Roberto Nurse

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Roberto Antonio Nurse Anguiano (born 16 December 1983) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Mexico, he played for the Panama national team.

Club career

Nurse is a three-year veteran of the Primera División (First Division), having made his top-flight debut with Colibríes de Morelos in 2003 at aged 19. From 2003 to 2005 he spent two years in the Primera División A, Mexico's second tier, with Cañeros de Zacatepec and Querétaro, before returning to the Primera División in 2005, playing 13 games with Atlante. Nurse was Querétaro's leading goalscorer in the Primera División A, registering a total of 17 goals between the Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2008 seasons.

Nurse signed for Chivas USA of Major League Soccer on 16 July 2008,[1] and made his debut in Chivas's SuperLiga game against Santos Laguna the same day; he made his MLS debut on 9 August 2008, against Kansas City Wizards.

Veracruz signed Nurse for the Clausura 2009 tournament and after spells at Cruz Azul Hidalgo and La Piedad he joined UAT in June 2012.[2] In December 2014 he moved on to Dorados de Sinaloa.[3]

International career

Born in Mexico to an Afro-Panamanian father and a Mexican mother,[4] Nurse was eligible to play for Mexico or Panama[5] and on 31 May 2014 he made his debut for the Panama national football team coming in as a substitute during a 1–1 tie against Serbia, and scored his first international goal for Panama on a 2–2 tie against Costa Rica during the 2014 Copa Centroamericana.

In May 2018 he was named in Panama's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[6] However, he did not make the final 23.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 September 2014 Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas, United States File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 2–0 2–2 2014 Copa Centroamericana
2. 14 November 2014 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 3–1 3–1 Friendly
3. 25 July 2015 PPL Park, Chester, Pennsylvania File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1–0 1(3)–1(2) 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honours

Panama

Individual

See also

References

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