Nathaniel Naplah | |
Fullname: | Nathaniel Klay Naplah |
Birth Date: | 5 December 1974 |
Birth Place: | Liberia |
Height: | 190 cm |
Position: | Defender |
Clubs1: | Negeri Sembilan FA |
Years2: | 1996[1] -1998[2] |
Clubs2: | Balestier Central |
Years4: | 1999–20?? |
Clubs4: | 1. SC Norderstedt |
Years3: | 1999 |
Clubs3: | Tampines Rovers FC |
Nationalyears1: | 1999 |
Nationalteam1: | Liberia |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nathaniel Klay Naplah (born 5 December 1974 in Liberia) is a Liberian football coach and former footballer.
Due to the recrudescence of civil war in Liberia in the 1990s, Naplah eventually moved to Ghana, his father's homeland.
Agreeing a free contract with German lower-league side 1. SC Norderstedt in September 1999,[3] Naplah previously played for Tampines Rovers and Balestier Central in Singapore, leaving the former in June 1999.[4] Besides playing his trade in Singapore and Germany, he has also played abroad in Malaysia, for Negeri Sembilan FA.[5] 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.[6]
He has called on the Singapore national team to play friendlies against better opposition.[6]