.jpg) Clyne withLiverpool in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathaniel Edwin Clyne[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (age 33)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Stockwell, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back[4] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Afewee Academy[5] | |||
| 1999–2008 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2012 | Crystal Palace | 122 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Southampton | 94 | (3) |
| 2015–2020 | Liverpool | 77 | (1) |
| 2019 | →AFC Bournemouth (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2020– | Crystal Palace | 80 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2009–2010 | England U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | England U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | England | 14 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:23, 2 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Nathaniel Edwin Clyne (born 5 April 1991) is an English professionalfootballer who plays as aright-back forPremier League clubCrystal Palace.
Clyne began his career at Crystal Palace, playing regularly in fourChampionship seasons, before a move toSouthampton in 2012, where he spent three seasons in the Premier League and accumulated 104 matches and scored five goals in all competitions. He joinedLiverpool in July 2015 for a fee of £12.5 million. After having amassed 103 appearances and two goals, he left Liverpool in July 2020 as a free agent. Clyne re-joined former club Crystal Palace in October 2020.
Formerly an international atunder-19 andunder-21 level, Clyne made his senior international debut forEngland in November 2014. He was selected forEuro 2016 and made a total of 14 appearances for his country.[6][7]
Clyne was born inStockwell, Greater London,[4] and played for nearby Afewee Academy, before being spotted byCrystal Palace who signed him for their youth academy. He made his Palace debut for the first-team in a 3–0Championship win againstBarnsley atSelhurst Park on 18 October 2008.[8] He signed a three-year professional contract with the club two days later, with the Palace manager at the timeNeil Warnock stating that Clyne "has a bright future in the game".[9] His first career goal came on 8 December 2009, when he opened the scoring in a 4–2 win atReading in the seventh minute.[10] In February 2010 he was offered a move toPremier League clubWolverhampton Wanderers, but rejected it without even entering talks with managerMick McCarthy.[11]
In the 2010–11 season, Clyne was the youngest player in the Football League to play every single match of that campaign,[12] and won Crystal Palace'sPlayer of the Year award.[13]
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On 19 July 2012, Clyne signed a four-year deal with newly promoted Premier League clubSouthampton.[14][15] He made his debut on 19 August, in a 3–2 defeat againstManchester City at theCity of Manchester Stadium.[16] His first match atSt Mary's came six days later in a 0–2 defeat byWigan Athletic.[17] He scored his first goal for the club on 22 September, in a 4–1 win at home againstAston Villa, set up byGastón Ramírez withEngland under-21 coachStuart Pearce in attendance at St Mary's.[18] His second goal for the club came in theFA Cup third round againstBurnley on 4 January 2014, opening an eventual 4–3 home victory with a 25-yard strike pastTom Heaton.[19]
Clyne scored in Southampton's first match of the2014–15 season, a 2–1 defeat againstLiverpool atAnfield on 17 August.[20] He scored his second goal of the campaign on 23 September, with a long-range effort which gave Southampton a 2–1 victory atArsenal in theLeague Cup third round.[21][22] On 24 November, he finishedRyan Bertrand's 81st-minute cross to earn a 1–1 draw away to Aston Villa.[23]
On 1 July 2015, Liverpool confirmed the signing of Clyne from Southampton for £12.5 million on a five-year contract, with his former club, Crystal Palace receiving a payment of £2.5M.[24][25] Clyne made his debut in a Liverpool shirt against the True Thai Premier League All Stars inBangkok on 14 July as part of the club's pre-season tour.[26] He made his competitive debut on 9 August in a 1–0 away win againstStoke City in the first match of the2015–16 Premier League season.[27] On 28 October, Clyne scored his first Liverpool goal in a 1–0League Cup fourth round victory overAFC Bournemouth; the team's first win underJürgen Klopp.[28] His first league goal came on 14 February 2016, in a 6–0 win away to Aston Villa.[29]
In March 2016, in Liverpool's first European matches against rivalsManchester United, Clyne won a penalty thatDaniel Sturridge converted in the first leg,[30] and conceded a penalty scored byAnthony Martial in the second, as Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate in the last 16 of theUEFA Europa League.[31] On 18 May, he played the full 90 minutes in thefinal, a 3–1 loss toSevilla inBasel.[32]
Prior to the2017–18 season, Clyne suffered a back injury expected to rule him out until February 2018.[33] On 31 March 2018, having missed the entire campaign up to this point, he made his first appearance on the team sheet as an unused substitute in Liverpool's 2–1 league victory away to former club Crystal Palace.[34] A week later on 7 April, he made his return, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw againstEverton in aMerseyside derby.[35]
Clyne joined fellow Premier League club Bournemouth on 4 January 2019 onloan for the remainder of the2018–19 season.[36] He made his debut the next day in a 3–1 FA Cup third round defeat at home toBrighton & Hove Albion.[37]
On 20 July 2019, Clyne sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a pre-season friendly againstBorussia Dortmund.[38] On 25 June 2020, after having made no appearances during the 2019–20 season due to continuing injury problems, Liverpool confirmed that his contract would not be renewed and Clyne would leave the club.[39]
After leaving Liverpool, Clyne trained with Crystal Palace in an attempt to regain fitness and was registered as a triallist in order to make appearances for the under-23 team.[40] On 14 October 2020, he joined the club on a short-term contract.[41] He made his debut ten days later in a 2–1 win atFulham.[42] On 25 January 2021, Clyne signed a contract extension to remain at the club until the end of the 2020–21 season.[43]
On 6 August 2021, Clyne signed a new one-year contract with Crystal Palace[44] and in June 2022, he signed a further contract extension keeping him at the club until 2023.[45] In June 2023, Clyne signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him at the club until 2024.[46] On 5 June 2024, the club said the player had signed another year-long extension.[47]
Clyne was born in England and is of Grenadian descent.[48]
On 2 October 2014, Clyne was named in theEngland squad for theUEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers againstSan Marino andEstonia later that month.[49] He was an unused substitute in both matches. Clyne said "My aim, now, is to try to make myself first choice for Euro 2016. That's what I'm going to keep pushing for."[50] On 15 November, he made his full international debut in a home qualifier againstSlovenia, playing the full 90 minutes of a 3–1 victory.[51] Clyne went on to establish himself as first-choice right-back for England, appearing in five of their last six qualifiers.[52]
Clyne has manytattoos, including of London landmarks. These include theHouses of Parliament, theLondon Eye andStockwell tube station, the nearest to his childhood home.[53]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2008–09[54] | Championship | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[55] | Championship | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11[56] | Championship | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 49 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12[57] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 122 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 137 | 1 | |||
| Southampton | 2012–13[58] | Premier League | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |
| 2013–14[59] | Premier League | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15[60] | Premier League | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 41 | 3 | ||
| Total | 94 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 104 | 5 | |||
| Liverpool | 2015–16[61] | Premier League | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14[a] | 0 | 52 | 2 |
| 2016–17[62] | Premier League | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[63] | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[64] | Premier League | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[65] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 77 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 103 | 2 | ||
| AFC Bournemouth (loan) | 2018–19[64] | Premier League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Crystal Palace | 2020–21[66] | Premier League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[67] | Premier League | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[68] | Premier League | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[69] | Premier League | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2024–25[70] | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 96 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 387 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 456 | 8 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 0 | |
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