Nathan Byrne

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

Nathan Byrne
Personal information
Full name Nathan William Byrne[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992
Place of birth St Albans, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Right-back / Wing back
Club information
Current team
 Wigan Athletic
Number 2
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– Wigan Athletic 126 (2)
2017 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 17 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:00, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

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]

Career statistics
As of match played 15:00, 18 July 2020
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[25] League One 110——00110
Bournemouth (loan) 2011–12[26] League One 9000201[lower-alpha 1]0120
Crawley Town (loan) 2012–13[27] League One 12110101[lower-alpha 1]0161
Swindon Town (loan) 2012–13[27] League One 70——2[lower-alpha 2]090
Swindon Town 2013–14[28] League One 36410204[lower-alpha 1]0434
2014–15[29] 42310204[lower-alpha 3]1494
2015–16[30] 530010—63
Swindon Town total 9010205010110711
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2015–16[30] Championship 2420000—242
Wigan Athletic 2016–17[31] Championship 1400000—140
2017–18[32] League One 440700000510
2018–19[33] Championship 3011000—311
2019–20[34] Championship 3810000—381
Wigan Athletic total 12628000001342
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2016–17[31] League One 171———171
Career total 296151108012132115
  1. 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
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  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". A.F.C. Bournemouth. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  9. "Byrne returns to Tottenham". 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.
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  34. "Games played by Nathan Byrne in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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