Nicolas Clive Ansell (born 2 February 1994) is an Australian professional

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays as a

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for

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...

in the

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Club career

Ansell spent several years in the

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory ...

youth squad before a breakout 2012–13 season, which saw him rewarded with a senior

contract. Considered an upcoming future star, he made an immediate impact as a commanding

, playing a key role in Melbourne Victory's 2014/15 Premiership-Championship double. Ansell left the Victory on 12 May 2017. In June 2017, Ansell signed with Portuguese

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side

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. In July 2018, Ansell returned to Melbourne to re-join Melbourne Victory. On 31 January 2019, Ansell departed the Victory a second time, joining

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team

Jeonnam Dragons The Jeonnam Dragons (Korean: 전남 드래곤즈) are a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The Dragons play thei ...

In October 2020, Ansell returned to Melbourne Victory for a third time. He was released on 11 June 2021. In July 2021, Ansell joined

for the 2021–22 A-League season.

Honours

: * A-League Championship: 2014–2015 * A-League Premiership: 2014–2015

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ansell, Nicolas Living people 1994 births Australian soccer players Association football defenders Australia under-20 international soccer players Australia youth international soccer players A-League Men players Victorian Premier League players Melbourne Victory FC players Bentleigh Greens SC players C.D. Tondela players Jeonnam Dragons players Adelaide United FC players K League 2 players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Australian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Australian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in South Korea People educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School Soccer players from Melbourne