Nathan Young-Coombes

Nathan Young-Coombes
Personal information
Full name Nathan Jay Young-Coombes[1]
Date of birth (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Sutton, England[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2010–2017 Crystal Palace
2017–2019 Chelsea
2019–2021 Rangers
2021–2022 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Brentford 1 (0)
2022–2023 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 11 (3)
International career
2017–2018 England U15 6 (2)
2018 England U16 1 (0)
2019 England U17 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

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

Young-Coombes is a product of the Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Rangers academies and he 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. 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 newly-promoted Premier League club 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]

International career

Young-Coombes was capped by England at U15, U16 and U17 level.[11][26]

Personal life

Young-Coombes attended Woodcote High School and Strathallan School.[4][27]

Career statistics

As of match played 14 January 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rangers U20 2019–20[28] ― 4[c] 1 4 1
Brentford 2021–22[13] Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 ― 1 0
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2022–23[20] League Two 11 3 0 0 1 0 1[d] 0 13 3
Career total 12 3 0 0 1 0 5 1 18 4
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL 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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  14. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ Cusick, Aiden (11 February 2019). "Rangers fans rave about Ibrox U17s' striker Nathan Young-Coombes". HITC. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  27. ^ "Rangers striker to takeover Strathallan School's Instagram account". Strathallan School | Leading Scottish Boarding School. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  28. ^ "Games played by Nathan Young-Coombes in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  29. ^ "Christian Nørgaard wins Player of the Year prizes". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.