 season. reaching the play-offs but were eliminated by the Puerto Rico Islanders. In March 2010 the Puerto Rico Islanders completed the signing of Nurse to a one-year deal. Nurse played in the proceeding three

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matches and led the Islanders to become the 2010

Winners in Trinidad and Tobago. In July 2010 Nurse played for the Puerto Rico Islanders defeating the then MLS league leaders, Los Angeles Galaxy 5–3 on aggregate, which paved the way for their progression to the group stages of the

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for the third consecutive year. Nurse continued his strong performances leading Puerto Rico to the USSF Division 2 Pro League championship title defeating the Carolina Railhawks in the Playoff Final. Nurse signed with Carolina RailHawks of the

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on 7 March 2011. Nurse was part of a sensational season for the Railhawks, going on a 10-game win streak in a team that broke almost every existing club record and finishing top of the

winning the regular season title. He re-signed with Carolina for the 2012 season on 1 February 2012. In January 2013 Nurse was signed by FC Edmonton after his previous club Puerto Rico Islanders folded and no longer continued to operate. In 2013 Nurse was selected 7 times onto

Team of the Week and selected

August Player of the Month. At the end of the season Nurse was Shortlisted for

2013 Best XI and Voted 2013 FC Edmonton players MVP of the season by his teammates, In January 2014 Nurse Signed with the

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and was part of a talented squad that saw the team finish Runners- Up in the

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. Nurse was nominated 2014

Humanitarian of the Year Award for his work with the Breast Cancer Associations in South Florida. Nurse was released by Puerto Rico at the end of their 2016 season.

International

Nurse, who is of Guyanese descent, is a current International player for the Guyana national football team nicknamed the ''Golden Jaguars'', despite having been born in England. In September 2011, Nurse was announced captain of the Guyana national football team for the

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matches.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Guyana's goal tally first.''

Personal

As a young boy Nurse played Sunday league football for Wallington Wanderers Football Club and

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alongside footballer

Nigel Reo-Coker Nigel Shola Andre Reo-Coker (born 14 May 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, as well as a football commentator and pundit for CBS Sports. Reo-Coker came through the youth team ranks at Wimbledon, and h ...

. From here Nurse progressed onto Kingstonian Football Academy, balancing full-time training with academic studies going onto complete a BTEC National Diploma in Sports Studies and completed a BSc (Hons) degree in applied sports therapy from 2005 to 2008 at University College Birmingham (the degree was awarded by Birmingham University). Nurse's brother

Jon Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned".Football League Two side

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and international football for Barbados. During Nurse's time with the Puerto Rico Islanders he spearheaded a significant fund raiser for Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in memory of his mother and raised in excess of $6000. The team wore pink jerseys which were raffled after a home fixture.

Honors

Kingstonian Football Club

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Runners Up: 2003

Sutton United Football Club

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Runners Up: 2003/04

Hinckley United

* Conference North Playoff Runners Up: 2006/07

Puerto Rico Islanders

* USSF Division 2 Pro League Champions: 2010 *

Winner:

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Carolina Railhawks

* NASL Regular Season Champions: 2011

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Runners-Up: *

Humanitarian of the Year: 2014

References

External links

Rochester Rhinos bio
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Halesowen Town bio
at CaribbeanFootballDatabase * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nurse, Chris 1984 births Living people Guyanese footballers English footballers English people of Guyanese descent Guyana international footballers Association football midfielders Kingstonian F.C. players Sutton United F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Moor Green F.C. players Hinckley United F.C. players Tamworth F.C. players Stevenage F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players Rochester New York FC players AFC Telford United players Puerto Rico Islanders players North Carolina FC players FC Edmonton players Fort Lauderdale Strikers players Puerto Rico FC players National League (English football) players USL First Division players Expatriate footballers in Puerto Rico Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate soccer players in Canada British expatriates in Puerto Rico USSF Division 2 Professional League players North American Soccer League players Footballers from Hammersmith Alumni of the University of Birmingham University College Birmingham