| Nathan Young-Coombes | |
| Full Name: | Nathan Jay Young-Coombes[1] |
| Birth Date: | 2003 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Sutton, England[2] |
| Height: | 1.75m[3] |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Crystal Palace |
| Youthyears2: | 2017–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Chelsea |
| Youthyears3: | 2019–2021 |
| Youthclubs3: | Rangers |
| Youthyears4: | 2021–2022 |
| Youthclubs4: | Brentford |
| Years1: | 2022–2024 |
| Clubs1: | Brentford |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs2: | → AFC Wimbledon (loan) |
| Caps2: | 11 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | 21:27, 30 June 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam1: | England U15 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U16 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalteam3: | England U17 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 1 |
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.
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 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]
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. He transferred for an undisclosed fee, with the contract effective 1 July 2021. 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] 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. 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.[12] [13]
On 29 July 2022, Young-Coombes joined League Two club AFC Wimbledon on a season-long loan.[14] During an injury-affected spell that was ended early on 20 January 2023,[15] [16] [17] he made 13 appearances and scored three goals. Young-Coombes returned to match play with the B team on 20 March 2023.[18] 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.
Young-Coombes made a second-half substitute appearance during Brentford's opening 2023–24 first team pre-season friendly.[19] 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.[20] Young-Coombes was released when his contract expired at the end of the 2023–24 season.[21]
Young-Coombes was capped by England at U15, U16 and U17 level.[22]
Young-Coombes attended Woodcote High School and Strathallan School.[23]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Rangers U20 | 2019–20 | ― | 4[24] | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| Brentford | 2021–22 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ― | 1 | 0 | ||
| AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 2022–23 | League Two | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[25] | 0 | 13 | 3 | |
| Career total | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 4 | |||
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