Andrew Nelson (footballer)

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Andrew Nelson
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Nelson in October 2023
Personal information
Full name Andrew George Robert Nelson [1]
Date of birth (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees, England
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Darlington
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2016 Sunderland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Sunderland 0 (0)
2017 → Hartlepool United (loan) 4 (0)
2017 → Harrogate Town (loan) 4 (1)
2018 → Falkirk (loan) 12 (4)
2018–2019 → Darlington (loan) 5 (6)
2019–2020 Dundee 31 (6)
2020–2021 Torquay United 0 (0)
2021–2022 Darlington 6 (1)
2023– Darlington 46 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:11, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Andrew George Robert Nelson (born 16 September 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League North club Darlington.

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He began his career with Sunderland, spending time on loan at Hartlepool United, for whom he made his Football League debut, Harrogate Town, Falkirk and Darlington. After 18 months with Dundee, he spent a season with Torquay United during which injury prevented him from playing at all, returned to Darlington in 2021 until injury again put a stop to his career, and rejoined the club in 2023.

Early and personal life

Nelson was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, [2] and attended King James I Academy in Bishop Auckland. [3]

Career

Sunderland

He joined Sunderland's academy  –in preference to those of Newcastle United and Middlesbrough  –at the age of seven and took up a two-year scholarship with the club in July 2014. [4] [5] In 2016, he signed a two-year professional contract which was later extended for a further year. [6] [7]

Nelson made two substitute appearances for Sunderland's U23 team in the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, a competition involving senior teams from third- and fourth-tier clubs together with under-age teams from the higher divisions. [8] He moved on loan to Hartlepool United on 31 January 2017, [9] and made his club and Football League debut in the starting eleven at home to Yeovil Town four days later. He made the cross from which Hartlepool opened the scoring, and then conceded the penalty from which Yeovil secured a 1–1 draw. [10] He kept his starting place for the next two matches, without scoring, but in the next he injured his medial knee ligaments shortly after coming on as a substitute. He returned to his parent club for treatment and rehabilitation, and played no more football that season. [11] [12]

In October 2017, he joined Harrogate Town of the National League North on loan for a month. [13] According to Harrogate manager Simon Weaver, during his debut Nelson "showed a good aggressive edge to his play, he was brave and his hold-up play was good." [14] During his loan spell he played in four National League North matches and scored once, with a close-range header in a 3–1 defeat away to Spennymoor Town. [15] [16]

At the start of January 2018, Nelson moved on loan to Scottish Championship club Falkirk until the end of the season. [17] He was a fixture in the starting eleven, scoring four goals and making three assists in twelve Championship appearances, [18] until his loan spell was cut short by injury. A fractured cheekbone forced him to miss the last month of the season. [19]

After surgery in September on a foot injured in pre-season, Nelson eventually resumed training in November 2018. [20] In order to regain match fitness, he signed on a month's loan for another National League North club, Darlington, in December 2018. [21] He scored twice on debut away to Chorley, albeit in a losing cause, [22] and finished his loan spell with six goals from five league appearances. [15] Darlington's manager Tommy Wright praised Nelson, saying that it "[doesn't] get much better than what he did with us – six goals and two assists". [23]

Dundee

Nelson signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Dundee in January 2019; the fee was undisclosed. [24] [25] He scored a game-winning goal on his league debut, away to Heart of Midlothian on 23 January. [26] Dundee entered a long losing streak and were relegated to the Championship on 4 May 2019. [27]

The 2019–20 season was prematurely ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [28]

In July 2020, Nelson left Dundee by mutual agreement. [29]

Torquay United

Later that month he signed for Torquay United. [30] He injured a knee in a pre-season friendly, eventually had surgery once the exact problem had been established, [31] missed the entire season, and was released at its end. [32]

Darlington

Nelson trained with Darlington ahead of the 2021–22 season, and –still not completely fit –rejoined the club on 11 August 2021. [33] After nearly 18 months out of competitive football, he made his debut on 30 August, and scored his first goal two weeks later to secure Darlington's first point of the season with the equaliser away to Blyth Spartans. [15] [34] He made eight appearances before the knee problem recurred, [35] and eventually decided to have surgery that would keep him out of the game for 15 months. [36] On 11 May 2022, Darlington announced that Nelson had been released by the club but would later be invited back for pre-season training to help with his rehabilitation from injury. [37]

On 3 March 2023, ten months after his release, a fully fit Nelson again signed for Darlington. [38] He made his third debut for the Quakers the following day as a substitute. [39] The following week, against AFC Fylde, Nelson twice gave Darlington a lead but Fylde won the match. [40] He finished the season with three goals from 12 appearances. [15] On 24 May 2023, Nelson signed a new two-year contract with Darlington. [41]

Career statistics

As of end of 2023–24 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland U23/U21 2016–17 [8] ———2 [lower-alpha 3] 020
2017–18 [42] ———1 [lower-alpha 3] 010
Total———3030
Sunderland 2016–17 [8] Premier League 000000—00
2017–18 [42] Championship 00—00—00
2018–19 [43] League One 0000000000
Total0000000000
Hartlepool United (loan) 2016–17 [8] League Two 40———40
Harrogate Town (loan) 2017–18 [15] National League North 41———41
Falkirk (loan) 2017–18 [42] Scottish Championship 12430——154
Darlington (loan) 2018–19 [15] National League North56———56
Dundee 2018–19 [43] Scottish Premiership 12420——144
2019–20 [44] Scottish Championship19200521 [lower-alpha 4] 0254
Total316205210398
Torquay United 2020–21 [45] National League 0000—0000
Darlington 2021–22 [15] [46] National League North6120—0081
Darlington 2022–23 [15] National League North123———123
2023–24 [15] [47] National League North34520—1 [lower-alpha 5] 0375
Total468200010498
Career total1082690525012728
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup, Scottish League Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

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