Sylvanus Nimely (born 4 September 1998) is a

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who plays as a

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for Uzbek side

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. His older brother,

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, also played football.

Club career

On 23 February 2017, he joined the

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side

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...

. After playing for a year and a half for the second squad

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, he made his debut in the

on 29 October 2018 in a game against

FC Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar language, Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in the city o ...

. On 26 January 2021, Spartak announced that Nimely transferred to Croatian side

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International career

He made his international debut on 7 September 2013, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Samuel Thompson in a 4–1

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defeat to

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at the Tundavala National Stadium in

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nimely, Sylvanus 1998 births Footballers from Monrovia Living people Liberian footballers Liberia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Monrovia Club Breweries players MFK Karviná players FC Spartak-2 Moscow players FC Spartak Moscow players HNK Gorica players Ilves (football) players NK Solin players Russian First League players Russian Premier League players Croatian Football League players Veikkausliiga players First Football League (Croatia) players Liberian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Liberian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate footballers in Russia Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Croatia Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Finland Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Finland