Nate Weiss
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Nathaniel "Nate" Weiss an American/Israeli professional soccer player, currently plays for Råslätt SK in Sweden. Weiss holds the honor of being the first American player to play in the LMT Virsliga, and only the tenth American to ever win a domestic cup.
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After spending the 2008 season with Longford Town
in Ireland, Weiss joined Swedish club Djurgårdens IF on trial. Weiss left Sweden though to join Serbia
n club FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac
, but financial difficulties prevented him from a prolonged stay. On October 7, 2009, Weiss arrived at Hapoel Beersheba looking to impress manager Guy Azouri
. During Weiss' time in Israel, he trained with Israeli coach George Borba
and acquired Israeli citizenship by virtue of the Law of Return
, hoping to latch on with a club in Israel.
When the only offers for Weiss were coming from Liga Leumit
clubs, he decided to take a contract offer in Latvia
with FK Jelgava. Weiss made his league debut on April 18, 2010 in a league match against Skonto FC
. In all competition with FK Jelgava Weiss played in 20 matches scoring a total of 4 goals as a defender. While at Jelgava Weiss was able to contribute significantly to the teams success by helping them win the Latvian cup and reach the 2nd round of Europa League losing out to FK Molde. After the 2010 he chose not to stay at the club in order to find an opportunity to get better exposure for the national team In July Nate played in a friendly game with IK Sirius
against Leicester City FC. After performing well he received interested from several Allsvenskan clubs in Sweden. With the offers from Swedish clubs only beginning in the 2012 season Weiss chose to play in Råslätt SK, the former club of Preki
, for the last 2 months of the season.
Early life
A member of Weston Warriors youth soccer club, Weiss continued to play at Stoneman Douglas High School where he was named All-State and All-Broward County. At 15 years old Weiss also spend time in England at the Stockport County academy . At 12 years of age Nate featured in NikeNike, Inc.
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's first freestyle video internet competition "Who's Next".
Professional
Nate spent 2007-8 playing with a club in the Spanish Tercera U.D Arenal. It proved to be valuable experience as it helped him develop his skills and physical abilityAfter spending the 2008 season with Longford Town
Longford Town F.C.
Longford Town F.C. is an Irish football club playing in the League of Ireland First Division. The club, founded in 1924 and elected to the league in 1984, hails from Longford, County Longford and play their home matches at Flancare Park...
in Ireland, Weiss joined Swedish club Djurgårdens IF on trial. Weiss left Sweden though to join Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n club FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac
FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac
FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac is a professional football club based in Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. Metalac was founded on June 12, 1961...
, but financial difficulties prevented him from a prolonged stay. On October 7, 2009, Weiss arrived at Hapoel Beersheba looking to impress manager Guy Azouri
Guy Azouri
Guy Azouri is an Israeli football manager who work as the mananger of Hapoel Kfar Saba.-Career:On June 1999, at the time he was a fitness coach at Maccabi Tel Aviv, gave Azouri to a Maccabi player at the time, Kfir Edri supplement that contains the ephedrine drug, which forbidden to use in football...
. During Weiss' time in Israel, he trained with Israeli coach George Borba
George Borba
George Borba , , is a former Israeli international footballer who was part of the squad that competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Israel's only world cup appearance.-Notes:...
and acquired Israeli citizenship by virtue of the Law of Return
Law of Return
The Law of Return is Israeli legislation, passed on 5 July 1950, that gives Jews the right of return and settlement in Israel and gain citizenship...
, hoping to latch on with a club in Israel.
When the only offers for Weiss were coming from Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...
clubs, he decided to take a contract offer in Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
with FK Jelgava. Weiss made his league debut on April 18, 2010 in a league match against Skonto FC
Skonto FC
Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team...
. In all competition with FK Jelgava Weiss played in 20 matches scoring a total of 4 goals as a defender. While at Jelgava Weiss was able to contribute significantly to the teams success by helping them win the Latvian cup and reach the 2nd round of Europa League losing out to FK Molde. After the 2010 he chose not to stay at the club in order to find an opportunity to get better exposure for the national team In July Nate played in a friendly game with IK Sirius
IK Sirius
IK Sirius are a Swedish bandy club located in Uppsala, currently playing in Elitserien. IK Sirius were formed in 1907 and play their home games at Studenternas Idrottspark. IK Sirius finished in 4th place in the Superallsvenskan in the 2005/2006 season...
against Leicester City FC. After performing well he received interested from several Allsvenskan clubs in Sweden. With the offers from Swedish clubs only beginning in the 2012 season Weiss chose to play in Råslätt SK, the former club of Preki
Preki
Predrag Radosavljević is a former American international soccer player of Serbian extraction...
, for the last 2 months of the season.
See also
- List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players