Alan Neilson

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Personal information
Alan Neilson

Full name	Alan Neilson
Date of birth	September 26, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Wegberg, Germany
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Salisbury City
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1995 1995-1997 1997-2001 2001-2002 2002-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Newcastle United Southampton Fulham Grimsby Town Luton Town Tamworth Salisbury City	35 0(7) 42 (13) 24 0(5) 08 0(2) 46 (11) 13 0(1)
National team²
1994-1998	Wales	07 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:07, 2 September 2006 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 21:07, 2 September 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Alan Neilson was born on 26 September 1972 in Wegberg, Germany is a professional footballer currently with Conference South side Salisbury City, where he plays in midfield.

Former Wales International, Alan Neilson started his professional football career with Newcastle United back in the early 1990s as a trainee. He made 35 first team appearances before moving south to Southampton.

During his time with Southampton played 42 games and scored 13. Neilson played at the Saints for nearly three years before moving to Fulham where he joined his former manager Kevin Keegan at the club. He signed for £225,000 from Southampton.

Neilson had more than his fair share of injury problems in his first season with Fulham after a promising start to his Craven Cottage career. In October 2001, Neilson moved to Grimsby Town, but played just eight times before being released in February 2002.^[1]

Later that month Neilson joined Luton Town^[2], where he went on to make 42 appearances and scored 11 goals. Neilson joined Nationwide Conference side Tamworth in 2005^[3], joining former Southampton team mate Richard Dryden.

Neilson left Tamworth to continue his coaching at both Luton Town and at Barnfield College. He was undecided as to whether to retire from playing or not^[4], but in February 2007 signed for Salisbury City.^[5]