Nathan Joseph Baxter (born 8 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League One club Bolton Wanderers.
 Baxter playing for Solihull Moors in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathan Joseph Baxter[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1998[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 | 43 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:29, 23 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editBorn 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
edit- As of match played 23 October 2024
| 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 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 2024–25[35] | League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 207 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes FA Cup and Scottish Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup and Scottish League Cup
- ^ Two appearances in Alan Turvey Trophy, one in FA Trophy
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- ^ Two appearances in EFL Trophy, three appearances in League One play-offs
Personal life
editBaxter was born in London to parents of Jewish descent[36] and has stated that Petr Čech was his inspiration.[4]
Honours
editChelsea Youth
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Who are Chelsea's FA Youth Cup winning stars?". The Telegraph. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Profile". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Chelsea keeper makes Met Police loan move". Non League Daily. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Profile". Metropolitan Police F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Nathan Baxter: Chelsea goalkeeper joins Solihull Moors on loan". BBC Sport. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Nathan Baxter at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ Colin Stoner (13 February 2017). "How Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter is saving his best for Solihull Moors". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Nathan Baxter and Joe Ward: Chelsea goalkeeper and ex-Brighton winger join Woking". BBC Sport. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Chelsea's Nathan Baxter joins Yeovil Town on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "NEWS | Baxter claims awards clean sweep". www.ytfc.net.
- ^ "County sign Chelsea goalkeeper on season-long loan". Press and Journal. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Steps Up: Nathan Baxter | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". Chelsea F.C.
- ^ "SIGNING: Baxter joins on loan". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk.
- ^ "Accrington sign Nottingham & Baxter". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Hull sign Chelsea keeper Baxter on loan". BBC Sport. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Chelsea loanee hailed after making impressive Hull City league debut". Hull Daily Mail. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Baxter rejoins Hull City". Hull City A.F.C. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Hull re-sign keeper Baxter on loan from Chelsea". BBC Sport. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Retained list and goodbye to Bakayoko". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Bolton Wanderers sign Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter". 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Bolton sign ex-Chelsea goalkeeper Baxter". BBC Sport. 19 June 2023.
- ^ The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers sign Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter "
- ^ "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Kinsella, Nizaar (8 June 2023). "Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter to leave on free as Maccabi Haifa submit offers". Yahoo!. Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Paris 1–2 Chelsea: Line-ups". UEFA. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
External links
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- Profile at the Bolton Wanderers F.C. website