Nathan Edward Shaw (born 22 November 2000) is an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

Career

In 2018, Shaw was part of the

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...

squad that reached the

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semi-finals. In June 2019, Shaw signed a professional contract with the club. On 3 September 2019, Shaw made his debut for Blackpool in a 5–1

EFL Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Le ...

win against

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

. On 19 February 2020, Shaw joined

Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge is an urban village in Lancashire, England, south-east of Preston, in the borough of South Ribble. The name derives from the Old English "bēam" and "brycg", which probably means "tree-trunk bridge". The population was 13,945 at ...

on loan for a month. Shaw scored on his debut for the club, grabbing the third in a 3–0 victory over

F.C. United of Manchester Football Club United of Manchester is a semi-professional football club based in Moston, Manchester, England, that competes in the , the seventh tier of the English football league system, and plays home matches at Broadhurst Park. Found ...

. He would go on to appear in one more match before the season was ended due to the coronavirus pandemic. He went out on another loan, this time to

AFC Fylde AFC Fylde is a professional football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Farm. Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wes ...

, in October 2020. Initially until January, the loan was extended until the end of the 2020–21 season. He returned from the loan on 27 January, after the National League North was placed in suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 8 March 2021, Shaw joined

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side

Stockport County Stockport County Football Club are a professional association football, football club in Stockport, England, who compete in EFL League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, they wer ...

on loan for one month. On 19 June 2022, Shaw joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Championship.

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2000 births Living people Men's association football midfielders English men's footballers Blackpool F.C. players Bamber Bridge F.C. players AFC Fylde players Stockport County F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players National League (English football) players Place of birth missing (living people) English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub