Nathan Wood (footballer)

Nathan Dean Joshua Wood-Gordon (born 31 May 2002), known professionally as Nathan Wood, is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for League One club Crewe Alexandra, on loan from Middlesbrough.

Nathan Wood
Personal information
Full name Nathan Dean Joshua Wood-Gordon[1]
Date of birth (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002[2]
Place of birth Ingleby Barwick, England[3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Crewe Alexandra
(on loan from Middlesbrough)
Youth career
TIBS
0000–2015 Stockton Town
2015–2018 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Middlesbrough 4 (0)
2021– → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 England U15
2017–2018 England U16 1 (0)
2018- 2019 England U17 8 (0)
2019– England U18 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:40, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:34, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Early life

Wood is the son of former Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough player Dean Gordon.[4] He came from an athletic background, having taken part in various sporting competitions throughout 2014 and 2015.[5][6] Prior to joining the Middlesbrough academy squad in 2015, he played for TIBS and Stockton Town.[7]

He attended Conyers School in Yarm, this led to him featuring in the eleventh episode in the first series of the CBBC educational documentary series Our School in 2014, during this time he was in year 7, his first year in secondary school.[7] During his appearance, Wood was playing for TIBS, with the programme concentrating on his intentions to get selected for his school football team (in which he was successful and resulted in him being appointed as team captain), his need to concentrate on his schoolwork rather than distract himself with his friends talking about football, and to stop "winding girls up", for which he was reproached by the year group manager.[7]

Club career

On 1 July 2018, Wood signed professional terms with Middlesbrough.[3] He would become the club's youngest ever player to make a professional appearance, at 16 years and 72 days, replacing Daniel Ayala in an EFL Cup tie against Notts County on 14 August 2018.[8][9]

On 1 February 2021, Wood joined League One side Crewe Alexandra on loan for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.[10]

International career

Wood has represented England at U15, U16, U17 and U18 level.[2][4][11]

Style of play

Wood is known to be a pacey player and has previously played as a left-midfielder as a result of this.[4] He has clocked in at 13.07 seconds in the 100m when he was just 13 years old.[6]

Career statistics
As of 31 December 2020[12]
Club Season Division League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Middlesbrough 2018–19[13] Championship 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0
2019–20[14] 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2020–21[15] 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
Total 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 10 0
Overall 40006000100

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. "Nathan Wood". mfc.co.uk. Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. "New Intakes Boost Academy". mfc.co.uk. Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  4. "Nathan Wood Has Made Everyone At Boro Take Notice". thenorthernecho.co.uk. The Northern Echo. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  5. "Runners Profile". runbritainrankings.com. Run Britain. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  6. "Nathan Wood-Gordon". thepowerof10.info. thepowerof10. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. "Our School: Series 1 - Episode 11 (School Documentary)". YouTube. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. "Nathan Wood Becomes Boro's Youngest Ever Player". mfc.co.uk. Middlesbrough F.C. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  9. "Middlesbrough 3–3 Notts County". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  10. "Nathan Wood: Crewe Alexandra sign Middlesbrough centre-back on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. "Walker Bags Winner For Young Lions". mfc.co.uk. Middlesbrough F.C. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  12. "Soccerway". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  13. "Games played by Nathan Wood in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  14. "Games played by Nathan Wood in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  15. "N. Wood-Gordon". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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