Nathan Young-Coombes

English footballer (born 2003)

Nathan Young-Coombes
Personal information
Full name Nathan Jay Young-Coombes[1]
Date of birth (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Sutton, England[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Brentford
Youth career
2010–2017 Crystal Palace
2017–2019 Chelsea
2019–2021 Rangers
2021–2022 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Brentford 1 (0)
2022–2023 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 11 (3)
International career
2017–2018 England U15 6 (2)
2018 England U16 1 (0)
2019 England U17 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Nathan Jay Young-Coombes (born 15 January 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brentford.

Young-Coombes is a product of the Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Rangers academies and he began his professional career with Brentford in 2021. He was capped by England at youth level.

Club career

Early years

A forward, Young-Coombes joined the Crystal Palace Academy at the age of seven.[4] He moved on to the Chelsea Academy in 2017 and to the Rangers Academy in February 2019.[5][6] During nearly 2+1⁄2 years at Auchenhowie, Young-Coombes won the 2019 Al Kass International Cup and 2018–19 Scottish Youth Cup with the youth teams and progressed into the B team.[7][8][9] He was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2020–21 season.[10]

Brentford

On 9 June 2021, Young-Coombes signed a three-year contract, with an option of a further year, with the B team at newly-promoted Premier League club Brentford.[9] He transferred for an undisclosed fee, with the contract effective 1 July 2021.[9] Prolific goalscoring for the B team saw Young-Coombes called into the first team squad during the 2021–22 season and he remained an unused substitute during eight matches,[11][12] before finally making his senior debut as a late substitute for Mathias Jensen after 87 minutes of a 3–0 Premier League win over Southampton on 7 May 2022.[13] He was a part of the B team's 2021–22 London Senior Cup-winning squad and his 34 B team goals were recognised with the Brentford B Player of the Year award.[14][15]

On 29 July 2022, Young-Coombes joined League Two club AFC Wimbledon on a season-long loan.[16] During an injury-affected spell that was ended early on 20 January 2023,[17][18][19] he made 13 appearances and scored three goals.[20] Young-Coombes returned to match play with the B team on 20 March 2023.[21] He made two appearances during the latter stages of the team's 2022–23 Premier League Cup campaign and scored in the 2–0 Final victory over Blackburn Rovers.[11][22]

Young-Coombes made a second-half substitute appearance during Brentford's opening 2023–24 first team pre-season friendly.[23] An ankle injury saw Young-Coombes miss nearly four mid-season months and he failed to win a call into a first team matchday squad during the 2023–24 season.[11][24] Young-Coombes was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2023–24 season.[25]

International career

Young-Coombes was capped by England at U15, U16 and U17 level.[11][26]

Personal life

Young-Coombes attended Woodcote High School and Strathallan School.[4][27]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 January 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rangers U20 2019–20[28] ― 4[c] 1 4 1
Brentford 2021–22[13] Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 ― 1 0
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2022–23[20] League Two 11 3 0 0 1 0 1[d] 0 13 3
Career total 12 3 0 0 1 0 5 1 18 4
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Brentford B

Individual

References

  1. ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Brentford – 2021/2022". FootballSquads. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Nathan Young-Coombes". 11v11.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Nathan Takes EA Sports Award". www.cpfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. ^ Butcher, Will (1 February 2019). "Rangers fans delighted as club raid Chelsea for Nathan Young-Coombes". HITC. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  6. ^ @RFC_Youth (1 February 2019). "@RFC_Youth have signed England youth internationalist Nathan Young-Coombes from @ChelseaFC until 2021, subject to international clearance" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Rangers kids showed their class to win Al Kass Cup, says striker Nathan Young-Coombes". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Celtic 2–3 Rangers: Light Blues kids win Scottish Youth Cup at Hampden". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Nathan Young-Coombes joins Brentford B from Rangers". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Academy Wish Departing Players Well For Next Step". www.rangers.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d Nathan Young-Coombes at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  12. ^ "FC Cartagena B 0 Brentford B 14". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Match Report: Brentford B win London Senior Cup on penalties". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Nathan Young-Coombes: "I would say it's our achievement together"". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Young-Coombes heads to AFC Wimbledon on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  17. ^ Thorpe, Chris. "NYC and the training ground buzz". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Young-Coombes recalled from AFC Wimbledon loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  19. ^ "Nathan Young-Coombes on Luton test". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  20. ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Hendon 3 Brentford B 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  22. ^ a b "Brentford B 2 Blackburn U21 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  23. ^ "Highlights, report and reaction: Boreham Wood 1 Brentford 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  24. ^ "Reading U21s 2 Brentford B 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  25. ^ "Brentford academy confirm summer departures and extensions". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  26. ^ Cusick, Aiden (11 February 2019). "Rangers fans rave about Ibrox U17s' striker Nathan Young-Coombes". HITC. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  27. ^ "Rangers striker to takeover Strathallan School's Instagram account". Strathallan School | Leading Scottish Boarding School. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  28. ^ "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  29. ^ "Christian Nørgaard wins Player of the Year prizes". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

External links

  • Nathan Young-Coombes at Soccerbase
  • Nathan Young-Coombes at brentfordfc.com
  • Nathan Young-Coombes – UEFA competition record (archive)