How Reiss Nelson Grew Up: His Father Nationality And Parents

Reiss Nelson’s father and mother are from different nationalities. His Father’s nationality is Zimbabwean, and his mother is English.

 He was born and raised by his parents in Elephant and Castle, London, England. He has an elder brother Ricky. He has not revealed his parents’ names.

His childhood is not more interesting as he belongs to a lower-class family. He joined London Nautical School for his study. His interest in football started in school.

He had more interest, passion, and dedication to football. He used to play football with his friend after school. Surprisingly, his childhood best friend, Jadon Sancho, is also one of the well-known footballers now. Currently, his best friend is playing for Manchester United as Winger.

Reiss Nelson is a fantastic footballer playing for the English Professional Football club Arsenal FC. He had played many matches for his country too. He is famous for his ball passing, ball control, and techniques.

Reiss Nelson was born in England but also appreciated his Zimbabwean roots.

He has yet to reveal his father’s and mother’s names. However, both his father and mother are very supportive. According to arsenal.com, he gives his credit to his dad for supporting him and keeping him grounded. 

Not only his parents but his elder brother, Ricky, is also very supportive. His brother gave up his social life to help his younger brother to achieve his dream. Reiss remembers his brother’s sacrifices to make him successful today.

In one of the interviews, he said his brother was a big influence on him and pushed him in the direction of just playing football.

As for 2022, Reiss Nelson has no girlfriend, and there is no evidence about his past relationships.

It seems he is more focused on his football career than making girlfriends. However, his current lifestyle of the pitch makes he is ready to mingle.

However, his best friend, Jodon Sancho, enjoys a trip to Singapore with his girlfriend, Shanna Retuya. Jodon Sancho proposed to his long-time girlfriend, pulling out the ring and asking a beautiful question to his beautiful model girlfriend, Shanna Retuya.

Nelson mainly shares pictures of football-related posts on his social media, which makes it clear he is more passionate about football than romantic relationships. He shares his happiest memories with his 669k Instagram fans and 224.2k Twitter followers.

Reiss Nelson, a professional footballer for England National U-23 and an English club Arsenal FC, has an estimated net worth of more than £1.8 million.

He earns £15 thousand per week and £780,000 per year from Arsenal FC. He has been engaged in professional football since 2007. His hard work and dedication are well deserved for this salary.

In 2018, he signed with Hoddenheim on a season-long loan of €500,000. After the end of the contract, he returned to Arsenal, and again in the 2021-22 season, he signed with Feyenoord on loan. Currently, he is playing for Arsenal.

In 2018, He signed a five-year contract with Arsenal FC for £3,900,000, including an average yearly salary of £780,000. He will be a free agent in 2023 after this season.

Reiss Nelson started his football career at an early age. He joined the Arsenal Academy at age 9 and built a great impression with youth coaches.

Club Career

As a young player in Arsenal, he appeared in 35 matches, including 9 games in the U-21 team in the 2016-17 campaign. His impressive gameplay helps him to get a chance on the youth team. Arsenal signed Nelson on his 17th birthday, his 1st professional contract.

In 2017, He made his first debut against Bayern Munich in International Champions Cup, a pre-season match. He played his first competitive match against Chelsea. Nelson played his debut match in the Premier League against Crystal Palace.

On 31 August 2018, Hoddenheim signed a contract with Nelson on loan. Hoddenheim paid €500,000 to bring him to the club. On 15 September 2018, he played his first game for Hoddenheim against Fortuna Dusseldorf and scored his first goal for the club.

The coach of Hoddenheim said he could reach the level of an elite footballer like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Arjen Robben if he maintains his consistency and mentality.

After an outstanding performance in Hoddenheim, he returned to Arsenal. He played the 2019-20 Premier League season with Arsenal. He got a knee injury during October and November and returned in gound in December.

For the season 2021-22, he joined the Feyenoord club on loan and is still in the Feyenoord club. 

International Career

For his country, England, he has played all levels from U-16 to U-21 and scored more than 40 goals for the country.

In 2016, he was part of the U-17 football team and got a chance to play 4 matches and score 3 goals. In 2018, he played against Hungary and scored 2 goals for the U-19 UEFA European Championship.

In 2019, he played the 2019 UEFA European Championship U-21 and scored a goal with a Penalty shot.

Reiss Nelson and another well-known footballer from Manchester United, Jadon Sancho, have been best friends since childhood.

Both the best footballers started playing football together at an early age. They both are very skillful, and their skills got invited to the Southwark Kids Competition. In 2007, Reiss and Sacho passed trials and got into academy Arsenal and Watford, respectively.

At 14, Sancho moved to Manchester City, whereas Reiss continued his journey at Arsenal and quickly increased his rank. Sancho had advised Reiss to join Dortmund as he is associated with it, but Reiss stayed in Arsenal.

Not only Jadon Sancho, but Reiss also got two more best friends, Eddie and Joe. They become best friends through Arsenal Academy.

Reiss and Sancho are still close, as, on 31st October 2022, he sent a beautiful message to his best friend after 5:0, winning a match against Nottingham Forest. Sancho posted an Instagram story of his friend’s celebration picture with the caption, “My brother.”

Reiss scored two goals and made one beautiful assist in that match, which his best friend appreciated and motivated him for the upcoming match. Both best friends will appear in upcoming matches for England at the Youth Level.