Cheniyin FC sign Dutch winger

Cheni, Sep 12: Cheniyin FC on Tuesday roped in Dutch winger Gregory Nelson for the 2017-18 Indian Super League (ISL) football season.

The 29-year-old joins the 2015 ISL champions on a free transfer after the expiry of his contract at Bahrain outfit Al Muharraq.

A product of the AZ Alkmaar youth system, Nelson represented Netherlands at the Under-17, U-18 and U-19 levels. Having made his professiol debut at the age of 18 for Alkmaar in the Dutch Eredivise, Nelson was then loaned to RBC Roosendaal in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. IANS