Nat Phillips

Nat Phillips is the kind of footballer I have a soft spot for, the dependable centre-back who answers when the bigger names go down. He emerged from Liverpool's setup and, in that injury-ravaged 2020-21 season, became an unlikely cornerstone of their defense when nobody else was standing. After that, a string of loans (Bournemouth, Celtic, Cardiff, Derby) before his move to West Bromwich Albion. I read that journeyman path not as failure but as the unglamorous reality of squad depth at an elite club. The Bolton-born defender did his job when it counted most, and I respect that quiet usefulness.

Nathaniel Harry "Nat" Phillips (born 21 March 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion. Phillips started his professional career at Liverpool, had two loan spells at VfB Stuttgart, before making his debut for Liverpool in 2020. After his Liverpool debut, he had further loan spells at AFC Bournemouth, Celtic, Cardiff City and Derby County.

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Name (English)

Nat Phillips

Name (Japanese)

ナサニエル・フィリップス

Reading

なさにえる・ふぃりっぷす

Born

March 21, 1997 (age 29)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

Origin

Bolton, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

190 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.