![]() Broadhead with Ipswich Town in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nathan Paul Broadhead [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 April 1998||
Place of birth | Bangor, Wales | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Forward, left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wrexham | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
Bangor City | |||
Wrexham | |||
2008–2017 | Everton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2023 | Everton | 1 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 19 | (2) |
2021–2022 | → Sunderland (loan) | 20 | (10) |
2022–2023 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 22 | (5) |
2023–2025 | Ipswich Town | 76 | (23) |
2025– | Wrexham | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Wales U17 | 5 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Wales U19 | 9 | (6) |
2017 | Wales U20 | 3 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Wales U21 | 17 | (2) |
2023– | Wales | 14 | (2) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:49, 10 August 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:08, 25 March 2025 (UTC) |
Nathan Paul Broadhead (born 5 April 1998) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for EFL Championship club Wrexham and the Wales national team.
Broadhead joined Everton at the age of 10 from Wrexham. [4] [5] On 6 December 2017, Broadhead was named in Everton's first team squad for the Europa League match away to Apollon Limassol. [6] A day later, he made his first-team debut, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute and flicking on for Nikola Vlašić's goal in a 3–0 win. [7] [8]
On 2 August 2019, Broadhead signed a one-year contract extension until 2021, then joined Burton Albion on loan for the 2019–20 season. [9] A day later, he made his Football League debut, coming on as a substitute in Burton's 1–0 loss to Ipswich Town. [10]
He made the bench for the first time in the 2020–21 season in a Premier League match against Southampton on 1 March where Everton went on to win 1–0. [11] Broadhead subsequently made his Premier League debut away against Brighton & Hove Albion on 12 April. [12]
In June 2021, he signed a new two-year deal with Everton. [13] On 16 August 2021, Broadhead joined League One side Sunderland on loan until the end of the season. [14]
On 9 August 2022, he joined Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. [15] This ended prematurely on 6 January 2023, when Everton recalled him. [16]
On 9 January 2023, Broadhead joined Ipswich Town on a three-and-a-half-year deal for a reported fee of £1.5m. This ended his 15-year association with Everton. [17]
Broadhead ended the 2023-24 season as Town's joint top scorer with 13 goals as he helped the club return to the Premier League for the first time since 2002. [18] Broadhead scored his first-ever Premier League goal in a 2-1 win for Town at AFC Bournemouth on 2 April 2025. [19]
On 14 August 2025, Broadhead joined Wrexham on a four-year deal. [20]
Broadhead represented Wales at various age levels, including playing for Wales under-20 at the 2017 Toulon Tournament. [21]
On 19 May 2022, he was called up to the senior Wales squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier play-off final against Ukraine or Scotland on 5 June 2022 and the Nations League Group A matches against Poland, Netherlands, Belgium and the Netherlands again on 1 June, 8 June, 11 June and 14 June 2022 respectively. [22] However he later had to withdraw through injury. [23]
On 25 March 2023, Broadhead earned his first senior Wales cap against Croatia in the Euro 2024 qualifying match, scoring a 93rd minute equaliser in the 1-1 draw. [24]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Everton | 2017–18 [25] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2018–19 [26] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2019–20 [27] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 [28] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2021–22 [29] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2022–23 [30] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Burton Albion (loan) | 2019–20 [27] | League One | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
Sunderland (loan) | 2021–22 [29] | League One | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 [b] | 1 | 27 | 13 |
Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2022–23 [30] | Championship | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 5 | |
Ipswich Town | 2022–23 [30] | League One | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
2023–24 [31] | Championship | 38 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 13 | ||
2024–25 [32] | Premier League | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 2 | ||
2025–26 [33] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 76 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 23 | ||
Wrexham | 2025–26 [33] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 138 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 157 | 44 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Wales | 2023 | 9 | 2 |
2024 | 4 | 0 | |
2025 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 2 |
Wales score listed first, score column indicates score after each Broadhead goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 25 March 2023 | Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia | 1 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | [34] |
2 | 11 October 2023 | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales | 6 | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | [35] |
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