Zach Abbott
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zach MacFarlane Abbott[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 2006[2] | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2022 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Nottingham Forest | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | England U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022 | England U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | England U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | England U19 | 11 | (1) |
| 2025– | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:28, 31 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Zach MacFarlane Abbott (born 13 May 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Nottingham Forest.
In 2017, Abbott joined Nottingham Forest at the age of eleven.[3] He was a member of the academy team which reached the final of the FA Youth Cup for the first time in the club's history and on 11 May 2022 played the full 90 minutes as they finished runners up to Manchester United at Old Trafford.[4] On 23 August 2022, Abbott debuted for Nottingham Forest during a 3–0 win over Grimsby Town in the EFL Cup.[5][6]
On 27 April 2025, Abbott played in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium which ended in a 2-0 loss to Manchester City, he started the game and played until the 83rd minute before being replaced by Ramón Sosa.[7]