Anton Nelson

Anton Nelson
Personal information
Full name Anthony Piers Nelson
Date of birth (1997-07-31) 31 July 1997
Place of birth George Town, Cayman Islands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Striker
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Valparaiso Crusaders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Tigers
2018 Bognor Regis Town 7 (0)
2018–2019 Llanelli Town 16 (0)
2019-2024 Sunset 46 (37)
2025 Masters FA B 13 (8)
2025 Masters FA 2 (1)
International career‡
2012 Cayman Islands U15 5 (3)
2017 Cayman Islands U20 5 (3)
2019– Cayman Islands 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 November 2023

Anthony Piers Nelson (born 31 July 1997) is a Caymanian football player who plays as a striker for the Cayman Islands national team.

Early life

Nelson played youth football with Tigers.[1] In January 2009, he won the Kick-It 3v3 Soccer World Championship with the Cayman Stingrays U11.[2][3] At age 13, he moved to England and attended the Shrewsbury School.[1]

In 2016, he began attending Valparaiso University in the United States, where he played for the men's soccer team.[4][5]

Club career

In 2017, he played with Bognor Regis Town in the National League South.[1]

In 2018, he has a trial with Welsh club Flint Town United, before signing with Llanelli Town in the Welsh Premier League.[1] Afterwards, he had trials with Northern Irish Premier League clubs, before returning to the Cayman Islands.[6]

In 2025, he played with Canadian club Master's FA, featuring mostly with the second team.[7]

International career

He made his debut for the Cayman Islands national football team on 22 March 2019 in a CONCACAF Nations League qualifier against Montserrat.[1][8]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 May 2019.[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Cayman Islands 201930
Total30

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Armenise, Jordan (21 March 2019). "From Prospect to Llanelli: How Anton Nelson bet on himself, and won". Cayman 27.
  2. ↑ "Under-11 World Champions". Cayman News Service. 23 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "We are the world champs!". Cayman Compass. 22 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Men's Soccer Announces Seven Signees". Valparaiso Crusaders. 2 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Morales, Kevin (9 May 2016). "Nelson signs on with D-I programme Valparaiso". Cayman 27.
  6. ↑ Menary, Steve (20 February 2020). "Nations League Offers New Hope To Cayman Islands". World Soccer.
  7. ↑ "Anthony Nelson L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  8. ↑ Armenise, Jordan (20 March 2019). "Football: Seven changes ahead of Nations League qualifier versus". Cayman 27.
  9. ↑ Anton Nelson at National-Football-Teams.com
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