Chris Nurse
Encyclopedia
Christopher Nurse is an English
-born Guyanese
footballer currently playing for Carolina RailHawks
in the North American Soccer 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 Conference National
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 CFU Club Championship
matches and led the Islanders
to become the 2010 CFU Club Championship
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 CONCACAF Champions League 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 North American Soccer League
on March 7, 2011. Nurse has been 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 North American Soccer League
winning the regular season title.
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 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
matches.
. 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 evidently completed a BSc(Hons) Degree in Applied Sports Therapy from 2005 to 2008 at University College Birmingham.
Nurse's brother Jon
plays for English Football League Two
side Dagenham & Redbridge
and international football for Barbados
.
During Nurse's time with the Puerto Rico Islander's he spear headed 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.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
-born Guyanese
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
footballer currently playing for Carolina RailHawks
Carolina RailHawks FC
Carolina RailHawks FC is an American professional soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
in the North American Soccer League.
Club
Nurse began his professional career in the English non-LeagueNon-league football
Non-League football is football in England played at a level below that of the Premier League and The Football League. The term non-League was commonly used well before 1992 when the top football clubs in England all belonged to The Football League; all clubs who were not a part of The Football...
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
Aldershot F.C.
Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...
& Stevenage Borough
Stevenage Borough F.C.
Stevenage Football Club is an English football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The club currently participate in League One, the third tier of English football, having won promotion from League Two in the 2010–11 season...
in the Conference National
Conference National
Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
and almost won promotion from the Conference North
Conference North
The Conference North also known as Blue Square Bet North for sponsorship reasons, is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of...
with Hinckley United
Hinckley United F.C.
Hinckley United Football Club are an English football club, from Hinckley, Leicestershire currently playing in the Conference North. Formed only in 1997, the club has risen from the Southern League Midland/West Division to the Conference North in those 14 years...
in 2006–07.
On 6 March 2009, the USL First Division
USL First Division
The United Soccer Leagues First Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....
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
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
.
In March 2010 the Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
completed the signing of Nurse to a one-year deal. Nurse played in the proceeding three CFU Club Championship
CFU Club Championship
The CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup is the annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs from the Caribbean Islands for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union...
matches and led the Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
to become the 2010 CFU Club Championship
CFU Club Championship
The CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup is the annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs from the Caribbean Islands for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union...
Winners in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
. In July 2010 Nurse played for the Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
defeating the then MLS
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
league leaders, Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...
5-3 on aggregate, which paved the way for their progression to the group stages of the CONCACAF Champions League for the third consecutive year. Nurse continued his strong performances leading Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Islanders
Puerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
to the USSF Division 2 Pro League championship title defeating the Carolina Railhawks in the Playoff Final.
Nurse signed with Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League (2010)
The North American Soccer League is a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico which began league play on April 9, 2011. It has been provisionally sanctioned as the second tier of soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, behind Major League Soccer in the...
on March 7, 2011. Nurse has been 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 North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League
North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...
winning the regular season title.
International
Nurse, who is of GuyaneseGuyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
descent, is a current International player for the Guyana national football team
Guyana national football team
The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the Golden Jaguars, is the national team of Guyana and is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. Although the former British colony is located in South America, it competes in CONCACAF, together with Suriname and French Guiana. Until the...
nicknamed the Golden Jaguars, despite having been born in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
In September 2011, Nurse was announced captain of the Guyana national football team
Guyana national football team
The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the Golden Jaguars, is the national team of Guyana and is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. Although the former British colony is located in South America, it competes in CONCACAF, together with Suriname and French Guiana. Until the...
for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will feature 32 teams. One place was allocated to the hosts, , but no automatic place is given to the defending champions, . The remaining 31 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other 207 teams from the six FIFA...
matches.
Personal
As a young boy Nurse played Sunday league football for Wallington Wanderers Football Club and Carshalton Athletic F.C along sides Premier league footballer Nigel Reo-CokerNigel Reo-Coker
Nigel Shola Andre Reo-Coker is an English footballer of Sierra Leonean descent. He currently plays for Bolton Wanderers of the Premier League. He is known for being a robust midfielder with good overall tackling and passing qualities...
. 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 evidently completed a BSc(Hons) Degree in Applied Sports Therapy from 2005 to 2008 at University College Birmingham.
Nurse's brother Jon
Jon Nurse
Jonathan David "Jon" Nurse is a Barbadian footballer who plays for Dagenham & Redbridge.-Club career:Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, Nurse started out playing in Sunday league football before joining local club Sutton United. He broke into the first team after doing well in the reserves and went...
plays for English Football League Two
Football League Two
Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....
side Dagenham & Redbridge
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...
and international football for Barbados
Barbados national football team
The Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Pride, is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament...
.
During Nurse's time with the Puerto Rico Islander's he spear headed a significant fund raiser for Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly known as The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, often referred to as simply Komen, is the most widely known, largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the US....
in memory of his mother and raised in excess of $6000. The team wore pink jerseys which were raffled after a home fixture.
Puerto Rico Islanders
- USSF Division 2 Pro League Champions (1): 2010
- CFU Club ChampionshipCFU Club ChampionshipThe CFU Club Championship or CFU Club Champions' Cup is the annual international football competition held amongst association football clubs from the Caribbean Islands for clubs that are members of the Caribbean Football Union...
Winner (1): 20102010 CFU Club Championship--------- Group B :All matches hosted in Puerto Rico. Officially, Bayamón played as visitor in the first leg.----- Group C :All matches hosted in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.--------- Group D :All matches hosted in Guyana....
External links
- Rochester Rhinos bio
- Halesowen Town bio
- Hinckley United stats archive
- International Statistics at CaribbeanFootballDatabase