Nat Phillips

Early career

In 2016, Phillips left Bolton Wanderers' academy and trained at Huddersfield Town after he secured a scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Two days before his planned flight to the United States, he joined Liverpool's academy instead.

Liverpool

In the summer of 2018, Phillips started to train with Liverpool's first team and became a member of Jürgen Klopp's squad while still playing for the reserve team.

VfB Stuttgart loan and Liverpool recall

In 2019, Phillips moved to German second-division club VfB Stuttgart on loan for the season. He made his professional debut for Stuttgart in the first round of the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, coming on as a half-time substitute for Holger Badstuber in the away match against 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock. Phillips made his first appearance in the 2019–20 2. Bundesliga on 17 August 2019 against FC St. Pauli. On 27 December 2019, Liverpool announced that Phillips would be recalled from his loan on 1 January 2020 due to a defender injury crisis at his parent club. Twelve days later, after making his first team debut for Liverpool on 5 January 2020 in an FA Cup third round match against Everton, he was loaned back to VfB Stuttgart for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.

Return to Liverpool

On 31 October 2020, Phillips made his league debut for Liverpool, starting in a 2–1 win over West Ham United. On 10 March 2021, Phillips made his Champions League debut, putting in a man…

As of match played 25 April 2026

Nathaniel Phillips was born on 21 March 1997 in Bolton, Greater Manchester.

Nathaniel is the son of former footballer Jimmy Phillips and played under his management in the Bolton Wanderers academy. Since early 2022, Phillips has been dating Molly Moorish-Gallagher, the daughter of Lisa Moorish and Liam Gallagher. In May 2025, Phillips and Moorish-Gallagher announced that they were expecting their first child. Their son was born in September 2025.