Ryan Nelsen
Be the first in the stands
New ZealandCounted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Ryan William Nelsen is a New Zealand former professional football player and head coach. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-09-20
In the line-ups
5 appearances in recorded line-ups · 2009–2010The archive holds 5 team sheets naming Ryan Nelsen in New Zealand's starting line-up, from 2009-10-10 to 2010-06-24.
5 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
A different player of the same name scored for New Zealand (1 goal, 2003) — Nelsen · New Zealand
International goals in our archive
5 goals across 4 scoring matches · 1 tournament · 2002–2004
Tahiti
Australia
Papua New GuineaHonours
5 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours5 | ||||
| OFC Nations Cup | ×2 | 2002, 2008 | New Zealand | |
| Merdeka Cup | ×1 | 2000 | New Zealand | |
| MLS Cup | ×1 | 2004 | D.C. United | |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | ×1 | 2007 | Blackburn Rovers | |
| Individual honours5 | ||||
| Player of the year · 2 | ||||
| Oceania Footballer of the Year | ×2 | 2006, 2010 | ||
| More honours · 3 | ||||
| IFFHS Oceania Men's Team of All Time | 2021 | |||
| IFFHS OFC Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020 | ||||
| MLS Best XI 2003, 2004 | ||||
| Orders & distinctions1 | ||||
| Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit | ||||