Joseph Nane


Joseph Nane Fils Eone (born March 12, 1987 in Yaoundé) is a Cameroonian footballer, who plays for Oakland Roots in the USL Championship.

Joseph Nane
Personal information
Full name Joseph Nane Fils Eone
Date of birth (1987-03-12) March 12, 1987
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Oakland Roots
Number 5
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Old Dominion Monarchs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Hampton Roads Piranhas 31 (1)
2010 Toronto FC 11 (0)
2011–2012 Colorado Rapids 19 (1)
2013–2014 New York Cosmos 30 (0)
2015 San Antonio Scorpions 23 (1)
2016–2017 Okzhetpes 39 (0)
2017 Aktobe 19 (2)
2018 Atyrau 24 (1)
2019–2020 P.O. Xylotymbou
2020–2021 ASIL Lysi
2021– Oakland Roots 50 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 22, 2023

Career

College and Amateur

Joseph attended the Catholic University of Cameroon prior to coming to the United States to play college soccer at Old Dominion University in 2006. He was a Second Team All-CAA selection in his junior year in 2008.

During his college years he also played with the Hampton Roads Piranhas in the USL Premier Development League.[1][2]

Professional

Joseph was drafted in the fourth round (53rd overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC.[3] Joseph signed a developmental contract with Toronto FC on April 5, 2010.

Joseph made his professional debut on April 10, 2010 in a game against New England Revolution.[4]

Joseph was traded to Colorado Rapids on November 30, 2010 in exchange for a third-round selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft.[5]

Nane was released by Colorado on November 16, 2012.[6] He entered the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft and became a free agent after going undrafted in both rounds of the draft.

On March 12, 2013, Nane signed with New York Cosmos, and made 10 appearances and five starts in his first season with the team, which culminated in winning the 2013 NASL Soccer Bowl over Atlanta Silverbacks. The Cosmos announced on January 25, 2014 that they had signed Nane to a contract extension.[7]

During the 2014 Spring season, Nane made eight appearances and six starts and recorded his first assist with the Cosmos in the team's 3-0 win over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers on May 31, 2014 at Fort Lauderdale, as the Cosmos finished in second place with a record of 6-1-2 (W-D-L).[8]

Nane finished the 2014 regular season with 13 starts and 21 appearances. He recorded one assist on the season.[9] He failed to reach a new contract agreement with New York at the end of 2014 and was released by the club.[10]

Nane spent the 2015 season with San Antonio Scorpions, before the club ceased operations in December 2015.

Kazakhstan

In February 2016 Nane moved to the Kazakhstan Premier League, signing for FC Okzhetpes on a one-year contract.[11][12] After suffering a recurrence of an old knee injury, Nane was ruled out for three months,[13] subsequently Nane left Okzhetpes by mutual consent on 6 June 2017.[14] The following June, having played an additional six-months with Okzhetpes, Nane signed for FC Aktobe on 18 June 2017.[15] On 28 February 2018, Nane signed for FC Atyrau.[16]

Personal

Nane holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 11 November 2018[18][19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toronto 2010 Major League Soccer 1101050-170
Colorado Rapids 2011 Major League Soccer 100003010140
2012 9100-10101
Total 191003020231
New York Cosmos 2013 North American Soccer League 9000-10100
2014 21030-10250
Total 30030--20350
San Antonio Scorpions 2015 North American Soccer League 23100--231
Okzhetpes 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League 30010--310
2017 9010--100
Total 39020----410
Aktobe 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League 19200--192
Atyrau 2018 Kazakhstan Premier League 24120--261
Career total 16558080401855

Honours

Toronto FC

New York Cosmos

References
  1. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-04-17.
  2. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  3. 2010 MLS SuperDraft Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Match: New England v Toronto FC - Major League Soccer - ESPN Soccernet". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  5. "Toronto FC trades Nane to Rapids | CBC Sports".
  6. "Colorado part ways with Denver native Casey, 7 others | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2012-11-18.
  7. "Home | New York Cosmos".
  8. "Standings | NASL".
  9. "Home | New York Cosmos".
  10. "Oops! Sorry, Something Went Wrong | Nasl".
  11. "Окжетпес подписал камерунца". www.sports.kz (in Russian). sports.kz. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  12. "Джозеф Нэйн пополнил состав кокшетауского Окжетпеса". www.okzhetpes.kz (in Russian). FC okzhetpes. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  13. "Нейн выбыл на три месяца". okzhetpes.kz (in Russian). FC Okzhetpes. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  14. "Окжетпес расстался с Нейном". okzhetpes.kz (in Russian). FC Okzhetpes. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  15. "Нейн Еоне Джозеф Филс - игрок ФК Актобе". fc-aktobe.kz (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 18 June 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  16. "Джозеф Нейн – полузащитник Атырау". rfcatyrau.kz (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  17. German Sferra (January 17, 2012). "Rapids have four International roster slots available". Colorado Rapids. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  18. "Joseph Nane". www.mlssoccer.com. MLS Soccer. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  19. "J.Nane". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
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