Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nathan Adewale Temitayo Tella [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 5 July 1999||
Place of birth | Stevenage, England | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2017 | Arsenal | ||
2017–2020 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Southampton | 36 | (2) |
2022–2023 | → Burnley (loan) | 39 | (17) |
2023– | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | Nigeria | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 12 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2023 |
Nathan Adewale Temitayo Tella (born 5 July 1999) [3] is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or right winger for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. Born in England, he plays for the Nigeria national team. [4]
Nathan Tella grew up in Stevenage, Hertfordshire and was educated at Edwinstree Middle School and then Freman College, both in the town of Buntingford. He left following his GCSE exams in 2015.[ citation needed ] After ten years with Arsenal, [5] Tella spent time on trial at Reading [6] and Norwich City, before joining Southampton in April 2017. [7]
In July 2019, he extended his contract with the club for a further year, [8] before signing a further three-year extension in July 2020. [9] On 19 June 2020, Tella made his senior debut as a substitute in a 3–0 victory against Norwich City. [10] On 11 February 2021, he made his first goal contribution by providing an assist to Stuart Armstrong's goal in a 2–0 FA Cup fifth round win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. [11] On 23 February, Tella made his first Premier League start in a 3–0 defeat to Leeds United. [12] On 15 May, Tella scored his first Premier League goal in a 3–1 win against Fulham. [13]
On 6 January 2022, Tella signed a new three-and-a-half contract with Southampton. [14]
On 11 August 2022, Tella joined Burnley on a season-long loan. [15] On 11 February 2023, he scored a first career hat-trick in a 3–0 victory over Preston North End, his side's tenth consecutive league victory, [16] and a month later scored a second hat-trick in a 3–1 victory over Hull City. [17]
On 27 August 2023, Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen announced the signing of Tella on a five-year contract, [18] [19] for a reported fee of £20 million. [20] He made his first appearance for the club on 2 September 2023 in a 5–1 victory against SV Darmstadt 98, replacing Jeremie Frimpong in the 72nd minute. [21] On 5 October 2023, Tella scored his first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in a 1–2 victory against Molde in the Europa League. [22]
On 10 November 2023, Tella was called up by Nigeria head coach, José Peseiro for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. [23] [24]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southampton U23 | 2017–18 [5] | — | — | — | — | 2 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
2018–19 [28] | — | — | — | — | 3 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
2020–21 [29] | — | — | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Total | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
Southampton | 2019–20 [30] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2020–21 [29] | Premier League | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | |||
2021–22 [31] | Premier League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
2023–24 [32] | Championship | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||||
Total | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 44 | 3 | ||||
Burnley (loan) | 2022–23 [33] | Championship | 39 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 19 | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2023–24 [34] | Bundesliga | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | 11 [lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 39 | 6 | ||
Career total | 99 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 134 | 28 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Nigeria | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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