Nathan Paul Broadhead (born 5 April 1998) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for Wigan Athletic on loan from Everton. He has represented Wales at youth international level.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nathan Paul Broadhead[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-04-05) 5 April 1998 (age 24)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Bangor, Wales | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Wigan Athletic (on loan from Everton) | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bangor City | |||
| Wrexham | |||
| 2008–2017 | Everton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Everton | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Burton Albion (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | → Sunderland (loan) | 20 | (10) |
| 2022– | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 14 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | Wales U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Wales U19 | 6 | (5) |
| 2017 | Wales U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Wales U21 | 17 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:30, 28 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:43, 17 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
Broadhead joined Everton at the age of 10 from Wrexham.[4][5] On 6 December 2017, Broadhead was named in Everton's first team squad for the Europa League match away to Apollon Limassol.[6] A day later, he made his first-team debut, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute and flicking on for Nikola Vlašić's goal in a 3–0 win.[7][8]
On 2 August 2019, Broadhead signed a one-year contract extension until 2021, then joined Burton Albion on loan for the 2019–20 season.[9] A day later, he made his Football League debut, coming on as a substitute in Burton's 1–0 loss to Ipswich Town.[10]
He made the bench for the first time in the 2020–21 season in a Premier League match against Southampton on 1 March where Everton went on to win 1–0.[11] Broadhead subsequently made his Premier League debut away against Brighton & Hove Albion on 12 April.[12]
In June 2021, he signed a new two-year deal with Everton.[13] On 16 August 2021, Broadhead joined League One side Sunderland on loan until the end of the season.[14]
On 9 August 2022, he joined Wigan Athletic on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.[15]
Broadhead has represented Wales at various age levels, including playing for Wales U20 at the 2017 Toulon Tournament.[16]
On 19 May 2022, he was called up to the senior Wales squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier play-off final against Ukraine or Scotland on 5 June 2022 and the Nations League Group A matches against Poland, Netherlands, Belgium and the Netherlands again on 1 June, 8 June, 11 June and 14 June 2022 respectively.[17] However he later had to withdraw through injury.[18]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Everton | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Burton Albion (loan) | 2019–20 | League One | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Sunderland (loan) | 2021–22 | League One | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 27 | 13 |
| Career total | 40 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 16 | ||
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