Stuart Nelson
Personal information
Full name	Stuart James Nelson
Date of birth	17 September 1981 (1981-09-17) (age 28)
Place of birth	Stroud, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Aberdeen
Number	21
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–	Doncaster Rovers Hucknall Town Brentford Leyton Orient Norwich City Aberdeen	002 (0) 020 (0) 116 (0) 030 (0) 000 (0) 000 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:31, 9 August 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Stuart James Nelson (born 17 September 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays for Aberdeen as a goalkeeper.

[edit] Career

Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire, Nelson started his career at Cheltenham youth club FC Battledown. County Cup success led to him being spotted by Northern Premier League side Hucknall Town after a spell with Doncaster Rovers. Nelson joined Brentford from Hucknall in February 2004 for a fee of £10,000. He completed his first full season with Brentford in 2004–05, maintaining 21 clean sheets and helping the team into the promotion play-offs.

Nelson was appointed club captain for the 2006–07 season. However, a ligament injury picked up in October meant that he was unable to play again until 2007.^[1] He returned and played 6 games towards the end of the season.

He was released by Brentford on 16 May 2007.^[2] He signed for Leyton Orient in summer 2007, but left less than a year later by mutual consent due to relocating issues. On 1 August, 2008 Norwich City confirmed the signing of Nelson after he impressed Glenn Roeder while on trial at Carrow Road.^[3] He was released at the end of his one year contract the following summer having made no first team appearances.

On 27 July 2009, he signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premier League team Aberdeen.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Stuart Nelson career stats at Soccerbase

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