{"id":638424,"date":"2021-08-08T11:10:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T08:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20210808-xronia-polla-nelson\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T09:56:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T06:56:13","slug":"20210808-xronia-polla-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20210808-xronia-polla-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Nelson!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nelson Oliveira<\/strong> was born on <strong>August 8, 1991<\/strong> in <strong>Barcelos, \u200b\u200bPortugal<\/strong>. His first club as <strong>Santa Maria<\/strong> before moving to the <strong>Braga <\/strong>academies in <strong>2003<\/strong>. He stayed there for three years, until he was noticed by the people of <strong>Benfica<\/strong>, who made him a resident of <strong>Lisbon <\/strong>in<strong> 2006<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>His unofficial debut for the <strong>Eagles&#8217;<\/strong> first team came in <strong>2009<\/strong> under the guidance of <strong>Kike Flores<\/strong>, but he spent the next six months in the <strong>B team<\/strong> before being loaned out to <strong>Rio Ave<\/strong> in <strong>January 2010<\/strong>. Six months later he returned to <strong>Da Luz<\/strong> to&#8230; leave, again, this time for <strong>Pasos Ferreira<\/strong>. That&#8217;s where <strong>Oliveira&#8217;s<\/strong> first four professional goals came in a full season with 23 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to <strong>Benfica<\/strong> and made his first appearance in <strong>October 2011,<\/strong> fighting for a place in the squad. In the summer of <strong>2012<\/strong>, he followed the loan path again, as the many and expensive transfers made by his club left him no option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deportivo La Coruna<\/strong> offered him the opportunity to test his skills outside <strong>Portugal<\/strong> and <strong>Oliveira<\/strong> spent one season in the <strong>Primera Division<\/strong>, scoring four goals in 31 appearances. Loan spells continued into the <strong>2013-14<\/strong> season with <strong>Rennes<\/strong> being the next stop of his career. The <strong>Portuguese<\/strong> forward boosted his numbers in <strong>France<\/strong>, scoring eight times in 36 games, while also providing two assists.<\/p>\n<p>In the summer of <strong>2014<\/strong> he took another opportunity at <strong>Benfica<\/strong>, and he won a plave in the squad, but his move proved to be short-lived, as in <strong>December<\/strong> he was on hte move again, this time to <strong>Swansea<\/strong> and then to <strong>Nottingham Forest, <\/strong>again on loan.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>2015-16<\/strong> season proved to be the peak of his career up to that point. He scored nine goals and produced one assist in 29 games, performances with which he made his name in the <strong>UK.<\/strong> <strong>Norwich<\/strong> reached an agreement with <strong>Benfica<\/strong> and signed him on a permanent transfer, spending around six million euros for his services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oliveira<\/strong> stayed at <strong>Norwich<\/strong> for three years, scoreing 20 goals in 70 appearances, while contributing five assists, stats which made him one of the most important players in his team. In the second half of the <strong>2018-19<\/strong> season, he was then loaned to <strong>Reading<\/strong>, where he scored three goals in 10 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>July 2019<\/strong>, <strong>AEK<\/strong> brought the <strong>Portuguese<\/strong> to <strong>Greece,<\/strong> signing him on a permanent transfer. At the <strong>Union, Oliveira<\/strong> was a regular starter, and he played there for two seasons. 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