Nathan Baxter (footballer)

Nathan Joseph Baxter (born 8 November 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Accrington Stanley, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.

Nathan Baxter
Baxter playing for Solihull Moors in 2017
Personal information
Full name Nathan Joseph Baxter[1]
Date of birth (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998[2]
Place of birth Westminster, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley
(on loan from Chelsea)
Number 1
Youth career
Cray Wanderers
2006–2016 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– 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– → Accrington Stanley (loan) 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:34, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Born 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 onto appear 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 onto 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]

Career statistics
As of 6 February 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea 2016–17[19] Premier League 0000000000
2017–18[20] Premier League 0000000000
2018–19[3] Premier League 0000000000
2019–20[21] Premier League 0000000000
2020–21[22] Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Metropolitan Police (loan) 2016–17[8] Isthmian League Premier Division 14020—3[lower-alpha 3]0190
Solihull Moors (loan) 2016–17[10] National League 170———170
Woking (loan) 2017–18[10] National League 42060—00480
Yeovil Town (loan) 2018–19[3] League Two 34010102[lower-alpha 4]0380
Ross County (loan) 2019–20[21] Scottish Premiership 1301000—140
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2020–21[22] League One 9010002[lower-alpha 4]0120
Career total 129011010701480
  1. Includes FA Cup and Scottish Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup and Scottish League Cup
  3. Two appearances in Alan Turvey Trophy, one in FA Trophy
  4. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Personal life

Baxter has stated that Petr Čech was his inspiration.[4]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. "Who are Chelsea's FA Youth Cup winning stars?". The Telegraph. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  6. "Profile". Chelsea F.C. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. "Chelsea keeper makes Met Police loan move". Non League Daily. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  8. "Profile". Metropolitan Police F.C. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  9. "Nathan Baxter: Chelsea goalkeeper joins Solihull Moors on loan". BBC Sport. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  10. Nathan Baxter at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  11. Colin Stoner (13 February 2017). "How Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter is saving his best for Solihull Moors". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  12. "Nathan Baxter and Joe Ward: Chelsea goalkeeper and ex-Brighton winger join Woking". BBC Sport. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  13. "Chelsea's Nathan Baxter joins Yeovil Town on season-long loan". BBC Sport. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  14. "NEWS | Baxter claims awards clean sweep". www.ytfc.net.
  15. "County sign Chelsea goalkeeper on season-long loan". Press and Journal. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  16. "Steps Up: Nathan Baxter | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club". ChelseaFC.
  17. "SIGNING: Baxter joins on loan". www.accringtonstanley.co.uk.
  18. "Accrington sign Nottingham & Baxter" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  19. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  20. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  21. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  22. "Games played by Nathan Baxter in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  • Profile at the Yeovil Town F.C. website
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