Nathan Young-Coombes

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Nathan Young-Coombes
Personal information
Full name Nathan Jay Young-Coombes [1]
Date of birth (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Sutton, England [2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [3]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Wealdstone
Number 24
Youth career
2010–2017 Crystal Palace
2017–2019 Chelsea
2019–2021 Rangers
2021–2022 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Brentford 1 (0)
2022–2023 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 11 (3)
2025– Wealdstone 4 (0)
International career
2017–2018 England U15 6 (2)
2018 England U16 1 (0)
2019 England U17 3 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:16, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Nathan Jay Young-Coombes (born 15 January 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League club Wealdstone.

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Young-Coombes is a product of the Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Rangers academies and began his professional career with Brentford in 2021. Though he managed one Premier League appearance, he was confined to B team football until his release in 2024. After a year out of football, Young-Coombes transferred to Wealdstone in 2025. Young-Coombes was capped by England at youth level.

Club career

Early years

A forward, Young-Coombes joined the Crystal Palace Academy at the age of seven. [4] He moved on to the Chelsea Academy in 2017 and to the Rangers Academy in February 2019. [5] [6] During nearly 2+1⁄2 years at Auchenhowie, Young-Coombes won the 2019 Al Kass International Cup and 2018–19 Scottish Youth Cup with the youth teams and progressed into the B team. [7] [8] [9] He was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2020–21 season. [10]

Brentford

On 9 June 2021, Young-Coombes signed a three-year contract, with an option of a further year, with the B team at Brentford. [9] He transferred for an undisclosed fee, with the contract effective 1 July 2021. [9] Prolific goalscoring for the B team saw Young-Coombes called into the first team squad during the 2021–22 season and he remained an unused substitute during eight matches, [11] [12] before finally making his senior debut as a late substitute for Mathias Jensen after 87 minutes of a 3–0 Premier League win over Southampton on 7 May 2022. [13] He was a part of the B team's 2021–22 London Senior Cup-winning squad and his 34 B team goals were recognised with the Brentford B Player of the Year award. [14] [15]

On 29 July 2022, Young-Coombes joined League Two club AFC Wimbledon on a season-long loan. [16] During an injury-affected spell that was ended early on 20 January 2023, [17] [18] [19] he made 13 appearances and scored three goals. [20] Young-Coombes returned to match play with the B team on 20 March 2023. [21] He made two appearances during the latter stages of the team's 2022–23 Premier League Cup campaign and scored in the 2–0 Final victory over Blackburn Rovers. [11] [22]

Young-Coombes made a second-half substitute appearance during Brentford's opening 2023–24 first team pre-season friendly. [23] An ankle injury saw Young-Coombes miss nearly four mid-season months and he failed to win a call into a first team matchday squad during the 2023–24 season. [11] [24] Young-Coombes was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2023–24 season. [25]

Wealdstone

After remaining a free agent during the 2024–25 season, Young-Coombes signed a short-term contract with National League club Wealdstone on 7 August 2025. [26]

International career

Young-Coombes was capped by England at U15, [27] U16 and U17 level. [28] [29]

Personal life

Young-Coombes attended Woodcote High School and Strathallan School. [4] [30]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 October 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers U20 2019–20 [31] ―4 [c] 141
Brentford 2021–22 [13] Premier League 100000―10
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2022–23 [20] League Two 11300101 [d] 0133
Wealdstone 2025–26 [11] National League 4000200060
Career total163003051244
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup, National League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Brentford B

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Brentford – 2021/2022". FootballSquads. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Nathan Young-Coombes". 11v11.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Nathan Takes EA Sports Award". www.cpfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Butcher, Will (1 February 2019). "Rangers fans delighted as club raid Chelsea for Nathan Young-Coombes". HITC. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  6. ↑ @RFC_Youth (1 February 2019). "@RFC_Youth have signed England youth internationalist Nathan Young-Coombes from @ChelseaFC until 2021, subject to international clearance" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "Rangers kids showed their class to win Al Kass Cup, says striker Nathan Young-Coombes". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Celtic 2–3 Rangers: Light Blues kids win Scottish Youth Cup at Hampden". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 "Nathan Young-Coombes joins Brentford B from Rangers". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Academy Wish Departing Players Well For Next Step". www.rangers.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Nathan Young-Coombes at Soccerway . Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "FC Cartagena B 0 Brentford B 14". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Match Report: Brentford B win London Senior Cup on penalties". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  15. ↑ "Nathan Young-Coombes: "I would say it's our achievement together"". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "Young-Coombes heads to AFC Wimbledon on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  17. ↑ Thorpe, Chris. "NYC and the training ground buzz". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  18. ↑ "Young-Coombes recalled from AFC Wimbledon loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  19. ↑ "Nathan Young-Coombes on Luton test". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  21. ↑ "Hendon 3 Brentford B 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  22. 1 2 "Brentford B 2 Blackburn U21 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  23. ↑ "Highlights, report and reaction: Boreham Wood 1 Brentford 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  24. ↑ "Reading U21s 2 Brentford B 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  25. ↑ "Brentford academy confirm summer departures and extensions". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  26. ↑ "Welcome to Wealdstone, Nathan Young-Coombes". Wealdstone FC. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  27. ↑ "England Matches – Under-15s 2015–30". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  28. ↑ "England Matches – Under-16's 2010–20". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  29. ↑ "England Matches – Under-17's 2010–20". englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  30. ↑ "Rangers striker to takeover Strathallan School's Instagram account". Strathallan School | Leading Scottish Boarding School. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  32. ↑ "Christian Nørgaard wins Player of the Year prizes". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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