Alex Nimely

Alex Tchuimeni - Nimely (born 11 May 1991 Monrovia ) is a Liberian - English footballer, who is currently under contract at Manchester City, but played on loan at Crystal Palace.

Career

Alex Nimely - Tchuimeni played until 2005 in the youth team Barrack Young Controller, before moving to Mighty Barolle. During a longer holiday stay with his grandmother in Cameroon, he was signed up to 2006/2007 by the local giants Coton Sport Garoua. Tchuimeni - Nimely was the youngest player in the squad in the first round of the CAF Champions League 2007 against Uganda Revenue Authority SC front of 30,000 spectators on, scoring in a 3-0 home win a match. An injury prevented further assignments of the 15- year-old during his stay in Cameroon.

A short time later he went to England with his father, a former basketball player at Dawson College in Canada, and completed tryouts at Blackburn Rovers, FC Portsmouth and Manchester City. From Manchester City, he finally received in January 2008, a four-year contract and first played in the youth and reserve team of the club, where he was a regular goalscorer. His first game in the Premier League denied Nimely 3 April 2010 in a 6-1 win against Burnley when he came on after 82 minutes for Carlos Tévez. End of April 2010, he signed a new four-year contract with the Citizens.

On September 16, 2011 Manchester City Nimely lent for three months at Middlesbrough FC. During the winter break of 2011/12 Nimely on loan until end of season at Coventry City.

In January 2013 Nimely on loan until the end of the season at Crystal Palace.

National

The former Liberian youth national team participated in the 2009 with the English U-20 national team at the Junior World Cup Egypt 2009 part and scored the 1-1 equalizer in the final group match against Uzbekistan, at the same time the only goal of the tournament the English selection. In 2008 he received an invitation in the Liberian National Team for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers, declined the offer with a view to a possible career in the English national team from but.