Nes Medina

My Story

 Nes was born in Bogota, Colombia and migrated to Queens NY in 1986. In 1993 my family moved from New York City to Salt Lake City, UT (talk about a culture shock) which is where I started playing soccer with local youth club teams such as America and Firebirds. Within my first year of playing soccer I was selected to play on the ODP team and represent the state of Utah. As the years passed, my game started to evolve and I became a regular on the ODP squad and even became captain of the team. During my High Shcool years I was named captain of the varsity team and was named to the All-Region Team in 1998 and was given the Region 3 Honorable Mention award in 1997. After my High School and ODP years and due to my family's financial circumstances, I decided to stay in Utah and play at Salt Lake Community College where I became team captain during my whole college career. Around this time I also made my debut with the Utah Blitzz Reserve team (USL), which was a new semi pro team at that time. In 2005, I decided to join the Air Force and was selected to the All Air Force team in 2006. During my time in the military (2005-2015) I was lucky enough to play in various countries and even got to play in stadiums around Qatar against professional teams such as Al Sadd SC. In 2010 I decided to move to San Diego, CA and continued playing futbol for local adult teams and also started traveling across the U.S. to play in various Men's soccer tournaments.