Nelson Pizarro

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Nelson Pizarro
Personal information
Full name Nelson Pizarro
Date of birth (1985-07-08) July 8, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007 Ventura County Fusion 13 (2)
2008–2010 Kansas City Wizards 16 (0)
2011 Miami FC 8 (0)
2011 San Diego Flash
2013 Los Angeles Blues 26 (5)
2016 North County Battalion 9 (6)
2017 Southern California Seahorses 5 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2017

Nelson Pizarro (born July 8, 1985) is an American soccer player who is currently a coach with the San Diego Surf Academy. [1]

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Career

College and amateur

Pizarro played college soccer for Lincoln Memorial University. His style of attacking football was adored by fans. The reason for this is growing up Nelson never played 11 aside soccer instead learning the game at his family's indoor and 5 aside facility in Florida. He played with adults at a very young age and became a very technically gifted player with strength to match.

He regularly scored goals in big matches and could be utilized by the coaching staff in many positions including central defence and as a wide midfielder or full back. However, his most effective position is an attacking midfielder due to his technical ability and effective runs into the box.

As a sophomore at Lincoln he won several awards including a Gulf South Conference Championship. In his upperclassman career he won more awards including All-American honors as he captained the team to not only another conference championship, this time the South Atlantic Conference, but two regional championships, a final four berth in 2006 and in his last game at the university the National Championship final against Franklin Pierce University in 2007.

During his college years, Pizarro also played in the USL Premier Development League for Ventura County Fusion,

Professional

Pizarro was signed to a developmental contract by Kansas City Wizards on April 30, 2008, after impressing head coach Curt Onalfo and GM Peter Vermes during a two-day open tryout . [2] He made his full professional debut for the Wizards on 8 July 2008, in a US Open Cup quarterfinal game against the Seattle Sounders.

He was released by the Wizards in May 2010. He later signed midway through the season with USL-1 side Miami FC, and played the remainder of the season for the Blues.

Having been unable to sign with a professional club elsewhere, Pizarro moved to California to play an exhibition season with the reborn San Diego Flash in 2011, in preparation for their return to full competition in 2011.

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References

  1. ↑ "Boys 2018-2019 coaching staff". SurfSoccer.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Kansas City Wizards Sign Two Former Open Tryout Participants to Developmental Roster". www.wibw.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-24.
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