Nathan Baxter
Baxter playing for Solihull Moors in 2017
Personal information
Full name Nathan Joseph Baxter[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Westminster, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Bolton Wanderers
Number 1
Youth career
Cray Wanderers
2006–2016 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2023 Chelsea 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 14 (0)
2017 → Solihull Moors (loan) 17 (0)
2017–2018 → Woking (loan) 42 (0)
2018–2019 → Yeovil Town (loan) 34 (0)
2019–2020 → Ross County (loan) 13 (0)
2020–2021 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 16 (0)
2021–2022 → Hull City (loan) 16 (0)
2022–2023 → Hull City (loan) 12 (0)
2023– Bolton Wanderers 29 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Nathan Joseph Baxter (born 8 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Bolton Wanderers.

Club career

Born in Westminster,[2] Baxter began his career with Cray Wanderers.[4] He then joined Chelsea at the age of 8.[5] In the 2015–16 season he won the FA Youth Cup and the UEFA Youth League.[6]

In August 2016 he moved on loan to Isthmian League side Metropolitan Police on a short-term deal until January 2017.[7] He spent four months at the club, making 19 appearances, before returning to Chelsea in January 2017.[8]

He then joined National League side Solihull Moors on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 campaign.[9] On 21 January 2017, he made his Solihull debut, keeping a clean sheet during their 0–0 draw with Boreham Wood.[10] He made three clean sheets in his first four games for the club.[11] Baxter went on to make 17 appearances in total for the club.[10]

On 21 June 2017, Baxter joined fellow National League side Woking on a season-long loan.[12] On the opening day of the campaign, Baxter went on to make his Woking debut as they recorded a 2–1 home victory over Gateshead.[10] Baxter went on to make 48 appearances in total for the club.[10] During the 2017–18 season, Baxter played more minutes (4320) than any other Chelsea loanee.[4]

On 26 June 2018, Baxter agreed to join League Two side Yeovil Town on a season-long loan.[13] Baxter made his Football League debut in their opening day of the season, in a 1–0 away defeat against Bury.[3] At Yeovil, he did not concede a goal for 10 hours 12 minutes, and set a club record after keeping 6 consecutive clean sheets in all competitions.[4]

As of 5 November 2018, he was the "only teenage goalkeeper currently in English football's professional ranks to have racked up over 100 appearances in the senior game".[4]

Baxter made 38 appearances for Yeovil during his season with the club, and won 5 awards at the club's end of season awards, all in the 'Player of the Season' and 'Young Player of the Season' categories.[14]

On 19 June 2019, Baxter joined Scottish Premiership side Ross County on a season long loan.[15] He suffered a shoulder injury early in the season before returning to first-team action, and went on to play in 14 games in a row.[16]

On 9 October 2020, Baxter joined Accrington Stanley on loan.[17][18]

On 25 June 2021, he moved on loan to Hull City for the season.[19] Baxter made his league debut on 6 November 2021, in a 2–0 victory over Barnsley at Oakwell and was later selected in the Championship's team of the week following an impressing showing on his first league start.[20] He went on to make 18 appearances for the club,[21] including 7 clean sheets in his 16 league matches and having the highest save percentage in the Championship at 79.5 percent.[22]

On 4 July 2022, Baxter returned to Hull City for a second season-long loan spell.[23][24]

On 16 June 2023, Chelsea announced that Baxter would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of June.[25] On 19 June 2023, Bolton Wanderers announced the signing of Baxter on a two-year contract from 1 July, being his first permanent move after seven years of loan spells.[26][27] It was reported that he turned down a move to Maccabi Haifa, preferring to sign for Bolton.[28]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 April 2024
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
Chelsea 2016–17[29] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017–18[30] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19[3] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20[31] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21[32] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021–22[21] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23[33] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metropolitan Police (loan) 2016–17[8] Isthmian League 14 0 2 0 — 3[c] 0 19 0
Solihull Moors (loan) 2016–17[10] National League 17 0 — — — 17 0
Woking (loan) 2017–18[10] National League 42 0 6 0 — 0 0 48 0
Yeovil Town (loan) 2018–19[3] League Two 34 0 1 0 1 0 2[d] 0 38 0
Ross County (loan) 2019–20[31] Scottish Premiership 13 0 1 0 0 0 — 14 0
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2020–21[32] League One 16 0 1 0 0 0 2[d] 0 19 0
Hull City (loan) 2021–22[21] Championship 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
Hull City (loan) 2022–23[33] Championship 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Bolton Wanderers 2023–24[34] League One 29 0 4 0 1 0 2[d] 0 36 0
Career total 193 0 16 0 3 0 9 0 221 0
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup and Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup and Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ Two appearances in Alan Turvey Trophy, one in FA Trophy
  4. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Personal life

Baxter was born in London to parents of Jewish descent[35] and has stated that Petr Čech was his inspiration.[4]

Honours

Chelsea Youth

References

  1. ^ "List of players under written contract registered between 01/07/2017 and 31/07/2017" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 63. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e Nizaar Kinsella (5 November 2018). "Meet Nathan Baxter: The record-breaking Petr Cech fan aiming to make it at Chelsea". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Who are Chelsea's FA Youth Cup winning stars?". The Telegraph. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Profile". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Chelsea keeper makes Met Police loan move". Non League Daily. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Profile". Metropolitan Police F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Nathan Baxter: Chelsea goalkeeper joins Solihull Moors on loan". BBC Sport. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Nathan Baxter at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  11. ^ Colin Stoner (13 February 2017). "How Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter is saving his best for Solihull Moors". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Nathan Baxter and Joe Ward: Chelsea goalkeeper and ex-Brighton winger join Woking". BBC Sport. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Chelsea's Nathan Baxter joins Yeovil Town on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  14. ^ "NEWS | Baxter claims awards clean sweep". www.ytfc.net.
  15. ^ "County sign Chelsea goalkeeper on season-long loan". Press and Journal. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Steps Up: Nathan Baxter | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". Chelsea F.C.
  17. ^ "SIGNING: Baxter joins on loan". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk.
  18. ^ "Accrington sign Nottingham & Baxter". BBC Sport.
  19. ^ "Hull sign Chelsea keeper Baxter on loan". BBC Sport. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Chelsea loanee hailed after making impressive Hull City league debut". Hull Daily Mail. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  21. ^ a b c "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  22. ^ Nizaar Kinsella (11 May 2022). "Baxter won't give up on Chelsea No.1 dream after successful Hull City loan spell". goal.com. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Baxter rejoins Hull City". Hull City A.F.C. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  24. ^ "Hull re-sign keeper Baxter on loan from Chelsea". BBC Sport. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Retained list and goodbye to Bakayoko". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  26. ^ "Bolton Wanderers sign Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter". Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  27. ^ "Bolton sign ex-Chelsea goalkeeper Baxter" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  28. ^ [https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/23599508.bolton-wanderers-sign-chelsea-goalkeeper-nathan-baxter/ The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers sign Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter "]
  29. ^ "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  30. ^ "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  31. ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  32. ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  33. ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  34. ^ "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  35. ^ Kinsella, Nizaar (8 June 2023). "Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter to leave on free as Maccabi Haifa submit offers". Yahoo!. Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  36. ^ "Chelsea win the FA Youth Cup for third successive season". The Football Association. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  37. ^ "Paris 1–2 Chelsea: Line-ups". UEFA. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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