Nathan Garrow

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Nathan Garrow
Personal information
Full name Nathan Kyle Garrow
Date of birth (2004-11-29) 29 November 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth New Zealand
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Auckland City
Number 24
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2021 Bucklands Beach
2021–2023 Manukau United 11 (0)
2023–2024 Bay Olympic 16 (0)
2024 Auckland United 15 (0)
2024– Auckland City 21 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2025

Nathan Kyle Garrow (born 29 November 2004) is a New Zealand semi-professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Auckland City.

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Career

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 Club World Cup history to score an own goal when a header bounced off the post and hit him in the 26th minute, inadvertently giving Boca the lead. [1] [6] 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 the 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]

Personal life

Outside football, he studies civil engineering at the University of Auckland. [1]

Honours

Auckland City

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Auckland City goalkeeper Nathan Garrow inundated with messages from Brazil after Club World Cup heroics against Boca Juniors". stuff.co.nz. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Squad List" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Keeper Nathan Garrow upbeat after 'crazy experience' at FIFA Club World Cup". www.friendsoffootballnz.com. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Club World Cup statistics (Group stage, 25-26 June)". iffhs.com. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Auckland City FC go down fighting in improved display against Benfica". www.oceaniafootball.com. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Club World Cup statistics (Group stage, 24-25 June)". iffhs.com. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Auckland City FC Claim Back-to-Back Dettol National League Championships With Penalty Shootout Win Over Wellington Olympic". New Zealand Football . 13 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025– via Instagram.