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{{Short description|Indian footballer (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nathan Rodrigues
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Nathan Asher Rodrigues
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|02|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Arambol]], [[Goa]], [[India]]
| height = 175 cm
| currentclub = [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Left back]]
| youthyears1 = 2015–2019
| youthclubs1 = [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchil Brothers]]
| youthyears2 = 2019–2023
| youthclubs2 = [[Reliance Foundation Youth Sports|RF Young Champs]]
| youthyears3 = 2023–2024
| youthclubs3 = [[Mumbai City]]
| years1 = 2023–
| clubs1 = [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| caps1 = 20
| goals1 = 3
| club-update = 16:00, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
'''Nathan Asher Rodrigues''' (born 2 February 2004) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Defender (association football)|left back]] for [[Indian Super League]] club [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mumbai City FC’s Nathan Rodrigues named November’s Emerging Player of the Month|url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/mumbai-city-fcs-nathan-rodrigues-named-novembers-emerging-player-of-the-month|access-date=2024-12-05 |website=indiansuperleague.com|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nathan Asher Rodrigues Defender |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/players/profile/59622?type=club |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref>

==Youth career==
Born in [[Arambol]], [[Goa]], Nathan began his career with Goan club [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]'s U-16 team, playing until 2019 before leaving the club to join [[Reliance Foundation Youth Sports|RF Young Champs]] on a free transfer.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/indian-football-who-nathan-rodrigues-mumbai-city-fc-202411|title=Who is Mumbai City FC's new young star Nathan Rodrigues?|website=Khel Now}}</ref>

Nathan was signed to the [[Reliance Foundation Youth Sports|RF Young Champs]] team in 2019 at 15 years old, playing for RFYC in the [[Reliance Foundation Development League]] (RFDL) for four years. Once a midfielder at Churchill, Nathan transitioned into playing in defence with the help of his coaches at RF Young Champs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegoan.net/sports/%EF%BB%BFmumbai-city-sign-goan-defender-nathan-rodrigues-from-rfyc/101187.html|title=Mumbai City sign Goan defender Nathan Rodrigues from RFYC|website=The Goan EveryDay}}</ref>

Speaking about his time at RF Young Champs, Nathan said that he "learnt the importance of working on his own", and the need to work on his strengths and weaknesses to improve as a footballer.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rfyoungchamps.org/news/general/mcfc-rfyc-nathan-rodrigues-discipline/|title=RFYC|website=www.rfyoungchamps.org}}</ref>

Nathan was scouted by [[Mumbai City FC]] from his time playing in the RFDL, and ended up signing his first senior contract with the Islanders in 2023.<ref name="auto1"/>

==Club career==
===Mumbai City===
====2023–24 season====
On 8 July 2023, Nathan signed for retaining [[Indian Super League|ISL]] shield winners [[Mumbai City FC]] on a four-year deal, until the end of the 2026–27 season.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiansuperleague.com/videos/isl-emerging-player-of-the-month---november-2024-nathan-rodrigues-isl-2024-25|title=A November to remember for #NathanRodrigues as he bags the Emerging Player of the Month! 🔥|date=5 December 2024|website=www.indiansuperleague.com}}</ref>
He made his debut for the club in the [[2023 Durand Cup]] against the [[Indian Navy (football team)|Indian Navy Football Team]], coming on as a substitute. He also scored on debut, scoring Mumbai's fourth goal in an eventual 4-0 win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/football/match/indian-navy-mumbai-city-fc/aRubsQkRb#id:11479163|title=Mumbai City FC vs Indian Navy live score, H2H and lineups | Sofascore|website=www.sofascore.com}}</ref>

After the Durand Cup, Nathan initially played in the Mumbai City Under-21 team, where he refined his ball control, defensive reading of the game, and passing accuracy.<ref name="auto2"/> Alongside this, he was also registered by the club in their senior ISL squad.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mumbaicityfc.com/news/mumbai-city-fc-announce-squad-for-2023-24-indian-super-league | title=Mumbai City FC announce squad for 2023-24 Indian Super League }}</ref>

Nathan made no ISL appearances with the senior team in his first season, but was named on the substitutes bench ten times. Most notably, he was named on the bench for the ISL Cup Final against [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant]], with the Islanders winning 3-1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.in/football/lineups/_/gameId/702296|title=Mumbai City 3-1 Mohun Bagan (4 May, 2024) Lineups - ESPN (IN)|website=ESPN}}</ref> As he was registered by the club as part of their ISL squad, he earned a medal for the club's triumph. This was the first senior honour of his career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/nathan-asher-rodrigues/927593/|title=India - N. Rodrigues - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref>

====2024–25 season====
After pre-season abroad, Nathan was once again named in the club's ISL squad.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mumbaicityfc.com/news/mumbai-city-fc-announce-squad-for-2024-25-indian-super-league | title=Mumbai City FC Announce Squad for 2024-25 Indian Super League }}</ref> He made his ISL debut for the club on 2 October 2024, playing from the start in a 0-0 draw at home to [[Bengaluru FC]] at left-back.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.in/football/match/_/gameId/719938/bengaluru-fc-mumbai-city-fc|title=Mumbai City 0-0 Bengaluru (2 Oct, 2024) Final Score - ESPN (IN)|website=ESPN}}</ref>

Nathan's first ISL goal for Mumbai came at home against [[Kerala Blasters]] on 3 November 2024, scoring with a volley into the bottom left corner following a [[Brandon Fernandes]] corner kick. This was Mumbai's third goal of the match, as the Islanders went on to win 4-2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/football-news/isl-2024-25-mumbai-city-fc-vs-kerala-blasters-fc-result-score-report-13831548.html|title=ISL 2024-25: Rodrigues, Karelis and Chhangte on target as Mumbai City FC beat Kerala Blasters 4-2|date=3 November 2024|website=Firstpost}}</ref> He scored again in the club's next match on 9 November away against [[Chennaiyin FC]], this time scoring a header at the back post following a [[Yoell van Nieff]] corner kick.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/isl-2024-25-mumbai-city-draws-1-1-with-chennaiyin-fc-mcfc-v-cfc-indian-super-league-1000th-game/article68849600.ece|title=ISL 2024-25: Mumbai City holds Chennaiyin to a 1-1 draw in 1000th match of Indian Super League|first=Aneesh|last=Dey|date=9 November 2024|website=Sportstar}}</ref>

Due to his performance in November 2024, Nathan was adjudged to be the [[Indian Super League|ISL]] Emerging Player of the Month.<ref name="auto"/>

Nathan got his first assist for the club away against [[East Bengal FC]] on 30 December 2024. After coming on as a late substitute, with three minutes to go in the match, he played a long pass from his own half to Greek forward [[Nikos Karelis]], who broke free to score the winning goal and his second goal of the match, which ended 3-2 to Mumbai City.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mumbaicityfc.com/news/match-report-east-bengal-fc-vs-mumbai-city-fc | title=Match Report : East Bengal FC 2-3 Mumbai City }}</ref>

On 1 March 2025, Nathan scored his third goal for the club at home against [[Mohun Bagan]].
After coming on in the 87th minute with the club 2-1 down, Nathan scored the equalizer in the 89th minute from a rebound, securing a 2-2 draw for the Islanders.<ref>https://www.espn.in/football/match/_/gameId/722531/mohun-bagan-super-giant-mumbai-city-fc</ref><ref>https://www.mumbaicityfc.com/news/match-report-mumbai-city-fc-2-2-mohun-bagan-sg</ref>

== Career statistics ==
=== Club ===
{{updated|1 March 2025}}<ref>{{soccerway|nathan-asher-rodrigues/927593|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Durand Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
|[[2023–24 Mumbai City FC season|2023–24]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian Super League]]
|0||0||4||0||1||1||0||0||5||1
|-
|[[2024–25 Mumbai City FC season|2024–25]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Indian Super League]]
|20||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||20||3
|-
! colspan="2" |Mumbai City total
!20!!3!!4!!0!!1!!1!!0!!0!!25!!4
|}

== Honours ==

'''Mumbai City FC'''
* [[Indian Super League]] Cup winner: [[2023–24 Indian Super League|2023–24]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2004 births]]
[[Category:Indian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Mumbai City FC players]]
[[Category:Men's association football full-backs]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]

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