Nathan Kenneth Patterson (born 16 October 2001) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Everton and the Scotland national team.

Club career

Rangers

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youth graduate who attended

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in southern

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as a participant in the

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's 'Performance Schools' development programme, Patterson signed a new contract on 21 December 2019, keeping him at the club until 2022. He made his debut on 17 January 2020, in a

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. He made his league debut against

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on 22 August 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute in a 2–0 win. Patterson made his European debut on 10 December 2020, starting in a 2–0 away win against Polish side

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 25 February 2021, in a

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match against

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, scoring 16.6 seconds after coming on as a second half substitute. Patterson played regularly for Rangers during the later part of their 2020–21 title-winning season, deputising for the injured

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, until he was suspended for breaching

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rules.

Everton

On 4 January 2022, Patterson signed for Everton on a five-and-a-half-year deal. The transfer fee was officially undisclosed, though it was believed to have been in the region of £11 million including add-ons.''The Times'
reported
() that the fee was £11 million ''inclusive'' of add-ons. Having been signed by manager Rafa Benitez who was soon sacked, Patterson's Everton career got off to a slow start, initially playing for the under-23s rather than the first team. This trend continued for the entirety of the 2021/2022 Premier League season, with Patterson making no first team appearances in the Premier League despite the club's continued high hopes for the player. These limited opportunities for Patterson were, until April, due to the team wanting to give Patterson the time to adjust to the pace and freneticism of the Premier League before handing him a full debut. However, Patterson was unable to play after from April 10 onwards due to an ankle injury sustained in Everton's final training session before playing West Ham on April 3. This ankle injury required surgery and ruled Patterson out for the remainder of the season. Patterson was named to start in all of Everton's four pre-season games before the commencement of the 2022/23 season. Throughout pre-season, he managed a total of two assists, both coming in the match against Blackpool (

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's 6th minute goal and

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's 64th minute goal). Patterson's positive performances in pre-season earned him the plaudits of both his manager and former footballers alike.

International career

Patterson has represented

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at various youth levels up to under-21s. He was added to the full national squad for the first time in May 2021, ahead of the delayed

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tournament. Patterson made his full international debut in a pre-tournament friendly against

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, came off the bench during the Euros against

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, and made his first start against

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in September of that year during

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. On 12 November 2021, Patterson scored a first international goal when he opened the scoring in a vital 2–0 win away in Moldova before setting up

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for the second. This victory saw Scotland qualify for a World Cup play-off place.

Personal life

In February 2021, Patterson was one of five Rangers players fined by Scottish police "for attending an illegal gathering of 10 people in a flat" in breach of lockdown rules during the

. Patterson and the other players were banned for six games by the SFA for the breach, although part of that sentence was suspended.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Patterson goal.''

Honours

Rangers *

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References

External links

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at the Everton F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, Nathan 2001 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Rangers F.C. players Everton F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Premier League players Scotland men's youth international footballers Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Scotland men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2020 players People educated at Holyrood Secondary School