Nathan Ellington

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Nathan Ellington
Personal information
Full name Nathan Levi Fontaine Ellington[1]
Date of birth (1981-07-02) 2 July 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Bradford, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Egerton (player-assistant manager)
Youth career
Tooting & Mitcham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Walton & Hersham 20 (9)
1999–2002 Bristol Rovers 116 (35)
2002–2005 Wigan Athletic 134 (59)
2005–2007 West Bromwich Albion 68 (15)
2007–2011 Watford 51 (5)
2008–2009 → Derby County (loan) 27 (3)
2010 →
Skoda Xanthi
(loan)		 19 (6)
2011 → Preston North End (loan) 18 (2)
2011–2013 Ipswich Town 17 (0)
2012–2013 → Scunthorpe United (loan) 6 (0)
2013 Crewe Alexandra 8 (0)
2013 Southport 3 (0)
2017–2018 Egerton 3 (1)
Total 490 (135)
Managerial career
2018– Egerton (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nathan Levi Fontaine Ellington (born 2 July 1981) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

Ellington started his playing career with non-League side

Cheshire Football League side Egerton
, and in July 2018 was appointed assistant manager.

Playing career

Non-league and Bristol Rovers

Born in

Third Division had beaten a Premier League team in the FA Cup. It was also the second of three hat-tricks scored by Ellington for Rovers, with all three coming within the space of a month. He was named in the PFA Division Three team of the year for 2001–02.[4]

Wigan Athletic

On 28 March 2002—transfer deadline day—Ellington signed for

Football League Championship and formed a formidable partnership with Jason Roberts, with whom he had previously played at Bristol Rovers. Both players were named in the PFA Championship team of the season.[11] Ellington became one of the more desirable properties in English football, and joined West Bromwich Albion on 16 August 2005 for £3,000,001.[12]
With the player unable to agree a new contract with Wigan, Albion used a clause in his existing contract that allowed him to leave for any fee over £3 million.

West Bromwich Albion

Ellington made his West Brom (and Premier League) debut in a 4–0 away defeat at Chelsea on 24 August 2005, replacing Jonathan Greening in the second half.[13] He scored twice in a 4–1 League Cup win against Bradford City on 20 September 2005, his first goals for the club.[14] He generally struggled in his first ever season in the Premier League, as his season was damaged by a series of niggling injuries and a shoulder problem,[citation needed] but he still managed to score eight goals. Ellington's first Premiership goals came in the 4–0 win against Everton; he scored a goal in either half by a penalty and a long range shot. He became quite unpopular with the West Brom fans towards the end of the same season because of his complaint of a "bruised toe", and his refusal to have painkilling injections to help him through such a minor complaint.[citation needed] He almost redeemed himself near the end of the season though, when he scored for Albion in the 1–1 draw with Birmingham and almost went on to score the winner as a substitute, hitting the woodwork. In June 2006, West Bromwich Albion rejected an undisclosed offer for Ellington from his former club Wigan Athletic, insisting that the player was "not for sale".[15]

After failing to settle in the area, Ellington submitted a transfer request in the 2007 January transfer window, which was reluctantly accepted by West Bromwich Albion. However, Albion chairman

final
at Wembley.

Ellington's only goal for Albion in 2007–08 came in a 2–0 win away at Peterborough United in the League Cup on 28 August 2007. It proved to be his last game for the club, as he signed for Watford the following day. In all he scored 20 goals in 81 appearances for West Bromwich Albion.

Watford

On 29 August 2007, Ellington joined Watford on a four-year deal. Watford paid a then club record £3.25 million for the striker, a fee that could rise to £4.25 million depending on appearances.[20] He made his Watford debut three days later, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win over Ipswich Town, hitting the post a few minutes after entering the field.[21] Ellington initially found it difficult to command a place in the Watford starting line-up due to the excellent form of Darius Henderson and Marlon King, and his first goal for Watford did not come until he scored in a 1–1 draw against Charlton Athletic on 19 January 2008, and went on to score a further 2 goals in 3 games, but then did not score again until 5 April against Coventry, his last of the season.[22] Ellington made 34 league appearances, 18 of them starts, scoring 4 goals. On 21 December 2009, Ellington signed for Greek side Xanthi FC on loan for the rest of the year.[23] Having played in Greece for the whole of 2010, he returned to Watford in January 2011, but is unlikely to feature in their games.[24]

He trained with Preston North End in January 2011, scoring two goals in a reserve team fixture on 11 January 2011.[25] He signed for Preston on 13 January 2011 on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season.[26] He will then be out of contract.

Derby County (loan)

Brighton and Hove Albion on 4 November and the second in a 2–1 win at home to Leeds United
on 11 November.

Ellington scored a penalty in the ninety-third minute against Stoke City in the quarter-finals of the League Cup on 2 December, which sent Derby into the semi-finals for the first time in 40 years. His final goals in a Derby shirt came against Charlton Athletic on 15 December, scoring a brace to level the game at 2–2. Ellington made only 5 more appearances before the end of the season, just 2 of them coming under new Derby manager Nigel Clough and both of them substitute appearances. Ellington finished joint top-scorer in the 2008–09 League Cup, with 6 goals, but after scoring just 3 league goals in 27 games, Clough decided not to take up the option of signing Ellington, preferring Rob Hulse, Chris Porter and Luke Varney in attack. Ellington subsequently returned to Watford.[29]

Preston North End

Ellington signed for Preston North End on 13 January 2011 on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season.

Leicester City. He scored his first goal in the last minute of the game against Coventry City. His second goal was against Sheffield United when Iain Hume
put him through on goal.

Ipswich Town

Ellington signed a two-year contract for Ipswich Town on a free transfer on 21 June 2011, linking up with manager Paul Jewell for the third time. On 31 January 2013, Ipswich announced they had parted ways with Ellington by mutual consent.[30]

Crewe Alexandra

On 8 March 2013, Ellington signed for Crewe Alexandra until the end of the 2012-13 season after a one-month trial.[31] He left the club in July 2013 after the expiry of his contract.[32]

Southport

On 17 October 2013, Ellington signed on non-contract terms for Conference Premier side Southport. However, after a change in management he was released by the club in December in order to make further additions to their squad.[33]

Free agent

On 18 February 2014, Ellington joined Indonesian club Persija Jakarta on trial but decided to leave once he saw the setup and facilities.[34][35]

By March 2015, Ellington had retired from playing.[36]

Personal life

In 2005, Ellington married a

Bosnian woman, Alma from Tuzla, and after doing research, he converted to Islam and became a Muslim before they married.[37]

In 2011, he set up the Association of Muslim Footballers, whose purpose is to provide a network for Muslim players and families, highlighting the positive Muslim role models within the professional game and working to improve relationships between players of other beliefs. In relation to how

suhoor (the early pre-dawn breakfast) which then helps. The only difference is afterwards when the rest of the players go off [to eat] and you have to hang on for a while longer, until the iftar meal at sunset."[38]

In 2008 he visited his wife's country of origin and expressed interest in playing for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.[39] He is nicknamed The Duke after legendary jazz musician Duke Ellington.[40] Ellington is from a sporting family; his cousin Lee Ellington is also a footballer.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[32]
Club Season League FA Cup
League Cup
 Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Walton & Hersham 1998–99[41][42]
Isthmian League
Premier Division 		20 9 3 0 — 8[a] 4 31 13
Bristol Rovers 1998–99 Second Division 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1999–00 Second Division 37 4 1 0 1 0 2[b] 0 41 4
2000–01 Second Division 42 15 1 0 5 2 3[b] 1 51 18
2001–02 Third Division 27 15 5 4 2 0 2[b] 2 36 21
Total 116 35 7 4 8 2 7 3 138 44
Wigan Athletic 2001–02 Second Division 3 2 — — — 3 2
2002–03 Second Division 42 15 3 2 5 5 1[b] 0 51 22
2003–04 First Division 44 18 1 0 2 1 — 47 19
2004–05
Championship
 45 24 0 0 0 0 — 45 24
Total 134 59 4 2 7 6 1 0 146 67
West Bromwich Albion 2005–06 Premier League 31 5 2 0 2 3 — 35 8
2006–07 Championship 34 10 2 0 2 1 3[c] 0 41 11
2007–08 Championship 3 0 0 0 2 1 — 5 1
Total 68 15 4 0 6 5 3 0 81 20
Watford 2007–08 Championship 34 4 2 0 — 2[c] 0 38 4
2008–09 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2009–10 Championship 17 1 0 0 1 0 — 18 1
2010–11 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 51 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 56 5
Derby County (loan) 2008–09 Championship 27 3 1 0 4 6 — 32 9
Preston North End (loan) 2010–11 Championship 18 2 0 0 0 0 — 18 2
Ipswich Town 2011–12 Championship 15 0 1 0 1 0 — 17 0
2012–13 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 17 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 0
Scunthorpe United (loan) 2012–13
League One
 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Crewe Alexandra 2012–13 League One 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Southport 2013–14[43] Conference Premier 3 0 2 1 — 1[d] 1 6 2
Career total 468 128 24 7 27 19 22 8 541 162
  1. Isthmian League Cup; one appearance in Southern Combination Cup
  2. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Championship play-offs
  4. ^ Appearance in FA Trophy

Honours

Wigan Athletic

Individual

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