Nathaniël Will (; born 16 February 1989) is a Dutch

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 lea ...

who plays as a

right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

for

SV Spakenburg Sportvereniging Spakenburg is a association football, football club based in Bunschoten, Bunschoten-Spakenburg, Netherlands, that competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 15 Augu ...

in the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 19 ...

Career

Before joining

NEC is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Inte ...

, he played at

Ajax Ajax may refer to: Greek mythology and tragedy * Ajax the Great, a Greek mythological hero, son of King Telamon and Periboea * Ajax the Lesser, a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris * Ajax (play), ''Ajax'' (play), by the an ...

. In June 2007, Will signed his first professional contract with Ajax. After two seasons, he became captain of

Jong Ajax Jong Ajax (; ), also referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2, is a Dutch association football team. It is based in Amsterdam and competes in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Jong Ajax is the only reserve team to have won a title in Dutch professional foot ...

in the season 2009–10. Will never made an official appearance for Ajax' first team, but did play a few friendly matches. Right before his contract expired he won the Chippi Polar Cup with Ajax' first team. Ajax let Will go after his contract expired 30 June 2010. Former NEC-coach Wiljan Vloet signed Will as NEC's right-back for the 2010–11 season. He signed a two-year contract, with a possible extension of two years. After the 2012–13 season, Will was released by NEC. In August 2017, Will signed a contract until the end of the season with Finnish club

RoPS Rovaniemen Palloseura (RoPS) is a football club founded in 1950 and based in Rovaniemi, Finland. RoPS played in the Finnish Premier Division, (''Veikkausliiga'') for 32 years, from 1981 to 2021. In 2021, RoPS withdrew from professional football ...

. On 8 December 2017,

announced the signing of Will until the end of the 2017–18 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Will, Nathaniel 1989 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers NEC Nijmegen players De Graafschap players Rovaniemen Palloseura players SV Spakenburg players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players Derde Divisie players Veikkausliiga players Footballers from Lelystad Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Finland