Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2002-01-14) January 14, 2002 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Haifa, Israel | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2019 | Vaughan Azzurri | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Memphis Tigers | ||
2021–2023 | Georgia Southern Eagles | 49 | (16) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | Tormenta | ||
2024– | Beşiktaş | 10 | (3) |
International career | |||
Israel U17 | |||
Israel U19 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2024 |
Elis Nemtsov (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.
Personal life
Elis Nemtsov was born to Olga (née Blokhin) and Alex Nemtsov in Haifa, Israel on January 14, 2002. The family moved to Canada, and settled in Bradford, Ontario. She has a twin brother Ron, and two younger siblings, brother Liran and sister Eden.
She completed her secondary education at Bradford District High School in her hometown. In 2020, she enrolled in University of Memphis in Tennessee, United States. In 2021, she transferred to Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, She majored in Information system#As an academic disciplineInformation Systems.
Early years in soccer
In 2019, Nemtsov played in the League1 Ontario for Vaughan Azzurri in Vaughan, Ontario.
During her freshman year in 2021 at the Universsity of Memphis, she was a member of the college soccer team Memphis Tigers.
After transferring to Georgia Southern University, she started to play for the Georgia Southern Eagles women's soccer team in the 2021–22 season. She appeared in a total of 49 matches, and scored 16 goals including four game-winning goals in three seasons. In 2022, she was her college team's top goalscorer with seven goals. She was a three-time first team All-Sun Belt Conference selection in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Club career
Nemtsov is 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) tall.. She plays in the forward position.
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 professinal club Tormenta. She played an important role in her team's champions title of the 2022 USL W League season. In 2024, she was named "Tormenta FC W League May Player of the Month".
Beşiktaş
In July 2024, Nemtsov moved to Turkey, and signed a two-year professional deal with the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş to play in the Super Leaue. Already during her first game in the 2024-25 Super league season on September 8, she suffered achilles' heel, which caused her to stay away from the field the next match.
International career
Nemtsov was part of the Israel U17 and Israel U19 teams. In September 2020, she was called up to the Israel women's team camp.
Honors
- Sun Belt Conference
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- Georgia Southern Eagles
- Runners-up (1): 2021
References
- "Government Notices Respecting Corporations - Notice of Default in Complying with the Corporations". Ontario Gazette. 146 (35). August 31, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
- ^ "Elis Nemtsov". Go Tigers Go. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- ^ "2023 Women's Soccer Roster: Elis Nemtsov". Georgia Southern Eagles. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- ^ "Elis Nemtsov Named SBC Women's Soccer Player of the Week". Georgia Southern Eagles. September 21, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- "2019 Regular Season - Roster - Elis Nemtsov". Vaughan Azzurr. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- "Women's Soccer Adds Six For 2021-22". Georgia Southern Eagles. June 16, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- ^ "Two Women's Soccer Standouts Sign Professional Contracts". Georgia Southern Eagles. July 30, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- ^ Schroyer, Noah (May 2, 2024). "South Georgia Tormenta FC Re-signs Elis Nemtsov for Third Season". Tormenta FC. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- "2023 Schedule: All-Conference Teams First-Team All-Conference" (PDF). S3 US-East-2. August 17, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- ^ "Elis Nemtsov" (in Turkish). Soccer Donna. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- "Tormenta W to play FC Miami City in playoffs on Wednesday". WSAV-TV. July 11, 2022. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- "Tormenta FC's two braces beat out the South Carolina United Bantams". Grice Connect. June 13, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- Schroyer, Noah (June 7, 2024). "Elis Nemtsov Named Tormenta FC W League May Player of the Month". Tormenta FC. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
- ^ "Elis Nemtsov" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- "Beşiktaş United Payment'a Hoş Geldin Elis Nemtsov" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. July 24, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Haifa
- Israeli women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- 21st-century Israeli sportswomen
- Israeli emigrants to Canada
- Canadian people of Israeli descent
- People from Bradford West Gwillimbury
- Canadian women's soccer players
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Sportspeople from Simcoe County
- League1 Ontario (women) players
- Vaughan Azzurri (women) players
- University of Memphis alumni
- Memphis Tigers women's soccer players
- Georgia Southern University alumni
- Georgia Southern Eagles women's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Tormenta FC (W League) players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
- Turkish Women's Football Super League players
- Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football) players