{{Short description|English footballer (born 2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Nathan Butler-Oyedeji |image = |full_name = Nathan Jerome Chatoyer Butler-Oyedeji<ref name="SW">{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/nathan-butler-oyedeji/586299/|title=England - N. Butler-Oyedeji - Profile with news, career statistics and history|website=Soccerway}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|1|4|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/nathan-butler-oyedeji-271668/ |title=Nathan Butler-Oyedeji |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref> |birth_place = Waltham Forest, England |height = 1.77 m<ref name="SW"/> |position = Striker |currentclub = Lausanne-Sport |clubnumber = 11 |youthyears1 = 2011–2022 |youthclubs1 = Arsenal |years1 = 2022–2025 |clubs1 = Arsenal |caps1 = 1 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2023 |clubs2 = → Accrington Stanley (loan) |caps2 = 11 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2023–2024 |clubs3 = → Cheltenham Town (loan) |caps3 = 13 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2025– |clubs4 = Lausanne-Sport |caps4 = 33 |goals4 = 4 |club-update = 26 May 2026 }} '''Nathan Jerome Chatoyer Butler-Oyedeji''' (born 4 January 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League side Lausanne-Sport.
==Career== Born in London, Butler-Oyedeji joined Arsenal at the age of 8,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/academy/players/nathan-butler-oyedeji|title=Nathan Butler-Oyedeji|website=www.arsenal.com}}</ref> turning professional in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/butler-oyedeji-arsenal-hand-nigerian-youngster-first-pro-contract/hwuhilia8jfg1om8pv7wmbpn9|title=Butler-Oyedeji: Arsenal hand Nigerian youngster first professional contract | Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}</ref> He spent time training with the Arsenal first team,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/10/30/arsenal-nathan-butler-oyedeji-training/|title='Explosive' teen Nathan Butler-Oyedeji spotted in Arsenal first-team training|first=Olly|last=Dawes|date=30 October 2022|website=HITC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/11/28/arsenal-nathan-butler-oyedeji-youth/|title=Arsenal coaches impressed with Nathan Butler-Oyedeji's development|first=Olly|last=Dawes|date=28 November 2022|website=HITC}}</ref> before moving on loan to Accrington Stanley in January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64478100|title=Accrington sign Butler-Oyedeji from Arsenal|work=BBC Sport |date=31 January 2023 }}</ref>
On 1 September 2023, he signed with EFL League One club Cheltenham Town on a season-long loan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66688686|title=Cheltenham sign Arsenal, WBA and Blues youngsters|work=BBC Sport |date=September 2023 }}</ref>
He made his senior debut for Arsenal on 22 January 2025, replacing Gabriel Martinelli as a late substitute in a 3–0 win over Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Champions League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/former-cheltenham-town-loanee-nathan-9887244|title=Former Robins loanee makes Arsenal debut|first=Jon|last=Palmer|date=23 January 2025|website=Gloucestershire Live}}</ref> Butler-Oyedeji made his Premier League debut on 20 April 2025, coming off the bench in a 4–0 win away to Ipswich Town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_news.php?nid=55374|title=From Hale End to the Premier League: Butler-Oyedeji makes debut for Arsenal in 4-0 rout of Ipswich | All Nigeria Soccer|website=www.allnigeriasoccer.com}}</ref>
Provided limited playing opportunities, he was released by Arsenal at the end of their 2024–25 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/contract-updates-20-players-depart-summer |title=Contract updates: 20 players to depart this summer |date=4 June 2025 |website=arsenal.com |access-date=4 June 2025}}</ref>
On 2 July 2025, he signed for Lausanne-Sport on a three-year contract with the Swiss club.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/nathan-butler-oyedeji-est-lausannois/ |title=nathan-butler-oyedeji-est-lausannois |date=4 June 2025 |website=lausanne-sport.ch/ |access-date=2 July 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Butler-Oyedeji is of Nigerian descent through his father, and Vincentian descent through his mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/young-gun-nathan-butler-oyedeji|title=Young Gun: Nathan Butler-Oyedeji|date=1 October 2024|website=Young Gun: Nathan Butler-Oyedeji}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Updated|2 October 2025}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Arsenal |2022–23<ref name = "2022-23">{{soccerbase season|125664|2022|access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> |Premier League |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2023–24<ref name = "2023-24">{{soccerbase season|125664|2023|access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> |Premier League |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2024–25<ref>{{soccerbase season|125664|2024|access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> |Premier League |1||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|Appearance in UEFA Champions League}}||0||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!2!!0 |- |Accrington Stanley (loan) |2022–23<ref name = "2022-23"/> |League One |11||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||11||0 |- |Cheltenham Town (loan) |2023–24<ref name = "2023-24"/> |League One |13||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||14||0 |- |Lausanne-Sport |2025–26<ref name="SW"/> |Swiss Super League |7||0||1||0||0||0||7{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}}||1||15||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !32!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!8!!1!!42!!1 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{FC Lausanne-Sport squad}}
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