Tom Glover (soccer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas William Glover[1] | ||
Date of birth | 24 December 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Melbourne City | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sutherland Sharks | |||
2014–2017 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Central Coast Mariners (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2019 | → Helsingborg (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2019– | Melbourne City | 10 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Australia U-20 | 9 | (0) |
2017– | Australia U-23 | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020 |
Thomas William Glover (born 24 December 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League side Melbourne City.
Early life
Born in Sydney, Glover attended Menai High School in the Sutherland suburb of the city and previously played for the Sutherland Sharks youth teams. He was also a keen basketball player at school.[2] In 2014, Glover moved to London to join Tottenham Hotspur.
Playing career
Tottenham Hotspur
Glover joined Tottenham's Academy full-time in the summer of 2014, he started 16 times for the Under-18s in the 2014/15 season and impressively produced a string of penalty saves throughout the season. He stepped up to make his Under-21s debut in a 2–1 defeat at Liverpool in October, 2014, and played twice in Tottenham's run to the FA Youth Cup semi-finals.
In 2015–16, he made 11 league appearances for the Under-21s, in addition to four appearances in the Premier League Under-21 International Cup. As a result of many impressive performances he signed a new contract with the Club in December, 2015, and was also part of the first team squad on matchdays on a handful of occasions, serving as back-up to Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm.[2]
On 26 July 2017, Glover joined Central Coast Mariners on a season-long loan.[3] He then went on to make his senior debut for the Mariners on 7 October 2017 in round one of the 2017–18 A-League season, a loss to Newcastle Jets in the F3 Derby.[4]
Glover had a trial spell with Scottish Premiership club Hibernian in January 2019.[5]
In April 2019, Glover was loaned to Helsingborg for a few months.[6]
At the end of the 2018–19 season Glover was released from his contract.[7]
Melbourne City
Glover returned to Australia and was signed by Melbourne City.[8] He made his debut in a win over Newcastle Jets in December 2019.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 15 March 2020
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018–19 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Central Coast Mariners (loan) | 2017–18 | A-League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Helsingborg (loan) | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Melbourne City | 2019–20 | A-League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Career total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Thomas Glover - Official Player Profile, News, Stats, Video - tottenhamhotspur.com". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Tottenham youngster Tom Glover joins Central Coast on one-year loan". espn.co.uk. ESPN. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ May, Brayden (7 October 2017). "Player Ratings: Central Coast Mariners 1 Newcastle Jets 5 – An attacking quartet to fear". Daily Football Show. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ Hardie, David (11 January 2019). "Al-Wasl 0, Hibs 1: Florian Kamberi on target but Ryan Gauld denied debut in Dubai". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Tottenham loan Tom Glover to Helsingborgs". BeSoccer. 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ Windom, Jacob (6 August 2019). "Signing news: City swoop for ex-Tottenham youth Glover". A League. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ Encarnacion, Matt (16 December 2019). "Former Spurs keeper holds AL keys to City". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
External links
- Tom Glover at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Australian soccer players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Australia under-20 international soccer players
- Central Coast Mariners FC players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- Melbourne City FC players
- A-League players
- Australia youth international soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England