Nathan Ellington
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nathan Levi Fontaine Ellington | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Bradford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Droylsden FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tooting & Mitcham United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Walton & Hersham | ||
| 1999–2002 | Bristol Rovers | 116 | (35) |
| 2002–2005 | Wigan Athletic | 134 | (59) |
| 2005–2007 | West Bromwich Albion | 68 | (15) |
| 2007–2010 | Watford | 51 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | → Derby County (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | → Skoda Xanthi (loan) | 31 | (7) |
| 2011 | → Preston North End (loan) | 19 | (2) |
| 2011–2013 | Ipswich Town | 17 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Crewe Alexandra | 8 | (0) |
| 2013 | Southport | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 465 | (126) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nathan Levi Fontaine Ellington (born 2 July 1981) is a retiredEnglish footballer who played as a striker.
Ellington started his playing career with non-League side Tooting & Mitcham United. Having played once for the club, he switched to Walton & Hersham in 1997, and remained there for two years, before signing for Bristol Rovers in February 1999. He played for Bristol Rovers in 116 league games, before switching to Wigan Athletic in March 2002. He made 134 league appearances for Wigan before joining Premier League side West Bromwich Albion in 2005. Although he made 68 league appearances for the club, he struggled to settle in the area, and moved to Watford in 2007. During his time at Watford, he spent three loan spells away from the club; at Derby County during the 2008–2009 season, Skoda Xanthi in 2010, and Preston North End in 2011. Having made 55 league appearances for Watford, he switched to Ipswich Town in June 2011, but once again struggled to break into the first team, and spent the start of the 2012–13 season on loan to Scunthorpe United. Having cancelled his Ipswich contract by mutual consent, he joined Crewe Alexandra in March 2013, and made eight league appearances. He was released in July 2013 after his contract expired. He signed for Southport on October 2013, but was released two months later.
Born in Bradford, West Yorkshire to Ghanaian parents, Ellington began his career with non-League Tooting & Mitcham United, making one first team appearance at 16 years of age. He played regularly for the youth team there, but was frustrated by a lack of first team chances, so he moved to Walton & Hersham, before moving to Bristol Rovers in February 1999 for £150,000. He made his professional debut on 23 February 1999, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jamie Cureton in a 1–0 home defeat to Gillingham. He came off the bench to score his first goal on 6 March 1999, helping his team to a 2–0 win over York City. He found a growing reputation with the side, and his highest point for Rovers was scoring a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Premiership team Derby County in the FA Cup, on 6 January 2002. This was the first time a team from the Third Division had beaten a Premiership 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.
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