
Nathan Walker
19 Attacker
Nathan Walker signed a four-year contract with the Wellington Phoenix two weeks into the 2024-25 Isuzu UTE A-League season.
The young winger played for Bucklands Beach AFC, Onehunga Sports, Auckland United and Fencibles United before joining the Phoenix academy at the start of 2024.
Walker scored four goals in 16 matches for the men’s reserves in the 2024 Central League, including a brace in a 3-1 win over Island Bay in May.
He is also a New Zealand age-group international. Walker featured in all three of New Zealand’s group matches at the 2023 FIFA U-17 Men’s World Cup in Indonesia and was a key member of the national team which won the 2024 OFC U-19 Men’s Championship without conceding a goal.
> 2024-25 season
Nathan Walker made his first team debut in the round of 32 Australia Cup defeat to South Melbourne in August.
Walker started the men’s reserves’ first two matches in the 2024 National League Championship and found the back of the net in the 4-0 win over Cashmere Technical.
He was thrust into the Nix starting XI for their A-League season opener against Western United and didn’t look out of place in an unfamiliar wingback role.
Walker featured off the bench in Perth in round two and returned home to sign his first pro contract.
In total he made 23 appearances for the Phoenix in the league, 19 of which were as a substitute.
Walker scored his first A-League goal against Western United in March.
Height
178Weight
70Age
19Born
-23
Games Played
759
Time Played
4
Starts
2
Substitute Off
12
Total Clearances
2
Blocks
4
Interceptions
Tackles
53.3%
Success Rate
Duels
40.6%
Success Rate
Areial Dual
22.2%
Success Rate
Passes
71.9%
Success Rate
210
Total passes
151
Successful passes
9
Passes per 90 mins
Long passes
40%
Success Rate
26.7%
Forward
17.6%
Left
22.9%
Right
32.9%
Backward
37.6%
Opp half
35.7%
Own half
3
Topic
1
Succ. crosses
-
Assists
5
Key Passes
Total Shots
7
Shots on target
5
Goals scored
1
14.29%
Conversion rate
759
Min per goals
-
Left foot goals
1
Right foot goals
-
Headed goals
-
Other
1
Goal inside the box
-
Goal outside the box
0
Direct free kick goals
9
Fouls won
14
Foul conceded
-
Yellow cards
-
Red cards