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Elis Nemtsov
Canadiian soccer player (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elis Nemtsov (Hebrew: אליס נמצוב; born January 14, 2002) is an Israeli-born Canadian professional women's soccer forward who plays in the Turkish Super League for Beşiktaş. She played for the Israel U17 and Israel U19 teams.
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Personal life
Elis Nemtsov was born to Olga (née Troyansky)[1] and Alex Nemtsov in Haifa, Israel on January 14, 2002. The family moved to Canada, and settled in Bradford, Ontario.[2][3] She is the oldest of 4 children, with a twin brother Ron, and two younger siblings, brother Liran and sister Eden.[3]
She completed her secondary education at Bradford District High School in her hometown.[2][3] In 2020, she enrolled in University of Memphis in Tennessee, United States.[2] In 2021, she transferred to Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia,[4] She majored in information systems.[3]
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Early years in soccer
In 2019, Nemtsov played in the League1 Ontario for Vaughan Azzurri in Vaughan, Ontario.[2][3][5]
During her freshman year in 2021 at the University of Memphis, she was a member of the college soccer team Memphis Tigers.[2]
After transferring to Georgia Southern University, she started to play for the Georgia Southern Eagles women's soccer team in the 2021–22 season.[4][6] She appeared in a total of 49 matches, and scored 16 goals including four game-winning goals in three seasons.[7] In 2022, she was her college team's top goalscorer with seven goals.[8] She was a three-time first team All-Sun Belt Conference selection in 2021, 2022 and 2023.[7][9]
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Club career
Nemtsov is 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.69 m) tall.[2] She plays in the forward position.[10]
Tormenta
In three summer seasons between 2022 and 2024 while still at the university and later, she played in the USL W League for the local professional club Tormenta.[7][8][11][12] She played an important role in her team's champions title of the 2022 USL W League season.[8] In 2024, she was named "Tormenta FC W League May Player of the Month".[13]
Beşiktaş
In July 2024, Nemtsov moved to Turkey, and signed a one-year professional deal with the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş to play in the Super League.[7][10][14][15] Already during her first game in the 2024-25 Super league season on September 8, she suffered ankle sprain, which caused her to stay away from the field the next match.[10][14]
International career
Nemtsov was part of the Israel U17 and Israel U19 teams.[2][3] In September 2020, she was called up to the Israel women's team camp.[3]
Honors
- Sun Belt Conference
- Georgia Southern Eagles
- Runners-up (1): 2021
References
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