Nathaniel Short

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Nathaniel Short
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Personal information
Full name Nathaniel Short
Date of birth (1985-01-28) 28 January 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2005–2008 Lynn Fighting Knights
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003 Wellington
2004 Bridgwater Town
2007–2008 Cape Cod Crusaders 18 (2)
2009–2010 Rochester Rhinos 39 (2)
2012 GPS Portland Phoenix 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nathaniel "Nano" Short (born 28 January 1985 in London) is an English footballer.

Contents

Career

Early life and college

Short grew up in Taunton in the English county of Somerset, with his Mother Donna Morris and Father Martin Short. He attended Ladymead School, and played for English non-league sides Wellington and Bridgwater Town before coming to the United States on a scholarship in 2005. [1]

He played four years of college soccer at Lynn University, earned an All-Sunshine State Conference Honorable Mention honors and a Daktronics First Team All-Region selection as a sophomore, was named the Fighting Knights' Most Valuable Player and to the All-SSC First Team as a junior, and earned All-American honors during his senior year. During his four years as a Fighting Knight he scored 25 career goals and amassed 25 career assists.

During his college career he also played with the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL Premier Development League. Nathaniel was selected to the Team of the Decade for the Cape Cod Crusaders.

Professional

Short signed his first professional contract in 2009, with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division. He made his professional debut on 18 April 2009, in Rochester's season-opening game against Carolina RailHawks. [2]

Retirement

Honors

Rochester Rhinos

Rochester Rhinos Rookie of the year 2009

USL Team of the Week; Following his goal against MSFC

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References

  1. Ex-Wellington footballer turns professional
  2. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2009.