Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nathan Kyle Garrow | ||
Date of birth | 29 November 2004 | ||
Place of birth | New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Auckland City | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2021 | Bucklands Beach AFC | ||
2021–2023 | Manukau United | 11 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Bay Olympic | 16 | (0) |
2024 | Auckland United | 15 | (0) |
2024– | Auckland City | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2025 |
Nathan Kyle Garrow (born 29 November 2004) is a New Zealand semi-professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Auckland City.
After brief stints at Bay Olympic and Auckland United, Garrow signed for Auckland City ahead of the 2024 New Zealand National League. [1]
In June 2025, Garrow was named in Auckland City's squad for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, the club's tenth appearance in the tournament. [2] After remaining an unused substitute in their opening match against Bayern Munich, in which Auckland's first-choice goalkeeper Conor Tracey conceded 10 goals in a record 10–0 defeat, Garrow was given a chance to start in the club's second match against Benfica. [1] In total, he made 10 saves and touched the ball 59 times, the most of any Auckland City player, holding out Benfica for 53 minutes before conceding a penalty from Ángel Di María in an eventual 6–0 loss. [3] His 10 saves was the joint-most by a goalkeeper in a single game in the tournament, along with Jo Hyeon-woo and Thibaut Courtois. [4] The Oceania Football Confederation website described this saves as "athletic and brave". [5]
In their last group match against Boca Juniors on 24 June, Garrow became the first goalkeeper in history to score an own goal at a Club World Cup, when a header bounced off the post and hit him in the 26th minute, inadvertently giving Boca the lead. [1] [6] However, he also made six saves to help Auckland to a 1–1 draw, their first non-defeated result since the 2014 edition as well as the most notable draw from a New Zealand team since the All Whites went unbeaten at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [1] In just a few days after his performance against Boca, Garrow gained close to 70,000 new followers on Instagram, mainly from Brazilians, the main football rivals of Argentina. [1]
Outside football, he studies civil engineering at the University of Auckland. [1]