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Nathaniel Clyne
Nathaniel Edwin Clyne (born 5 April 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back, right wing-back, or centre-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace.
A Crystal Palace academy graduate, Clyne made his senior debut in 2008, playing regularly in four Championship seasons, being named Football League Young Player of the Year in 2010 and the club's Player of the Season in 2011 and making 137 appearances. In 2012, he was signed by Premier League side Southampton where he spent three seasons, making over 100 appearances and scored five goals in all competitions.
Clyne was signed by Liverpool in July 2015 for a fee of £12.5 million, starting as Liverpool lost the 2016 League Cup and Europa League finals. Initially an integral starter in the squad, he suffered persistent injury problems and lost his place to youngster Trent Alexander-Arnold before having a brief loan spell with Bournemouth. After making over 100 appearances for Liverpool, he rejoined boyhood club Crystal Palace in 2020, making a further 100 appearances and winning the FA Cup in 2025.
Formerly an international at under-19 and under-21 level, Clyne made his senior international debut for England in November 2014. He was selected for Euro 2016 and made a total of 14 appearances for his country.
Clyne was born in Stockwell, South London, and played for nearby Afewee Academy, before being spotted by Crystal Palace who signed him for their youth academy. He made his Palace debut for the first-team in a 3–0 Championship win against Barnsley at Selhurst Park on 18 October 2008. He signed a three-year professional contract with the club two days later, with the Palace manager at the time Neil Warnock stating that Clyne "has a bright future in the game". His first career goal came on 8 December 2009, when he opened the scoring in a 4–2 win at Reading in the seventh minute. In February 2010 he was offered a move to Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, but rejected it without even entering talks with manager Mick McCarthy.
In the 2010–11 season, Clyne was the youngest player in the Football League to play every single match of that campaign, and won Crystal Palace's Player of the Year award.
On 19 July 2012, Clyne signed a four-year deal with newly promoted Premier League club Southampton. He made his debut on 19 August, in a 3–2 defeat against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium. His first match at St Mary's came six days later in a 0–2 defeat by Wigan Athletic. He scored his first goal for the club on 22 September, in a 4–1 win at home against Aston Villa, set up by Gastón Ramírez with England under-21 coach Stuart Pearce in attendance at St Mary's. His second goal for the club came in the FA Cup third round against Burnley on 4 January 2014, opening an eventual 4–3 home victory with a 25-yard strike past Tom Heaton.
Clyne scored in Southampton's first match of the 2014–15 season, a 2–1 defeat against Liverpool at Anfield on 17 August. He scored his second goal of the campaign on 23 September, with a long-range effort which gave Southampton a 2–1 victory at Arsenal in the League Cup third round. On 24 November, he finished Ryan Bertrand's 81st-minute cross to earn a 1–1 draw away to Aston Villa.
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Nathaniel Clyne
Nathaniel Edwin Clyne (born 5 April 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back, right wing-back, or centre-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace.
A Crystal Palace academy graduate, Clyne made his senior debut in 2008, playing regularly in four Championship seasons, being named Football League Young Player of the Year in 2010 and the club's Player of the Season in 2011 and making 137 appearances. In 2012, he was signed by Premier League side Southampton where he spent three seasons, making over 100 appearances and scored five goals in all competitions.
Clyne was signed by Liverpool in July 2015 for a fee of £12.5 million, starting as Liverpool lost the 2016 League Cup and Europa League finals. Initially an integral starter in the squad, he suffered persistent injury problems and lost his place to youngster Trent Alexander-Arnold before having a brief loan spell with Bournemouth. After making over 100 appearances for Liverpool, he rejoined boyhood club Crystal Palace in 2020, making a further 100 appearances and winning the FA Cup in 2025.
Formerly an international at under-19 and under-21 level, Clyne made his senior international debut for England in November 2014. He was selected for Euro 2016 and made a total of 14 appearances for his country.
Clyne was born in Stockwell, South London, and played for nearby Afewee Academy, before being spotted by Crystal Palace who signed him for their youth academy. He made his Palace debut for the first-team in a 3–0 Championship win against Barnsley at Selhurst Park on 18 October 2008. He signed a three-year professional contract with the club two days later, with the Palace manager at the time Neil Warnock stating that Clyne "has a bright future in the game". His first career goal came on 8 December 2009, when he opened the scoring in a 4–2 win at Reading in the seventh minute. In February 2010 he was offered a move to Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, but rejected it without even entering talks with manager Mick McCarthy.
In the 2010–11 season, Clyne was the youngest player in the Football League to play every single match of that campaign, and won Crystal Palace's Player of the Year award.
On 19 July 2012, Clyne signed a four-year deal with newly promoted Premier League club Southampton. He made his debut on 19 August, in a 3–2 defeat against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium. His first match at St Mary's came six days later in a 0–2 defeat by Wigan Athletic. He scored his first goal for the club on 22 September, in a 4–1 win at home against Aston Villa, set up by Gastón Ramírez with England under-21 coach Stuart Pearce in attendance at St Mary's. His second goal for the club came in the FA Cup third round against Burnley on 4 January 2014, opening an eventual 4–3 home victory with a 25-yard strike past Tom Heaton.
Clyne scored in Southampton's first match of the 2014–15 season, a 2–1 defeat against Liverpool at Anfield on 17 August. He scored his second goal of the campaign on 23 September, with a long-range effort which gave Southampton a 2–1 victory at Arsenal in the League Cup third round. On 24 November, he finished Ryan Bertrand's 81st-minute cross to earn a 1–1 draw away to Aston Villa.