Nathan Byrne
Personal information
Full name Nathan William Byrne[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth St Albans, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position(s) Right-back / Wing back
Team information
Current team
 Charlotte FC
Number 14
Youth career
St Albans City
2008–2010 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2011 → Brentford (loan) 11 (0)
2011–2012 → Bournemouth (loan) 9 (0)
2012–2013 → Crawley Town (loan) 12 (1)
2013 → Swindon Town (loan) 7 (0)
2013–2015 Swindon Town 83 (10)
2015–2016 Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 (2)
2016–2020 Wigan Athletic 127 (2)
2017 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 17 (1)
2020–2022 Derby County 82 (0)
2022– Charlotte FC 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2023

Nathan William Byrne (born 5 June 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays for Charlotte FC. He can play as either a wing back or a right-back.

Byrne began his professional career with Tottenham but never made a first team appearance for the club before leaving to join League One Swindon Town in 2013. After two full seasons with the Robins, during which they reached the 2015 League One play-off final, he was bought by Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers. However, he only remained with the club for a year before moving on to Wigan Athletic.

Career

Tottenham Hotspur

Byrne played for St Albans City as a youth player, before becoming a Tottenham Hotspur player, signing professional forms in June 2010.

In February 2011, he was loaned out to Brentford of League One.[3] He made his senior debut on 26 February, replacing Myles Weston 77 minutes into a 1–0 home win over Bristol Rovers.[4] He won his first start at Griffin Park on 8 March, playing in a 1–0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion.[5] He was singled out for praise for his performance against Brighton by manager Nicky Forster.[6]

On 28 July 2011, English League One club Bournemouth signed Byrne on loan until the end of the season.[7] In a match against Exeter on 17 September 2011 Byrne suffered an ankle injury that would keep him out of action until the new year, he chose to remain at Bournemouth for treatment.[8] On 22 February 2012, Byrne was recalled to Tottenham having made his return from injury in a Spurs XI friendly the day before.[9]

Byrne was signed by Crawley Town on loan on 24 September 2012 till 6 January 2013.[10] He made 14 starts and 1 substitute appearance, scoring once, his first ever league goal, at Carlisle United on 29 September 2012.[11]

Swindon Town (loan and permanent transfer)

On 28 March 2013, Byrne signed for Swindon Town on a loan deal that would see him at the County Ground for the rest of the 2012–13 season.[12]

On 26 April 2013, Nathan agreed to sign for Swindon Town on a free transfer following a successful loan spell at the club from Tottenham Hotspur.[13] During the second leg of the League One playoffs against Brentford, he received a red card during extra time after Swindon equalised late in the first half to make the score 3–3.

Byrne made 43 league appearances during the 2014–15 season and helped Swindon make the play-offs. having contributed 3 goals and 9 assists in the league, he also made the League One team of the year.

During the first leg of the League One play-off semi final against Sheffield United away, he scored the winning goal for Swindon on 93 minutes to make the score 2–1 and carry a one-goal advantage back to the County Ground.

Byrne scored a hat-trick on the opening day of the 2015–16 season in a 4–1 win against Bradford City.[14]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

On 1 September 2015 Byrne joined Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers, signing a three-year contract (with the option of a fourth year) for an undisclosed fee.[15] He made his club debut on 19 September 2015 as a substitute in a goalless draw against Brighton,[16] with his first start coming later that month in a 3–0 win at Fulham.[17] Byrne scored his first goal for the club on 17 December, a late consolation in a 2–3 home loss to Leeds United.[18] His second and final goal for the club also came at Molineux, when he opened the scoring in a 2–1 win over Bristol City on 8 March 2016.[19] What was to be his final appearance for the club came as a late substitute in a 1–1 draw at eventual champions Burnley on 19 March, where his last-minute corner was headed in by Danny Batth.[20]

Wigan Athletic

On 31 August 2016, almost a year after joining Wolves and having not featured under new coach Walter Zenga, Byrne departed to join newly promoted Championship side Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee in a three-year deal.[21]

On 9 January 2017 it was announced that Byrne had joined League 1 side Charlton Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season.[22] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win over Bolton Wanderers on 28 January 2017.[23]

In April 2019 Byrne was subjected to racist tweets.[24]

Derby County

On 10 September 2020 he became a new Derby County player.[25]

Charlotte FC

On 4 August 2022, Byrne signed for Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC on a two-year contract with the option for a further year.[26][27]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 October 2022
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
Brentford (loan) 2010–11[28] League One 11 0 — — 0 0 11 0
Bournemouth (loan) 2011–12[29] League One 9 0 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 12 0
Crawley Town (loan) 2012–13[30] League One 12 1 1 0 1 0 1[a] 0 16 1
Swindon Town (loan) 2012–13[30] League One 7 0 — — 2[b] 0 9 0
Swindon Town 2013–14[31] League One 36 4 1 0 2 0 4[a] 0 43 4
2014–15[32] 42 3 1 0 2 0 4[c] 1 49 4
2015–16[33] 5 3 0 0 1 0 — 6 3
Swindon Town total 90 10 2 0 5 0 10 1 107 11
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2015–16[33] Championship 24 2 0 0 0 0 — 24 2
Wigan Athletic 2016–17[34] Championship 14 0 0 0 0 0 — 14 0
2017–18[35] League One 44 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 51 0
2018–19[36] Championship 30 1 1 0 0 0 — 31 1
2019–20[37] Championship 39 1 0 0 0 0 — 39 1
Wigan Athletic total 127 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 135 2
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2016–17[34] League One 17 1 — — — 17 1
Derby County 2020–21[38] Championship 41 0 0 0 0 0 — 41 0
2021–22[39] Championship 41 0 0 0 0 0 — 41 0
Derby County total 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0
Charlotte FC 2022[40] Major League Soccer 5 0 — — — 5 0
Career total 377 15 11 0 8 0 12 1 408 16
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in the League One play-offs
  3. ^ One appearance in the Football League Trophy and three in the League One play-offs

Honours

Wigan Athletic

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Nathan Byrne". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 542. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ^ "Brentford loan for Nathan". tottenhamhotspur.com. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Brentford 1 – 0 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  5. ^ Fletcher, Paul (8 March 2011). "Brentford 0–1 Brighton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  6. ^ Murtagh, Jacob (10 March 2011). "Byrne wants to stay at Bees". Ealing Gazette. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Bradbury Delight as Nathan Byrne Signs". A.F.C. Bournemouth. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Byrne: It was my decision to stay" (Press release). A.F.C. Bournemouth. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Byrne returns to Tottenham" (Press release). A.F.C. Bournemouth. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  10. ^ "Crawley Town sign Tottenham defender Nathan Byrne on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  11. ^ "Carlisle 0–2 Crawley". BBC Sport. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  12. ^ "MASSIMO, DEAN, NATHAN JOIN SWINDON ON LOAN". tottenhamhotspur.com. Tottenham Hotspur. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Swindon agree deal for Spurs' Byrne". BBC Sport. 26 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Swindon Town 4–1 Bradford City" BBC Sport. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Nathan Byrne: Wolves sign winger from Swindon Town". BBC Sport. 1 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Wolves 0–0 Brighton". BBC Sport. 19 September 2015.
  17. ^ "Fulham 0–3 Wolves". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  18. ^ "Wolves 2–3 Leeds". BBC Sport.
  19. ^ "Wolves 2–1 Bristol City". BBC Sport.
  20. ^ "Burnley 1–1 Wolves". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  21. ^ "Cardiff's Adam Le Fondre and Wolves' Nathan Byrne join Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. 31 August 2016.
  22. ^ "Nathan Byrne: Charlton Athletic sign Wigan winger on loan". BBC Sport. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  23. ^ "Bolton 1–2 Charlton". BBC Sport. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  24. ^ "Arrest as footballer is sent racist tweet". BBC Sport. 8 April 2019.
  25. ^ "NATHAN BYRNE SIGNS FOR DERBY COUNTY" (Press release). Wigan Athletic. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Charlotte FC Signs English Defender Nathan Byrne". www.charlottefootballclub.com. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  27. ^ "Nathan Byrne: Full-back leaves Derby to join MLS side Charlotte FC". BBC Sport. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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  29. ^ "Games played by Nathan Byrne in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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  31. ^ "Games played by Nathan Byrne in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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  36. ^ "Games played by Nathan Byrne in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  37. ^ "Games played by Nathan Byrne in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  38. ^ "Games played by Nathan Byrne in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  39. ^ "Games played by Nathan Byrne in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  40. ^ "Games played by Nathan Byrne in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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  42. ^ "League One Team of the Year: Five Bristol City players selected". BBC Sport. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  43. ^ "PFA League One Team of the Year: Wigan & Blackburn quartets included". BBC Sport. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  44. ^ "2018 EFL Awards: Winners announced". EFL.com. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  45. ^ a b "NATHAN BYRNE SCOOPS THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND PLAYERS' PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS FOR THE 2017–18 SEASON". Retrieved 20 June 2018.

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Charlotte FC – current squad
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