Nathaniel Clyne

Nathaniel Clyne

Clyne with Liverpool in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Nathaniel Edwin Clyne [1]
Date of birth	(1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33) [2]
Place of birth	Stockwell, England [3]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [3]
Position(s)	Right-back [4]
Team information
Current team	Crystal Palace
Number	17
Youth career
	Afewee Academy [5]
1999–2008	Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Crystal Palace	122	(1)
2012–2015	Southampton	94	(3)
2015–2020	Liverpool	77	(1)
2019	→ AFC Bournemouth (loan)	14	(0)
2020–	Crystal Palace	74	(0)
International career
2009–2010	England U19	9	(0)
2011–2013	England U21	8	(0)
2014–2016	England	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:22, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Nathaniel Edwin Clyne (born 5 April 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace.

Clyne began his career at Crystal Palace, playing regularly in four Championship seasons, before a move to Southampton in 2012, where he spent three seasons in the Premier League and accumulated 104 matches and scored five goals in all competitions. He joined Liverpool in July 2015 for a fee of £12.5 million. After having amassed 103 appearances and two goals, he left Liverpool in July 2020 as a free agent. Clyne re-joined former club Crystal Palace in October 2020.

Formerly an international at under-19 and under-21 level, Clyne made his senior international debut for England in November 2014. He was selected for Euro 2016 and made a total of 14 appearances for his country. ^{[6] [7]}

Club career

Crystal Palace

Clyne was born in Stockwell, Greater London, ^[4] and played for nearby Afewee Academy, before being spotted by Crystal Palace who signed him for their youth academy. He made his Palace debut for the first-team in a 3–0 Championship win against Barnsley at Selhurst Park on 18 October 2008. ^[8] He signed a three-year professional contract with the club two days later, with the Palace manager at the time Neil Warnock stating that Clyne "has a bright future in the game". ^[9] His first career goal came on 8 December 2009, when he opened the scoring in a 4–2 win at Reading in the seventh minute. ^[10] In February 2010 he was offered a move to Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, but rejected it without even entering talks with manager Mick McCarthy. ^[11]

In the 2010–11 season, Clyne was the youngest player in the Football League to play every single match of that campaign, ^[12] and won Crystal Palace's Player of the Year award. ^[13]

Southampton

Clyne playing for Southampton in 2012

On 19 July 2012, Clyne signed a four-year deal with newly promoted Premier League club Southampton. ^{[14] [15]} He made his debut on 19 August, in a 3–2 defeat against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium. ^[16] His first match at St Mary's came six days later in a 0–2 defeat by Wigan Athletic. ^[17] He scored his first goal for the club on 22 September, in a 4–1 win at home against Aston Villa, set up by Gastón Ramírez with England under-21 coach Stuart Pearce in attendance at St Mary's. ^[18] His second goal for the club came in the FA Cup third round against Burnley on 4 January 2014, opening an eventual 4–3 home victory with a 25-yard strike past Tom Heaton. ^[19]

Clyne scored in Southampton's first match of the 2014–15 season, a 2–1 defeat against Liverpool at Anfield on 17 August. ^[20] He scored his second goal of the campaign on 23 September, with a long-range effort which gave Southampton a 2–1 victory at Arsenal in the League Cup third round. ^{[21] [22]} On 24 November, he finished Ryan Bertrand's 81st-minute cross to earn a 1–1 draw away to Aston Villa. ^[23]

Liverpool

On 1 July 2015, Liverpool confirmed the signing of Clyne from Southampton for £12.5 million on a five-year contract, with his former club, Crystal Palace receiving a payment of £2.5M. ^{[24] [25]} Clyne made his debut in a Liverpool shirt against the True Thai Premier League All Stars in Bangkok on 14 July as part of the club's pre-season tour. ^[26] He made his competitive debut on 9 August in a 1–0 away win against Stoke City in the first match of the 2015–16 Premier League season. ^[27] On 28 October, Clyne scored his first Liverpool goal in a 1–0 League Cup fourth round victory over AFC Bournemouth; the team's first win under Jürgen Klopp. ^[28] His first league goal came on 14 February 2016, in a 6–0 win away to Aston Villa. ^[29]

In March 2016, in Liverpool's first European matches against rivals Manchester United, Clyne won a penalty that Daniel Sturridge converted in the first leg, ^[30] and conceded a penalty scored by Anthony Martial in the second, as Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate in the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League. ^[31] On 18 May, he played the full 90 minutes in the final, a 3–1 loss to Sevilla in Basel. ^[32]

Prior to the 2017–18 season, Clyne suffered a back injury expected to rule him out until February 2018. ^[33] On 31 March 2018, having missed the entire campaign up to this point, he made his first appearance on the team sheet as an unused substitute in Liverpool's 2–1 league victory away to former club Crystal Palace. ^[34] A week later on 7 April, he made his return, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw against Everton in a Merseyside derby. ^[35]

Clyne joined fellow Premier League club Bournemouth on 4 January 2019 on loan for the remainder of the 2018–19 season. ^[36] He made his debut the next day in a 3–1 FA Cup third round defeat at home to Brighton & Hove Albion. ^[37]

On 20 July 2019, Clyne sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a pre-season friendly against Borussia Dortmund. ^[38] On 25 June 2020, after having made no appearances during the 2019–20 season due to continuing injury problems, Liverpool confirmed that his contract would not be renewed and Clyne would leave the club. ^[39]

Return to Crystal Palace

After leaving Liverpool, Clyne trained with Crystal Palace in an attempt to regain fitness and was registered as a triallist in order to make appearances for the under-23 team. ^[40] On 14 October 2020, he joined the club on a short-term contract. ^[41] He made his debut ten days later in a 2–1 win at Fulham. ^[42] On 25 January 2021, Clyne signed a contract extension to remain at the club until the end of the 2020–21 season. ^[43]

On 6 August 2021, Clyne signed a new one-year contract with Crystal Palace ^[44] and in June 2022, he signed a further contract extension keeping him at the club until 2023. ^[45] In June 2023, Clyne signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until 2024. ^[46] On 5 June 2024, the club said the player had signed another year-long extension. ^[47]

International career

Clyne was born in England and is of Grenadian descent. ^[48]

On 2 October 2014, Clyne was named in the England squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against San Marino and Estonia later that month. ^[49] He was an unused substitute in both matches. Clyne said "My aim, now, is to try to make myself first choice for Euro 2016. That's what I'm going to keep pushing for." ^[50] On 15 November, he made his full international debut in a home qualifier against Slovenia, playing the full 90 minutes of a 3–1 victory. ^[51] Clyne went on to establish himself as first-choice right-back for England, appearing in five of their last six qualifiers. ^[52]

Personal life

Clyne has many tattoos, including of London landmarks. These include the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye and Stockwell tube station, the nearest to his childhood home. ^[53]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 November 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crystal Palace	2008–09 [54]	Championship	26	0	3	0	0	0	—		29	0
	2009–10 [55]	Championship	22	1	5	0	1	0	—		28	1
	2010–11 [56]	Championship	46	0	1	0	2	0	—		49	0
	2011–12 [57]	Championship	28	0	0	0	3	0	—		31	0
	Total		122	1	9	0	6	0	—		137	1
Southampton	2012–13 [58]	Premier League	34	1	0	0	0	0	—		34	1
	2013–14 [59]	Premier League	25	0	3	1	1	0	—		29	1
	2014–15 [60]	Premier League	35	2	2	0	4	1	—		41	3
	Total		94	3	5	1	5	1	—		104	5
Liverpool	2015–16 [61]	Premier League	33	1	1	0	4	1	14 [a]	0	52	2
	2016–17 [62]	Premier League	37	0	0	0	4	0	—		41	0
	2017–18 [63]	Premier League	3	0	0	0	0	0	2 [b]	0	5	0
	2018–19 [64]	Premier League	4	0	—		1	0	0	0	5	0
	2019–20 [65]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		77	1	1	0	9	1	16	0	103	2
AFC Bournemouth (loan)	2018–19 [64]	Premier League	14	0	1	0	—		—		15	0
Crystal Palace	2020–21 [66]	Premier League	13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
	2021–22 [67]	Premier League	16	0	4	0	0	0	—		20	0
	2022–23 [68]	Premier League	22	0	1	0	2	0	—		25	0
	2023–24 [69]	Premier League	18	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	0
	2024–25 [70]	Premier League	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		74	0	8	0	5	0	—		87	0
Career total			381	5	24	1	26	2	16	0	447	8

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[71]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	2014	2	0
	2015	7	0
	2016	5	0
Total		14	0

Honours

Liverpool

• Football League Cup runner-up: 2015–16 ^[72]
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2017–18 ^[73]
• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2015–16 ^[74]

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 2011–12 Championship ^[75]
• Crystal Palace Young Player of the Season: 2008–09, 2009–10 ^[76]
• Football League Young Player of the Year: 2010 ^[76]
• UEFA European Under-19 Championship Technical Selection: 2010 ^[77]
• Crystal Palace Player of the Season: 2010–11 ^[76]
• Football League Championship Player of the Month: October 2011 ^[76]

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External links

• Profile at the Crystal Palace F.C. website
• Nathaniel Clyne – UEFA competition record ( archive )