Joseph Nane

Joseph Nane

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Nane Fils Eone
Date of birth	(1987-03-12) March 12, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Old Dominion Monarchs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Hampton Roads Piranhas	31	(1)
2010	Toronto FC	11	(0)
2011–2012	Colorado Rapids	19	(1)
2013–2014	New York Cosmos	30	(0)
2015	San Antonio Scorpions	23	(1)
2016–2017	Okzhetpes	39	(0)
2017	Aktobe	19	(2)
2018	Atyrau	24	(1)
2019–2020	P.O. Xylotymbou
2020–2021	ASIL Lysi
2021–2023	Oakland Roots	50	(1)
Managerial career
2023	Project 51O (assistant)
2024–	Oakland Roots (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 22, 2023

Joseph Nane Fils Eone (born March 12, 1987) is a Cameroonian footballer who last played for Oakland Roots in the USL Championship.

Career

College and amateur

Joseph attended the Catholic University of Cameroon prior to coming to the United States to play college soccer at Old Dominion University in 2006. He was a Second Team All-CAA selection in his junior year in 2008.

During his college years he also played with the Hampton Roads Piranhas in the USL Premier Development League. ^{[1] [2]}

Professional

Joseph was drafted in the fourth round (53rd overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC. ^[3] Joseph signed a developmental contract with Toronto FC on April 5, 2010.

Joseph made his professional debut on April 10, 2010 in a game against New England Revolution. ^[4]

Joseph was traded to Colorado Rapids on November 30, 2010 in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. ^[5]

Nane was released by Colorado on November 16, 2012. ^[6] He entered the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft and became a free agent after going undrafted in both rounds of the draft.

On March 12, 2013, Nane signed with New York Cosmos, and made 10 appearances and five starts in his first season with the team, which culminated in winning the 2013 NASL Soccer Bowl over Atlanta Silverbacks. The Cosmos announced on January 25, 2014 that they had signed Nane to a contract extension. ^[7]

During the 2014 Spring season, Nane made eight appearances and six starts and recorded his first assist with the Cosmos in the team's 3-0 win over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers on May 31, 2014 at Fort Lauderdale, as the Cosmos finished in second place with a record of 6-1-2 (W-D-L). ^[8]

Nane finished the 2014 regular season with 13 starts and 21 appearances. He recorded one assist on the season. ^[9] He failed to reach a new contract agreement with New York at the end of 2014 and was released by the club. ^[10]

Nane spent the 2015 season with San Antonio Scorpions, before the club ceased operations in December 2015.

Kazakhstan

In February 2016 Nane moved to the Kazakhstan Premier League, signing for FC Okzhetpes on a one-year contract. ^{[11] [12]} After suffering a recurrence of an old knee injury, Nane was ruled out for three months, ^[13] subsequently Nane left Okzhetpes by mutual consent on 6 June 2017. ^[14] The following June, having played an additional six-months with Okzhetpes, Nane signed for FC Aktobe on 18 June 2017. ^[15] On 28 February 2018, Nane signed for FC Atyrau. ^[16]

Personal

Nane holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. ^[17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 November 2018 ^{[18] [19]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Toronto	2010	Major League Soccer	11	0	1	0	5	0	-		17	0
Colorado Rapids	2011	Major League Soccer	10	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	14	0
	2012		9	1	0	0	-		1	0	10	1
	Total		19	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	23	1
New York Cosmos	2013	North American Soccer League	9	0	0	0	-		1	0	10	0
	2014		21	0	3	0	-		1	0	25	0
	Total		30	0	3	0	-	-	2	0	35	0
San Antonio Scorpions	2015	North American Soccer League	23	1	0	0	-		-		23	1
Okzhetpes	2016	Kazakhstan Premier League	30	0	1	0	-		-		31	0
	2017		9	0	1	0	-		-		10	0
	Total		39	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	41	0
Aktobe	2017	Kazakhstan Premier League	19	2	0	0	-		-		19	2
Atyrau	2018	Kazakhstan Premier League	24	1	2	0	-		-		26	1
Career total			165	5	8	0	8	0	4	0	185	5

Honours

Toronto FC

• Canadian Championship: 2010

New York Cosmos

• NASL Soccer Bowl: 2013

References

1. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
2. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
3. 2010 MLS SuperDraft Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Match: New England v Toronto FC - Major League Soccer - ESPN Soccernet". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
5. "Toronto FC trades Nane to Rapids | CBC Sports".
6. "Colorado part ways with Denver native Casey, 7 others | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2012-11-18.
7. "Home | New York Cosmos".
8. "Standings | NASL".
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10. "Oops! Sorry, Something Went Wrong | Nasl".
11. "Окжетпес подписал камерунца". www.sports.kz (in Russian). sports.kz. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
12. "Джозеф Нэйн пополнил состав кокшетауского Окжетпеса". www.okzhetpes.kz (in Russian). FC okzhetpes. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
13. "Нейн выбыл на три месяца". okzhetpes.kz (in Russian). FC Okzhetpes. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
14. "Окжетпес расстался с Нейном". okzhetpes.kz (in Russian). FC Okzhetpes. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
15. "Нейн Еоне Джозеф Филс - игрок ФК Актобе". fc-aktobe.kz (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 18 June 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
16. "Джозеф Нейн – полузащитник Атырау". rfcatyrau.kz (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
17. German Sferra (January 17, 2012). "Rapids have four International roster slots available". Colorado Rapids. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
18. "Joseph Nane". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS Soccer. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
19. "J.Nane". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

External links

• Joseph Nane at Major League Soccer