Nathan Young-Coombes Explained

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.

Club career

Early years

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]

Brentford

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]

International career

Young-Coombes was capped by England at U15, U16 and U17 level.[22]

Personal life

Young-Coombes attended Woodcote High School and Strathallan School.[23]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers U202019–204[24] 141
Brentford2021–22Premier League10000010
AFC Wimbledon (loan)2022–23League Two11300101[25] 0133
Career total123001051184
  1. Web site: 2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed . 10 September 2021 . www.premierleague.com . en.
  2. Web site: Brentford – 2021/2022 . 26 December 2021 . FootballSquads.
  3. Web site: Nathan Young-Coombes . 26 December 2021 . 11v11.com.
  4. Web site: Nathan Takes EA Sports Award . 9 June 2021 . www.cpfc.co.uk . en-gb.
  5. Web site: Butcher . Will . 1 February 2019 . Rangers fans delighted as club raid Chelsea for Nathan Young-Coombes . 9 June 2021 . HITC . en-GB.
  6. 1091267445892046850 . RFC_Youth . @RFC_Youth have signed England youth internationalist Nathan Young-Coombes from @ChelseaFC until 2021, subject to international clearance..
  7. Web site: Rangers kids showed their class to win Al Kass Cup, says striker Nathan Young-Coombes . 9 June 2021 . HeraldScotland . en.
  8. Web site: Celtic 2–3 Rangers: Light Blues kids win Scottish Youth Cup at Hampden . 9 June 2021 . HeraldScotland . en.
  9. Web site: Nathan Young-Coombes joins Brentford B from Rangers . 9 June 2021 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  10. Web site: Academy Wish Departing Players Well For Next Step . 9 June 2021 . www.rangers.co.uk . en-gb.
  11. Web site: FC Cartagena B 0 Brentford B 14 . 21 April 2022 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  12. Web site: Match Report: Brentford B win London Senior Cup on penalties . 26 April 2022 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  13. Web site: Nathan Young-Coombes: "I would say it's our achievement together" . 20 May 2022 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  14. Web site: Young-Coombes heads to AFC Wimbledon on loan . 29 July 2022 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  15. Web site: Thorpe . Chris . NYC and the training ground buzz . 5 December 2022 . www.afcwimbledon.co.uk . en-gb.
  16. Web site: Young-Coombes recalled from AFC Wimbledon loan . 20 January 2023 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  17. Web site: Nathan Young-Coombes on Luton test . 12 April 2023 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  18. Web site: Hendon 3 Brentford B 1 . 21 March 2023 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  19. Web site: Highlights, report and reaction: Boreham Wood 1 Brentford 1 . 5 August 2023 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  20. Web site: Reading U21s 2 Brentford B 1 . 23 February 2024 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  21. Web site: Brentford academy confirm summer departures and extensions . 1 June 2024 . www.brentfordfc.com . en-gb.
  22. Web site: Cusick . Aiden . 11 February 2019 . Rangers fans rave about Ibrox U17s' striker Nathan Young-Coombes . 9 June 2021 . HITC . en-GB.
  23. Web site: Rangers striker to takeover Strathallan School's Instagram account . 9 June 2021 . Strathallan School Leading Scottish Boarding School . en.
  24. Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  25. Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Brentford B

Individual