Nathaniel Phillips

Nathaniel Harry Phillips (born 21 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool.[3]

For other people with similar names, see Nathan Phillips.

Nathaniel Phillips
Personal information
Full name Nathaniel Harry Phillips[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-21) 21 March 1997
Place of birth Bolton, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 47
Youth career
0000–2016 Bolton Wanderers
2016–2019 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Liverpool 6 (0)
2019–2020 → VfB Stuttgart (loan) 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:52, 03 February 2021 (UTC)

Career

In 2016 Phillips left Bolton's academy and trained at Huddersfield Town after he secured a scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.[4] Two days before his planned flight to the United States, he joined Liverpool's academy instead.[5][6] In the summer of 2018 Phillips started to train with Liverpool's first team and became a member of Jürgen Klopp's squad[7] but still played for the reserve team. He celebrated the victory in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final at Madrid as an unused squad member of Liverpool.

In 2019, he moved to German second-division club VfB Stuttgart on loan for the season.[8][9] He made his professional debut for Stuttgart in the first round of the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, coming on as a half-time substitute for Holger Badstuber in the away match against 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock.[10] Phillips made his first appearance in the 2019–20 2. Bundesliga on 17 August 2019 against FC St. Pauli.[11] On 27 December 2019, Liverpool announced that Phillips would be recalled from his loan on 1 January 2020 because of a defender injury crisis at his parent club.[12] Twelve days later, after making his first team debut for Liverpool on 5 January 2020 in an FA Cup third round match against Everton, he was loaned back to VfB Stuttgart for the remainder of the 2019-20 season. [13][14]

On 31 October 2020, Phillips made his league debut for the club, starting in Liverpool's 2–1 win over West Ham United.[15][16]

Personal life

Nathaniel is the son of former footballer Jimmy Phillips and played under him in the Bolton Wanderers academy.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 31 January 2021[18]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 2019–20 Premier League 001000000010
2020–21 Premier League 600000000060
Total 601000000070
VfB Stuttgart (loan) 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 19030———220
Career total 25040000000290

Honours
VfB Stuttgart

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. "Team list". VfB Stuttgart. August 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. "Nathaniel Phillips". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. "Phillips turns down U.S. college scholarship for shot with Liverpool". ESPN. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. "How Liverpool youngster came back from the brink to seal dream move to Reds". Liverpool Echo. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. "Bolton Wanderers Youngster Nat Phillips Joins Liverpool". The Lion Of Vienna Suite. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  7. "Liverpool's 'hidden' pre-season star". Daily Mirror. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. "Nathaniel Phillips signs new Liverpool contract and joins Stuttgart on loan". Liverpool FC. 7 August 2019.
  9. "VfB sign Liverpool defender Phillips". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. "Hansa Rostock – VfB Stuttgart 0:1 (DFB-Pokal 2019/2020, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  11. "VfB Stuttgart – FC St. Pauli 2:1". dfb.de. German Football Association. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  12. "Nat Phillips returns from Stuttgart loan". Liverpool FC. 27 December 2019.
  13. "Nathaniel Phillips returns to Stuttgart on loan". Liverpool FC. 13 January 2020.
  14. "Reds were 'sensationally good' - Klopp" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. "Liverpool go top after Jota winner". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  16. "Who is Phillips, Liverpool's man thrown in the deep end?" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. "Decade XI: Remembering those we never saw". 17 December 2019.
  18. "England - N. Phillips - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  19. Sanghera, Mandeep (3 August 2020). "Liverpool signings: Big names or squad men - who should Jurgen Klopp buy?". Retrieved 1 November 2020. Klopp also has 23-year-old Nathaniel Phillips, who helped Stuttgart gain promotion back to the Bundesliga last season
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