Elis Nemtsov
{{short description|Canadiian soccer player (born 2002) }}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|01|14}}
| birth_place = Haifa, Israel
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| position = Forward
| currentclub = Beşiktaş
| clubnumber = 25
| youthyears1 = 2019
| youthclubs1 = Vaughan Azzurri
| collegeyears1 = 2020–2021
| college1 = Memphis Tigers | collegecaps1 =
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| college2 = Georgia Southern Eagles
| collegecaps2 = 49
| collegegoals2 = 16
| years1 = 2022–2024
| clubs1 = Tormenta
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| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = Beşiktaş
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 3
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| nationalteam1 = Israel U17
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Elis Nemtsov ({{Langx|he|אליס נמצוב}}; born January 14, 2002) is an Israeli-born Canadian professional women's soccer forward who plays in the Turkish Super League for Beşiktaş. She played for the Israel U17 and Israel U19 teams.
Personal life
Elis Nemtsov was born to Olga (née Troyansky) and Alex Nemtsov in Haifa, Israel on January 14, 2002. The family moved to Canada, and settled in Bradford, Ontario. She is the oldest of 4 children, with a twin brother Ron, and two younger siblings, brother Liran and sister Eden.
She completed her secondary education at Bradford District High School in her hometown. In 2020, she enrolled in University of Memphis in Tennessee, United States. In 2021, she transferred to Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, She majored in information systems.
Early years in soccer
In 2019, Nemtsov played in the League1 Ontario for Vaughan Azzurri in Vaughan, Ontario.
During her freshman year in 2021 at the University of Memphis, she was a member of the college soccer team Memphis Tigers.
After transferring to Georgia Southern University, she started to play for the Georgia Southern Eagles women's soccer team in the 2021–22 season. She appeared in a total of 49 matches, and scored 16 goals including four game-winning goals in three seasons. In 2022, she was her college team's top goalscorer with seven goals. She was a three-time first team All-Sun Belt Conference selection in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Club career
Nemtsov is {{height|ft=5|in=6+1/2}} tall. She plays in the forward position.
= Tormenta =
In three summer seasons between 2022 and 2024 while still at the university and later, she played in the USL W League for the local professional club Tormenta. She played an important role in her team's champions title of the 2022 USL W League season. In 2024, she was named "Tormenta FC W League May Player of the Month".
= Beşiktaş=
In July 2024, Nemtsov moved to Turkey, and signed a one-year professional deal with the Istanbul-based club Beşiktaş to play in the Super League. Already during her first game in the 2024-25 Super league season on September 8, she suffered ankle sprain, which caused her to stay away from the field the next match.
International career
Nemtsov was part of the Israel U17 and Israel U19 teams. In September 2020, she was called up to the Israel women's team camp.
Honors
References
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Category:Footballers from Haifa
Category:Israeli women's footballers
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:21st-century Israeli sportswomen
Category:Israeli emigrants to Canada
Category:Canadian people of Israeli descent
Category:Sportspeople from Bradford West Gwillimbury
Category:Canadian women's soccer players
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
Category:League1 Ontario (women) players
Category:Vaughan Azzurri (women) players
Category:University of Memphis alumni
Category:Memphis Tigers women's soccer players
Category:Georgia Southern University alumni
Category:Georgia Southern Eagles women's soccer players
Category:Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Category:Tormenta FC (W League) players
Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey