Nathan Modest

Nathan Modest

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Daniel Modest
Date of birth	29 September 1991 (1991-09-29) (age 20)
Place of birth	Sheffield, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sheffield F.C
Youth career
2005–2008	Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008–2011	Sheffield Wednesday	4	(0)
2011	→ Darlington (loan)	13	(0)
2011–	Sheffield F.C	-	(-)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:39, 16 January 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Nathan Daniel Modest (born 29 September 1991) is a professional footballer who signed for Sheffield F.C after being released by Sheffield Wednesday. Contrary to reports his surname is pronounced "Modest" however this is sometimes mistakenly pronounced "mow-dest". He is a forward player who graduated through the Wednesday academy and reserve teams, making his first team debut on 20 December 2008, aged 17 years and 82 days. He has played for the England Schoolboy team.

Modest was called up to the Sheffield Wednesday first team squad for the home match against Bristol City on 13 December as the team suffered an injury crisis. He was a non playing substitute for that match but made his full debut a week later on the 20 December in an away match at Cardiff City. Modest was a second half substitute in the home game versus Blackpool on 26 December 2008.

Away from football, he has represented South Yorkshire in Athletics, achieving a time of 12.1 seconds at 100m during competition. He attended Notre Dame High School, Sheffield.

On 14 January 2011 it was announced that Modest was to join Conference side Darlington on loan until the end of the season.^[1]

On 18 October 2011 it was announced that Modest had left Sheffield Wednesday by mutual consent.^[2] On 25 October 2011 Modest signed for local side Sheffield F.C^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.darlington-fc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10339~2266603,00.html
2. ^ Sheffield Wednesday website. "Modest Departs Hillsborough".
3. ^ http://www.sheffieldfc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2530:nathan-modest-signs-from-wednesday&catid=159:sfc-news-2011&Itemid=222.

• Nathan Modest player profile at swfc.co.uk
• Nathan Modest career stats at Soccerbase
• Nathan Modest playing stats at ESPN Soccernet
• Nathan Modest Athletics Data at www.powerof10.info

Persondata
Name	Modest, Nathan Babatunde
Alternative names	Nathan Babatunde Kofi Modest
Short description
Date of birth	29 September 1991
Place of birth	Kampala, Uganda
Date of death
Place of death