Nathan Young-Coombes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathan Jay Young-Coombes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Sutton, England[2] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2017 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 2017–2019 | Chelsea | ||
| 2019–2021 | Rangers | ||
| 2021–2022 | Brentford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | 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 21:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC) | |||
Nathan Jay Young-Coombes (born 15 January 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Young-Coombes is a product of the Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Rangers academies and he began his professional career with Brentford in 2021. Though he managed one Premier League appearance, he was confined to B team football until his release in 2024. Young-Coombes was capped by England at youth level.
Club career
[edit]Early years
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Young-Coombes was capped by England at U15, U16 and U17 level.[11][26]
Personal life
[edit]Young-Coombes attended Woodcote High School and Strathallan School.[4][27]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 14 January 2023
| 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 | ||
- ^ Includes FA Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup
- ^ Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
- ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy
Honours
[edit]Brentford B
Individual
- Crystal Palace Academy Player of the Month: November 2016[4]
- Brentford B Player of the Year: 2021–22[29]
References
[edit]- ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Brentford – 2021/2022". FootballSquads. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "Nathan Young-Coombes". 11v11.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Nathan Takes EA Sports Award". www.cpfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ Butcher, Will (1 February 2019). "Rangers fans delighted as club raid Chelsea for Nathan Young-Coombes". HITC. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ @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.
- ^ "Rangers kids showed their class to win Al Kass Cup, says striker Nathan Young-Coombes". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Celtic 2–3 Rangers: Light Blues kids win Scottish Youth Cup at Hampden". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Nathan Young-Coombes joins Brentford B from Rangers". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Academy Wish Departing Players Well For Next Step". www.rangers.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d Nathan Young-Coombes at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "FC Cartagena B 0 Brentford B 14". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Match Report: Brentford B win London Senior Cup on penalties". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Nathan Young-Coombes: "I would say it's our achievement together"". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Young-Coombes heads to AFC Wimbledon on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ Thorpe, Chris. "NYC and the training ground buzz". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Young-Coombes recalled from AFC Wimbledon loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Nathan Young-Coombes on Luton test". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Hendon 3 Brentford B 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Brentford B 2 Blackburn U21 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Highlights, report and reaction: Boreham Wood 1 Brentford 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Reading U21s 2 Brentford B 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Brentford academy confirm summer departures and extensions". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ Cusick, Aiden (11 February 2019). "Rangers fans rave about Ibrox U17s' striker Nathan Young-Coombes". HITC. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Rangers striker to takeover Strathallan School's Instagram account". Strathallan School | Leading Scottish Boarding School. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Christian Nørgaard wins Player of the Year prizes". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Nathan Young-Coombes at Soccerbase
- Nathan Young-Coombes – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Sutton, London
- People educated at Strathallan School
- People educated at Woodcote High School
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Rangers F.C. players
- Brentford F.C. players
- AFC Wimbledon players
- Premier League players
- English Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen