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

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who plays as a

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for club

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the . The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greenock Morton in 1994 to celebr ...

Career

In 2018, Shaw was part of the

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

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

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win against

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. On 19 February 2020, Shaw joined

Bamber Bridge Bamber Bridge is a large 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". People who live in Bamber Bri ...

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

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. 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 is a professional association football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in EFL League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1883 as Heaton ...

on loan for one month. On 19 June 2022, Shaw joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Championship. On 24 June 2024, Shaw joined

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club

on a one-year deal.

Career statistics

References

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 Greenock Morton F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub