Nathan Walker

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.

Walker made his first team debut in the round of 32 Australia Cup defeat to South Melbourne in August 2024.

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.

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Nathan Walker was one of nine Wellington Phoenix players in the New Zealand squad for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

He featured in all three of the Junior All Whites’ group matches and scored in the opener against Chile.

Walker suffered an injury ahead of the tournament and he was unable to feature for the Phoenix in the A-League.