John Barry Nusum

John Barry Nusum (born March 18, 1981, in Mineola, New York) is an American-born Bermudian retired football player.

Nusum grew up in Devonshire, Bermuda, before returning to the United States to play college soccer at Furman University. At Furman he was named a NSCAA All-American three times. He is also currently the school's all-time leader in goals scored (61) and points (161).

After graduating from Furman, Nusum was selected 35th overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew. Unsuccessful in making the Crew, he instead spent two seasons with the A-League's Atlanta Silverbacks, scoring ten goals with three assists in 44 games, before joining the Toronto Lynx for the 2004 A-League season, finishing with 4 goals in 25 games. Nusum also has extensive professional indoor soccer experience, having played with the Philadelphia KiXX since 2004. He was the 2005 MISL Rookie of the Year.^[1] In 2007, the KiXX MISL championship. In 2005 and 2006, he played for the Virginia Beach Mariners. In 2008, he was with the Bermuda Hogges. On March 2, 2009, he signed with Crystal Palace Baltimore.^[2]

He returned to Bermuda to become player/manager at Wolves, only to be replaced by Don Vickers for him to concentrate on playing.^[3]

Nusum was a mainstay in, and captain of, the Bermudian national team, leading the team in goals during the 2006 World Cup Qualifying round. He scored two goals to lead Bermuda to a 2–1 win at Trinidad and Tobago in the second round of 2010 World Cup qualifying.^[4] He quit the national team in 2013^[5] and is Bermuda's record international goalscorer.^[6]

He was named assistant coach at the national team set-up in December 2014, while still playing for Robin Hood.^[7]

(correct as of September 29, 2009)

Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nusum goal.

List of international goals scored by John Barry Nusum

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	19 March 2004	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda	British Virgin Islands	7–0	9–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[10]
2				9–0
3	26 December 2003	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda	Barbados	1–2	1–2	Friendly	[11]
4	29 February 2004	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda	Montserrat	2–0	13–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[12]
5				9–0
6				10–0
7	21 March 2004	Blakes Estate Stadium, Montserrat	Montserrat	2–0	7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[13]
8				4–0
9	2 April 2004	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda	Nicaragua	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[14]
10				2–0
11	13 June 2004	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	El Salvador	1–1	1–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[15]
12	20 June 2004	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda	El Salvador	2–1	2–2	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[16]
13	27 September 2006	Lionel Roberts Stadium, Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands	4–0	6–0	2007 Caribbean Cup qualification	[17]
14	21 November 2006	Barbados National Stadium, Saint Michael, Barbados	Bahamas	2–0	4–0	2007 Caribbean Cup qualification	[18]
15	23 November 2006	Barbados National Stadium, Saint Michael, Barbados	Barbados	1–1	1–1	2007 Caribbean Cup qualification	[19]
16	9 June 2008	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda	Barbados	3–0	3–0	Friendly	[20]
17	15 June 2008	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[21]
18				2–1
19	11 October 2011	Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda	Guyana	1–0	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[22]

John is the nephew of former Bermudian international goalkeeper and New York Cosmos star Sam Nusum and the son of John Nusum. Nusum is a teacher at Saltus Grammar School, Bermuda, where he teaches the subjects of Physical Education and Sociology.

• John Barry Nusum at National-Football-Teams.com
• "Crystal Palace Baltimore bio". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
• "Philadelphia KiXX bio". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
• Players inducted into Hall of Fame
• John Barry Nusum – FIFA competition record (archived)