Nathaniel Klay Naplah
{{Short description|Liberian footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Nathaniel Naplah
|fullname = Nathaniel Klay Naplah
|birth_date = 5 December 1974
|birth_place = Liberia
|height = 190 cm
|position = Defender
|years1 =
|clubs1 = Negeri Sembilan FA
|years2 = 1996{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/beritaharian19961218-1.1.15?ST=1&AT=search&k=nathaniel+naplah|title=Berita Harian, 18 December 1996, Page 15|publisher=}}-1998{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/beritaharian19981204-1.1.30?ST=1&AT=search&k=nathaniel+naplah|title=Berita Harian, 4 December 1998, Page 31|publisher=}}
|clubs2 = Balestier Central
|years4 = 1999–20??
|clubs4 = 1. SC Norderstedt
|years3 = 1999
|clubs3 = Tampines Rovers FC
|nationalyears1 = 1999
|nationalteam1 = Liberia
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|managerclubs1 =
}}
Nathaniel Klay Naplah (born 5 December 1974 in Liberia) is a Liberian football coach and former footballer.
Early life
Career
Agreeing a free contract with German lower-league side 1. SC Norderstedt in September 1999,{{cite web|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/1999/article204650087/1-SC-Norderstedt-verpflichtet-Nathaniel-Klay-Naplah.html|title=1. SC Norderstedt verpflichtet Nathaniel Klay Naplah|first=Hamburger Abendblatt -|last=Hamburg|publisher=}} Naplah previously played for Tampines Rovers and Balestier Central in Singapore, leaving the former in June 1999.{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/newpaper19990615-1.1.37?ST=1&AT=search&k=nathaniel+naplah+shuffle+pack|title=The New Paper, 15 June 1999, Page 37|publisher=}} Besides playing his trade in Singapore and Germany, he has also played abroad in Malaysia, for Negeri Sembilan FA.{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/beritaharian19960302-1.1.15?ST=1&AT=search&k=nathaniel+naplah|title=Berita Harian, 2 March 1996, Page 15|publisher=}} Taking up a youth coaching position at the International Soccer Academy in Singapore, the former Liberian international has led some of their teams to the Gothia Cup, a global tournament for youth sides.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3880/singapore/2012/09/21/3387296/are-the-best-youth-players-even-playing-in-the-sleague|title='Are the best youth players even playing in the S.League?' - Former Liberia international and Tampines Rovers player Nathaniel Naplah - Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}
He has called on the Singapore national team to play friendlies against better opposition.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{NFT player|28255/Nathaniel_Naplah}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Naplah, Nathaniel Klay}}
Category:Liberian men's footballers
Category:Liberian football managers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Liberian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany