Nathaniel Atkinson

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Nathaniel Atkinson
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Atkinson with Melbourne City in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nathaniel Caleb Atkinson [1]
Date of birth (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 24) [1]
Place of birth Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Heart of Midlothian
Number 13
Youth career
Riverside Olympic
FFT NTC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Melbourne City NPL 32 (8)
2017–2022 Melbourne City 75 (4)
2022– Heart of Midlothian 52 (2)
International career‡
2018 Australia U20 3 (1)
2019–2022 Australia U23 7 (0)
2022– Australia 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024

Nathaniel Caleb Atkinson (born 13 June 1999) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a right back for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian and the Australia national team.

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Club career

Early career

Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Atkinson was part of the youth setup at Riverside Olympic before joining the NTC program at Football Tasmania. [2] In 2016, Atkinson joined the Melbourne City academy after a successful trial with the club. [3] He played with the Melbourne City NPL side in the NPL Victoria from 2016 to 2017. [3] Towards the end of the 2016–17 season, Atkinson began training with the Melbourne City first team. [4]

Melbourne City

Going into the 2017–18 season, Atkinson was given the 37 shirt. [5] He made his competitive debut for the first team in a FFA Cup match against Peninsula Power at Dolphin Oval on 1 August 2017. He came on as a late stoppage time substitute for Bruno Fornaroli as Melbourne City won the match 2–0. [6] On 10 December 2017, due to the suspension of Melbourne City's regular right-back Manny Muscat, Atkinson made his A-League debut for the club against the Central Coast Mariners. Despite being named as a right back before the match, Atkinson played the match as a right winger as Melbourne City managed to win 1–0. [7] After the match, Melbourne City head coach Warren Joyce praised Atkinson, saying "I thought he took his opportunity well. He’s one that caught my eye as soon as I came to the club." [7]

On 12 January 2018, after a promising start, Atkinson signed a two-year senior contract with Melbourne City. [8]

In September 2020, Atkinson signed a two-year contract with Perth Glory. [9] However, three weeks later, his contract was terminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, [10] allowing him to sign another two-year contract with Melbourne City. [11]

Heart of Midlothian

On 24 December 2021, Atkinson signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian, with the deal going through on 10 January 2022. [12]

International career

In January 2017, Atkinson was selected to train with the Australia U20 side. [13]

In November 2019 he was one of four players suspended by the Australia U23 due to "unprofessional conduct". [14]

Atkinson qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He was part of the Olyroos Olympic squad. The team beat Argentina in their first group match but were unable to win another match. They were therefore not in medal contention. [15]

He was called up to the senior Australia squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on 24 and 29 March 2022. [16]

Atkinson was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November 2022. [17]

Honours

Melbourne City

Individual

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 May 2024 [18] [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Melbourne City NPL [20] 2017 NPL Victoria 2 328———328
Melbourne City 2017–18 A-League 17010——180
2018–19 17030——200
2019–20 23100——231
2020–21 142———142
2021–22 40———40
Total75340——793
Hearts 2021–22 Scottish Premiership 15150——201
2022–23 1813051—262
2023–24 1903040—260
Total52211091—723
Career total159515091–1836

International

Australia
YearAppsGoals
202260
202320
202450
Total130

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes the FFA Cup

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  2. ↑ "Former Launceston Player to Trial for Melbourne City". NTJSA. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Talented teenager motivated by soccer-mad family". Examiner. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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  5. ↑ "Melbourne City Squad 2017–18". worldfootball.net.
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  12. ↑ "Match made in heaven for Nathaniel | Heart Of Midlothian Football Club". www.heartsfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  13. ↑ Shaw, Rob (31 January 2017). "Riverside Olympic's Nathaniel Atkinson called up by Young Socceroos". Examiner. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Four Australia Under-23 players banned after complaint from woman". BBC Sport. 19 November 2019.
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