Tom Soares

Tom Soares

Personal information
Full name	Thomas James Soares
Date of birth	10 July 1986 (1986-07-10)
Place of birth	Reading, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hibernian (on loan from Stoke City)
Number	13
Youth career
2000–2003	Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2008	Crystal Palace	149	(10)
2008–	Stoke City	7	(0)
2009	→ Charlton Athletic (loan)	11	(1)
2009–2010	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	25	(2)
2012–	→ Hibernian (loan)	2	(2)
National team‡
2005–2007	England U21	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:36, 25 February 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2008-02-25

Thomas James "Tom" Soares (born 10 July 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hibernian on loan from Stoke City.

Career

Crystal Palace

Born in Reading, Berkshire, Soares came up through the Crystal Palace academy, playing in central midfield.^{[citation needed]} When he made the Palace first team he was used as a winger.^{[citation needed]} Under the management of Neil Warnock, however, Soares was played in central midfield.^{[citation needed]} His driving runs, combined with his best goalscoring season to date, meant that he was a key performer in the 2007–08 season for Palace.^{[citation needed]}

Stoke City

In August 2008 Soares joined Premier League newcomers Stoke City for a fee of £1.25 million. He made an impressive start, as in his second match for Stoke he won two penalty kicks in a 2–1 win against Tottenham Hotspur at the Britannia Stadium. Soares played a few more matches for Stoke, against Sunderland, Manchester City, Portsmouth and West Bromwich Albion. After playing against Hartlepool United in the FA Cup, however, Soares failed to make a league appearance. He was loaned out to Charlton Athletic for the remainder of the 2008–09 season but failed to help keep them in the Championship. Soares scored one goal for Charlton, on 3 February against Bristol City.

Back at Stoke, he failed to make a Premier League appearance in the 2009–10 season. On 26 November 2009 Soares joined Sheffield Wednesday, initially on a month long loan deal, but he remained there until the end of the season. As at Charlton, Soares was part of a team who were relegated from the Championship.^{[citation needed]} His misery was compounded by it coming at the hands of former club Crystal Palace, who stayed up at Wednesday's expense.^{[citation needed]} Soares has now been relegated three times in his short career.^{[citation needed]} In March 2011, Soares played for Stoke for the first time in almost 18 months, against Cardiff City in the FA Cup. Soares again failed to make a single Premier League appearance for Stoke during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. His last league appearance for Stoke was in December 2008.

On 23 January 2012, Soares joined Scottish Premier League club Hibernian on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season. He scored two goals in a 3–1 win against Kilmarnock on 25 February.

Personal life

His brother Louie is also a footballer, who has represented Barbados.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crystal Palace	2003–04	3	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	3	0
	2004–05	22	0	1	0	3	1	–		0	0	26	1
	2005–06	44	1	1	0	2	0	–		2	0	49	1
	2006–07	37	3	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	37	3
	2007–08	39	6	1	0	0	0	–		2	0	42	6
	2008–09	4	1	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	5	1
	Total	149	11	4	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	162	12
Stoke City	2008–09	7	0	1	0	0	0	–		–		8	0
	2009–10	0	0	0	0	3	0	–		–		3	0
	2010–11	0	0	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	2011–12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–		1	0
	Total	7	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	0
Charlton Athletic (loan)	2008–09	11	1	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	11	1
	Total	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1
Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	2009–10	25	2	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	26	2
	Total	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	2
Hibernian (loan)	2011–12	2	2	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	2	2
	Total	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Career total		194	16	7	0	8	1	1	0	4	0	214	17

Footnotes

A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League play-offs.

External links

• Tom Soares player profile at stokecityfc.com
• Tom Soares career stats at Soccerbase
• Premier League profile for Tom Soares
• BBC profile for Tom Soares