Nathan Baxter (footballer)

Nathan Baxter

Baxter playing for Solihull Moors in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Joseph Baxter [1]
Date of birth	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth	Westminster, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [3]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Bolton Wanderers
Number	1
Youth career
	Cray Wanderers
2006–2016	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2023	Chelsea	0	(0)
2016–2017	→ Metropolitan Police (loan)	14	(0)
2017	→ Solihull Moors (loan)	17	(0)
2017–2018	→ Woking (loan)	42	(0)
2018–2019	→ Yeovil Town (loan)	34	(0)
2019–2020	→ Ross County (loan)	13	(0)
2020–2021	→ Accrington Stanley (loan)	16	(0)
2021–2022	→ Hull City (loan)	16	(0)
2022–2023	→ Hull City (loan)	12	(0)
2023–	Bolton Wanderers	51	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:47, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Nathan Joseph Baxter (born 8 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Bolton Wanderers.

Club career

Born in Westminster, ^[2] Baxter began his career with Cray Wanderers. ^[4] He then joined Chelsea at the age of 8. ^[5] In the 2015–16 season he won the FA Youth Cup and the UEFA Youth League. ^[6]

In August 2016 he moved on loan to Isthmian League side Metropolitan Police on a short-term deal until January 2017. ^[7] He spent four months at the club, making 19 appearances, before returning to Chelsea in January 2017. ^[8]

He then joined National League side Solihull Moors on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 campaign. ^[9] On 21 January 2017, he made his Solihull debut, keeping a clean sheet during their 0–0 draw with Boreham Wood. ^[10] He made three clean sheets in his first four games for the club. ^[11] Baxter went on to make 17 appearances in total for the club. ^[10]

On 21 June 2017, Baxter joined fellow National League side Woking on a season-long loan. ^[12] On the opening day of the campaign, Baxter went on to make his Woking debut as they recorded a 2–1 home victory over Gateshead. ^[10] Baxter went on to make 48 appearances in total for the club. ^[10] During the 2017–18 season, Baxter played more minutes (4320) than any other Chelsea loanee. ^[4]

On 26 June 2018, Baxter agreed to join League Two side Yeovil Town on a season-long loan. ^[13] Baxter made his Football League debut in their opening day of the season, in a 1–0 away defeat against Bury. ^[3] At Yeovil, he did not concede a goal for 10 hours 12 minutes, and set a club record after keeping 6 consecutive clean sheets in all competitions. ^[4]

As of 5 November 2018, he was the "only teenage goalkeeper currently in English football's professional ranks to have racked up over 100 appearances in the senior game". ^[4]

Baxter made 38 appearances for Yeovil during his season with the club, and won 5 awards at the club's end of season awards, all in the 'Player of the Season' and 'Young Player of the Season' categories. ^[14]

On 19 June 2019, Baxter joined Scottish Premiership side Ross County on a season long loan. ^[15] He suffered a shoulder injury early in the season before returning to first-team action, and went on to play in 14 games in a row. ^[16]

On 9 October 2020, Baxter joined Accrington Stanley on loan. ^{[17] [18]}

On 25 June 2021, he moved on loan to Hull City for the season. ^[19] Baxter made his league debut on 6 November 2021, in a 2–0 victory over Barnsley at Oakwell and was later selected in the Championship's team of the week following an impressing showing on his first league start. ^[20] He went on to make 18 appearances for the club, ^[21] including 7 clean sheets in his 16 league matches and having the highest save percentage in the Championship at 79.5 percent. ^[22]

On 4 July 2022, Baxter returned to Hull City for a second season-long loan spell. ^{[23] [24]}

On 16 June 2023, Chelsea announced that Baxter would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of June. ^[25] On 19 June 2023, Bolton Wanderers announced the signing of Baxter on a two-year contract from 1 July, being his first permanent move after seven years of loan spells. ^{[26] [27]} It was reported that he turned down a move to Maccabi Haifa, preferring to sign for Bolton. ^[28]

Career statistics

As of match played 11 January 2025

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
Chelsea	2016–17 [29]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2017–18 [30]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19 [3]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2019–20 [31]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2020–21 [32]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2021–22 [21]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2022–23 [33]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Metropolitan Police (loan)	2016–17 [8]	Isthmian League	14	0	2	0	—		3 [c]	0	19	0
Solihull Moors (loan)	2016–17 [10]	National League	17	0	—		—		—		17	0
Woking (loan)	2017–18 [10]	National League	42	0	6	0	—		0	0	48	0
Yeovil Town (loan)	2018–19 [3]	League Two	34	0	1	0	1	0	2 [d]	0	38	0
Ross County (loan)	2019–20 [31]	Scottish Premiership	13	0	1	0	0	0	—		14	0
Accrington Stanley (loan)	2020–21 [32]	League One	16	0	1	0	0	0	2 [d]	0	19	0
Hull City (loan)	2021–22 [21]	Championship	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
Hull City (loan)	2022–23 [33]	Championship	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Bolton Wanderers	2023–24 [34]	League One	33	0	4	0	1	0	5 [e]	0	43	0
	2024–25 [35]	League One	18	0	0	0	0	0	2 [d]	0	20	0
	Total		51	0	4	0	1	0	7	0	63	0
Career total			215	0	16	0	3	0	14	0	248	0

1. Includes FA Cup and Scottish Cup
2. Includes EFL Cup and Scottish League Cup
3. Two appearances in Alan Turvey Trophy, one in FA Trophy
4. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
5. Two appearances in EFL Trophy, three appearances in League One play-offs

Personal life

Baxter was born in London to parents of Jewish descent ^[36] and has stated that Petr Čech was his inspiration. ^[4]

Honours

Chelsea Youth

• FA Youth Cup: 2015–16 ^[37]
• UEFA Youth League: 2015–16 ^[38]

References

1. "List of players under written contract registered between 01/07/2017 and 31/07/2017" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 63. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
2. "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
3. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
4. Kinsella, Nizaar (5 November 2018). "Meet Nathan Baxter: The record-breaking Petr Cech fan aiming to make it at Chelsea". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
5. "Who are Chelsea's FA Youth Cup winning stars?". The Telegraph. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
6. "Profile". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
7. "Chelsea keeper makes Met Police loan move". Non League Daily. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
8. "Profile". Metropolitan Police F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
9. "Nathan Baxter: Chelsea goalkeeper joins Solihull Moors on loan". BBC Sport. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
10. Nathan Baxter at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
11. Stoner, Colin (13 February 2017). "How Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter is saving his best for Solihull Moors". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
12. "Nathan Baxter and Joe Ward: Chelsea goalkeeper and ex-Brighton winger join Woking". BBC Sport. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
13. "Chelsea's Nathan Baxter joins Yeovil Town on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
14. "NEWS | Baxter claims awards clean sweep". www.ytfc.net.
15. "County sign Chelsea goalkeeper on season-long loan". Press and Journal. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
16. "Steps Up: Nathan Baxter | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". Chelsea F.C.
17. "SIGNING: Baxter joins on loan". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk.
18. "Accrington sign Nottingham & Baxter". BBC Sport.
19. "Hull sign Chelsea keeper Baxter on loan". BBC Sport. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
20. "Chelsea loanee hailed after making impressive Hull City league debut". Hull Daily Mail. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
21. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
22. Kinsella, Nizaar (11 May 2022). "Baxter won't give up on Chelsea No.1 dream after successful Hull City loan spell". goal.com. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
23. "Baxter rejoins Hull City". Hull City A.F.C. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
24. "Hull re-sign keeper Baxter on loan from Chelsea". BBC Sport. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
25. "Retained list and goodbye to Bakayoko". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
26. "Bolton Wanderers sign Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter". 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
27. "Bolton sign ex-Chelsea goalkeeper Baxter". BBC Sport. 19 June 2023.
28. The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers sign Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter "
29. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
30. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
31. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
32. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
33. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
34. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
35. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
36. Kinsella, Nizaar (8 June 2023). "Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter to leave on free as Maccabi Haifa submit offers". Yahoo!. Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
37. "Chelsea win the FA Youth Cup for third successive season". The Football Association. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
38. "Paris 1–2 Chelsea: Line-ups". UEFA. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

External links

• Profile at the Bolton Wanderers F.C. website