Nathan Coe (born 1 June 1984) is an English–Australian

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who currently plays for Australian club Bentleigh Greens.

Club career

The son of former National Soccer League and Australian under 23 goalkeeper Martin Coe, he was educated at the

Anglican Church Grammar School The Anglican Church Grammar School (ACGS), formerly the Church of England Grammar School and commonly referred to as Churchie, is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for boys, located in East Brisbane, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Q ...

. Born in

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and grew up in

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. Coe started his career with

Brisbane Strikers Brisbane Strikers Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1991 as Brisbane United, the club competed in the National Soccer League until the 2003–04 season and was one of tw ...

. He moved to Italian

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club

Inter Milan Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

and later to Dutch side

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...

. Here he won the 2006 Eredivisie. On 31 January 2007 he moved to

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F.C. Copenhagen (FCK). Coe had barely started training at FCK, before he picked up a knee injury, which kept him out until May 2007. His debut for the club came on 15 September 2007 against AC Horsens, while Jesper Christiansen was injured, and here Coe kept a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory. After Coe's debut in 2007, he played for F.C Copenhagen (FCK) in six more games, one of which was a UEFA qualifying match against Cliftonville in 2008. Out of Coe's seven games with F.C Copenhagen, he kept a total of five clean sheets. On 14 March 2009, Coe moved for a season long loan (30 June) to

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

. Örgryte plays in the Swedish top flight division Allsvenskan. In June 2010, he was transferred to

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in an exchange deal which saw SønderjyskEs goalkeeper

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move to

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. On 24 October 2012, Coe returned to Australia to sign with

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in the Hyundai A-League on a three-year deal. He made his debut for the Victory in their Round 4 clash with the

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, a match which the Victory lost 2–1, courtesy of a double from

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. He was released by Melbourne Victory on 23 May 2015.

International career

Coe was called up to the

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team for the first time against

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on 19 November 2007. With

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playing, Coe earned himself a place on the bench. Coe was selected for the national team for an international friendly against Egypt on 17 November 2010, but did not play. He was called up to the national team again for the

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in January 2011, and made his international debut for the "Socceroos" as a second-half substitute in a pre-tournament friendly against the

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. He made two more appearances for his country in friendlies later that year, collecting a total of three senior caps for Australia.

Career statistics

Club

''CS = Clean Sheets'' ¹ - includes A-League final series statistics
² - AFC Champions League statistics are included in season ending during group stages (i.e. ACL 2014 and A-League season 2013–2014 etc.)

International

Honours

* Eredivisie Championship: 2005–06

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* Danish Superliga Championship: 2006–07

* A-League Premiership: 2014–15

References

External links

Melbourne Victory profile
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Football Database profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coe, Nathan 1984 births Living people Soccer players from Brisbane Association football goalkeepers Australian soccer players Australia youth international soccer players Australia under-20 international soccer players Australia international soccer players Brisbane Strikers FC players PSV Eindhoven players F.C. Copenhagen players Örgryte IS players Randers FC players Danish Superliga players Allsvenskan players Australian expatriate soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Sweden 2011 AFC Asian Cup players Australian Institute of Sport soccer players Melbourne Victory FC players People educated at Anglican Church Grammar School