Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nathan Dean Joshua Wood-Gordon [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 31 May 2002||
Place of birth | Ingleby Barwick, England [3] | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [4] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
Youth career | |||
TIBS | |||
–2015 | Stockton Town | ||
2015–2018 | Middlesbrough | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2022 | Middlesbrough | 5 | (0) |
2021 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2021 | → Hibernian (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Swansea City | 66 | (1) |
2024– | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | England U15 | ||
2017–2018 | England U16 | 1 | (0) |
2018–2019 | England U17 | 8 | (0) |
2019 | England U18 | 9 | (0) |
2021– | England U20 | 5 | (0) |
2023– | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:49, 27 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:08, 25 March 2024 (UTC) |
Nathan Dean Joshua Wood-Gordon (born 31 May 2002), known professionally as Nathan Wood, is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Southampton.
Wood is the son of former Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough player Dean Gordon. [5] He came from an athletic background, having taken part in various sporting competitions throughout 2014 and 2015. [6] [7] Prior to joining the Middlesbrough academy squad in 2015, he played for TIBS and Stockton Town. [8]
He attended Conyers School in Yarm, this led to him featuring in the twelfth episode in the first series of the CBBC educational documentary series Our School in 2014, during this time he was in year 7, his first year in secondary school. [8]
On 1 July 2018, Wood signed professional terms with Middlesbrough. [3] He would become the club's youngest ever player to make a professional appearance, at 16 years and 72 days, replacing Daniel Ayala in an EFL Cup tie against Notts County on 14 August 2018. [9] [10]
On 1 February 2021, Wood joined League One side Crewe Alexandra on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. [11] He made his Crewe debut in a 2–1 defeat at Swindon Town on 20 February 2021. [12]
On 31 August 2021, Wood moved north of the border to join Scottish Premiership club Hibernian on a season-long loan deal. [13] On 16 October 2021, Wood made his debut for Hibernian, where he played the full game in a 3–0 loss against Dundee United. [14] On 25 November 2021, it was announced that Wood had returned to parent club Middlesbrough for the remainder of his loan spell until January 2022, having only featured once for Hibs. [15]
On 10 June 2022, Wood joined Swansea City on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [16] Wood's new manager Russell Martin was a long-term admirer and had previously tried to sign the defender when in charge of Milton Keynes Dons. [17]
On 5 July 2024, Wood joined Premier League club Southampton on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [18]
Wood has represented England at U15, U16, U17 and U18 level. [2] [5] [19]
On 6 September 2021, Wood made his debut for the England U20s during a 6–1 victory over Romania U20s at St. George's Park. [20]
On 28 March 2023, Wood made his England U21 debut during a 2–1 defeat to Croatia at Craven Cottage. [21]
Wood is known to be a pacey player and has previously played as a left-midfielder as a result of this. [5] He recorded a 100m time of 13.07 seconds when he was aged 13. [7]
Club | Season | Division | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Middlesbrough | 2018–19 [22] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2019–20 [23] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2020–21 [24] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2021–22 [25] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 2020–21 [24] | League One | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Hibernian (loan) | 2021–22 [25] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Swansea City | 2022–23 [26] | Championship | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
2023–24 [27] | Championship | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
Total | 66 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 1 | ||
Southampton | 2024–25 [28] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Overall | 84 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 1 |
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