Nathan Baxter (footballer)

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Nathan Baxter
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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 25) [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*
YearsTeamApps(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 33 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:37, 19 May 2024 (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.

Contents

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 18 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea 2016–17 [29] Premier League 0000000000
2017–18 [30] Premier League0000000000
2018–19 [3] Premier League0000000000
2019–20 [31] Premier League0000000000
2020–21 [32] Premier League0000000000
2021–22 [21] Premier League0000000000
2022–23 [33] Premier League0000000000
Total0000000000
Metropolitan Police (loan) 2016–17 [8] Isthmian League 14020—3 [lower-alpha 3] 0190
Solihull Moors (loan) 2016–17 [10] National League 170———170
Woking (loan) 2017–18 [10] National League42060—00480
Yeovil Town (loan) 2018–19 [3] League Two 34010102 [lower-alpha 4] 0380
Ross County (loan) 2019–20 [31] Scottish Premiership 1301000—140
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2020–21 [32] League One 16010002 [lower-alpha 4] 0190
Hull City (loan) 2021–22 [21] Championship 160101000180
Hull City (loan) 2022–23 [33] Championship120000000120
Bolton Wanderers 2023–24 [34] League One33040105 [lower-alpha 5] 0430
Career total1970160301202280
  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. 1 2 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 [35] and has stated that Petr Čech was his inspiration. [4]

Honours

Chelsea Youth

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