Nathan Elder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathan John Elder | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Hornchurch, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Tonbridge Angels | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Barns Sports | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Hornchurch | |||
| Barking & East Ham United | |||
| 2003–2004 | Aveley | ||
| 2004–2007 | Billericay Town | 26 | (36) |
| 2007–2008 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Brentford | 44 | (10) |
| 2009–2011 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | (2) |
| 2010 | → AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 18 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Hayes & Yeading United | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Hereford United (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2012 | Hereford United | 12 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Ebbsfleet United | 42 | (15) |
| 2013–2015 | Dover Athletic | 50 | (9) |
| 2014–2015 | → Hayes & Yeading United (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Maidstone United (loan) | ||
| 2015 | → Tonbridge Angels (loan) | ||
| 2015− | Tonbridge Angels | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:57, 25 May 2015 (UTC). | |||
Nathan John Elder (born 5 April 1985 in Hornchurch) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Tonbridge Angels.
Elder first played football while attending Langtons Infant School in his hometown Hornchurch, starting out as a defender. His first club was Sunday league side Barns Sports, before moving up to Isthmian League Division Three side Hornchurch. Moves up through the echelons of the Isthmian League to Barking & East Ham United, Aveley and Billericay Town followed.
Elder joined Brighton & Hove Albion on 1 January 2007, after the "Seagulls" paid his former club Billericay Town £10,000 after being impressed with his talent during a match for Isthmian League Billericay against non-League rivals Worthing.
At Brighton, Elder found first-team opportunities under Dean Wilkins very difficult. During his time there he only started three games, two in League One and one in the Football League Trophy, scoring just twice for the club in total.
On 31 January 2008, Elder joined Brentford for £35,000. He scored an own goal on his debut for Brentford against Mansfield Town after just 15 minutes (though the goal was later credited to Mansfield player Michael Boulding), but scored the winner as Brentford eventually won 3–2. Elder won a 2008–09 League Two championship medal with the Bees, but his season was ended early after suffering a double fracture of the cheekbone, a fractured eye socket, severe trauma to the eyeball and extensive bleeding in and around the eye in a "horror clash" with Rotherham United's Pablo Mills in a match on 7 March 2009. In the days following the incident, Elder had no sight in his left eye and Brentford manager Andy Scott called for justice to be done. On 12 March, it was reported that the FA would be unable to take disciplinary action against Mills. Elder recovered sufficiently to be included in the squad for the final match of the season against Luton Town, but he remained an unused substitute and would not play again for the club. He revealed in April 2009 that the vision in his left eye would never be 100% again.
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