Christopher Ronald Nurse was born on 7 May 1984 and is an English-born Guyanese retired footballer who is currently an academy coach for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami.
15 Facts About Chris Nurse
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Chris 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.
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Chris 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.
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Chris Nurse signed with Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League on 7 March 2011.
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Chris 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 North American Soccer League winning the regular season title.
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Chris Nurse re-signed with Carolina for the 2012 season on 1 February 2012.
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In January 2013 Chris Nurse was signed by FC Edmonton after his previous club Puerto Rico Islanders folded and no longer continued to operate.
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In 2013 Chris Nurse was selected 7 times onto North American Soccer League Team of the Week and selected North American Soccer League August Player of the Month.
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In January 2014 Chris Nurse Signed with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and was part of a talented squad that saw the team finish Runners- Up in the Soccer Bowl 2014.
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Chris Nurse was nominated 2014 North American Soccer League Humanitarian of the Year Award for his work with the Breast Cancer Associations in South Florida.
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Chris Nurse was released by Puerto Rico at the end of their 2016 season.
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Chris Nurse joined the Academy coaching staff of Major League Soccer club Inter Miami in March 2023.
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Chris 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.
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In September 2011, Chris Nurse was announced captain of the Guyana national football team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.
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From here Chris 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 degree in applied sports therapy from 2005 to 2008 at University College Birmingham.