Nathan Broadhead

Nathan Broadhead

Nathan Broadhead with Ipswich Town in August 2023
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Paul Broadhead [1]
Date of birth	(1998-04-05) 5 April 1998 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth	Bangor, Wales
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [3]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Ipswich Town
Number	33
Youth career
	Bangor City
	Wrexham
2008–2017	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2023	Everton	1	(0)
2019–2020	→ Burton Albion (loan)	19	(2)
2021–2022	→ Sunderland (loan)	20	(10)
2022–2023	→ Wigan Athletic (loan)	22	(5)
2023–	Ipswich Town	57	(21)
International career‡
2014–2015	Wales U17	5	(0)
2015–2016	Wales U19	9	(6)
2017	Wales U20	3	(0)
2017–2020	Wales U21	17	(2)
2023–	Wales	11	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:53, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Nathan Paul Broadhead (born 5 April 1998) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Ipswich Town and the Wales national team.

Club career

Everton

Broadhead joined Everton at the age of 10 from Wrexham. ^{[4] [5]} On 6 December 2017, Broadhead was named in Everton's first team squad for the Europa League match away to Apollon Limassol. ^[6] A day later, he made his first-team debut, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute and flicking on for Nikola Vlašić's goal in a 3–0 win. ^{[7] [8]}

On 2 August 2019, Broadhead signed a one-year contract extension until 2021, then joined Burton Albion on loan for the 2019–20 season. ^[9] A day later, he made his Football League debut, coming on as a substitute in Burton's 1–0 loss to Ipswich Town. ^[10]

He made the bench for the first time in the 2020–21 season in a Premier League match against Southampton on 1 March where Everton went on to win 1–0. ^[11] Broadhead subsequently made his Premier League debut away against Brighton & Hove Albion on 12 April. ^[12]

In June 2021, he signed a new two-year deal with Everton. ^[13] On 16 August 2021, Broadhead joined League One side Sunderland on loan until the end of the season. ^[14]

On 9 August 2022, he joined Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. ^[15] This ended prematurely on 6 January 2023, when Everton recalled him. ^[16]

Ipswich Town

On 9 January 2023, Broadhead joined Ipswich Town on a three-and-a-half year deal for a reported fee of £1.5m. This ended his 15-year association with Everton. ^[17]

International career

Broadhead represented Wales at various age levels, including playing for Wales under-20 at the 2017 Toulon Tournament. ^[18]

On 19 May 2022, he was called up to the senior Wales squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier play-off final against Ukraine or Scotland on 5 June 2022 and the Nations League Group A matches against Poland, Netherlands, Belgium and the Netherlands again on 1 June, 8 June, 11 June and 14 June 2022 respectively. ^[19] However he later had to withdraw through injury. ^[20]

On 25 March 2023, Broadhead earned his first senior Wales cap against Croatia in the Euro 2024 qualifying match, scoring a 93rd minute equaliser in the 1-1 draw. ^[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 April 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
Everton	2017–18	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	2018–19	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2019–20	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2020–21	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2021–22	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2022–23	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Burton Albion (loan)	2019–20	League One	19	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	22	3
Sunderland (loan)	2021–22	League One	20	10	1	0	3	2	3 [lower-alpha 2]	1	27	13
Wigan Athletic (loan)	2022–23	Championship	22	5	0	0	0	0	—		22	5
Ipswich Town	2022–23	League One	19	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	8
	2023–24	Championship	38	13	2	0	1	0	—		41	13
	Total		57	21	4	0	1	0	0	0	62	21
Career total			119	38	6	0	6	3	4	1	135	42

1. Appearance in UEFA Europa League
2. One appearance and one goal in EFL Trophy, two appearances in League One play-offs

International

As of match played 26 March 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Wales	2023	9	2
	2024	2	0
Total		11	2

International goals

As of match played 11 October 2023

Wales score listed first, score column indicates score after each Broadhead goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	25 March 2023	Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia	1	Croatia	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	[22]
2	11 October 2023	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales	6	Gibraltar	3–0	4–0	Friendly

Honours

Everton U23s

• Premier League Cup: 2018–19 ^[23]

Sunderland

• EFL League One play-offs: 2022 ^[24]

Ipswich Town

• EFL League One runner-up: 2022–23 ^[25]
• EFL Championship runner-up: 2023–24 ^[26]

Individual

• EFL League One Goal of the Month: February 2023 ^[27]

References

1. "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
2. "Nathan Broadhead". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
3. "Nathan Broadhead: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
4. "Nathan Broadhead Everton profile". Everton F.C. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
5. "BROADHEAD ON FIRST TWO GOALS, EVERTON AND AMBITIONS". Burton Albion F.C. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
6. "Everton squad for Apollon Limassol Europa League match includes eight possible debutants". Liverpool Echo. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
7. "APOLLON VS. EVERTON 0 – 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
8. Begley, Emlyn (7 December 2017). "Apollon Limassol 0 Everton 3". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
9. "Nathan Broadhead: Burton Albion sign Everton's Wales Under-21 striker on loan". 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
10. "Burton Albion 0–1 Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
11. "Everton 1–0 Southampton: Richarlison strike extends Saints' slump". Sky Sports.
12. "Brighton 0–0 Everton Match Report". Everton F.C.
13. "BROADHEAD'S EVERTON AMBITION AFTER NEW DEAL". Everton F.C. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
14. "BROADHEAD JOINS SUNDERLAND ON LOAN". Everton F.C. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
15. "Latics Sign Everton Forward Nathan Broadhead On Season-Long Loan". Wigan Athletic. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
16. "Everton exit for Broadhead now expected in January - Sky Sports". Goodison News. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
17. "Town Complete Broadhead Signing - Ipswich Town News". TWTD.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
18. "WALES SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR TOULON TOURNAMENT". FAW. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
19. "Wales call up uncapped Nathan Broadhead for World Cup play-off and Nations League". 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
20. "Wales: Cardiff's Oliver Denham called up as Nathan Broadhead is forced out of play-off squad". 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
21. "Euro 2024 qualifying: Croatia 1-1 Wales - reaction to late Wales goal". 24 March 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
22. "Croatia 1 - 1 Wales". BBC Sport. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
23. Carroll, Sam (8 May 2019). "Everton vs Newcastle U23s LIVE - Live stream & score updates". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
24. Paddy, Chris (21 May 2022). "Sunderland 2–0 Wycombe". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
25. "Fleetwood Town 2 - 2 Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
26. https://www.itfc.co.uk/news/2024/may/04/ipswich-town-promoted-to-premier-league/
27. "Broady Wins League One Goal of the Month". Ipswich Town F.C. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

External links

• Nathan Broadhead profile at the Ipswich Town F.C. website
• Nathan Broadhead at Soccerway
• Nathan Broadhead at Soccerbase