Dom Thomas

Dominic Thomas (born 14 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Dunfermline Athletic. Thomas, who started his professional career with Motherwell, has also played for Kilmarnock and has been on loan over two spells at both Queen of the South and Dumbarton.

Dom Thomas
Personal information
Full name Dominic Thomas
Date of birth (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Dunfermline Athletic
Number 23
Youth career
Celtic
2010–2015 Motherwell
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Motherwell 33 (0)
2016–2017 → Queen of the South (loan) 17 (3)
2017–2020 Kilmarnock 29 (1)
2018 → Queen of the South (loan) 14 (2)
2018–2019 → Dumbarton (loan) 12 (4)
2019 → Dumbarton (loan) 14 (10)
2020 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 7 (1)
2020– Dunfermline Athletic 12 (1)
National team‡
2017 Scotland U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:25, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019

Club career

Motherwell

Thomas was a product of Celtic's academy until 2010 and then transferred to the Fir Park club.[1]

On 20 December 2014, Thomas made his debut for Motherwell as a substitute in a narrow away win versus St Mirren.[2] Thomas signed a new contract with the Steelmen on 6 March 2015 to keep him at the club until 2018.[3]

Although by now established in the senior squad, at the end of the 2015–16 season Thomas returned to the Motherwell Development team to help them win the Scottish Youth Cup for the first time.[4]

Queen of the South (first loan spell)

On 1 January 2017, Thomas was loaned to Queen of the South for the second half of the 2016–17 season.[5][6] Thomas debuted for the club on 7 January 2017, in a 3–0 away win at St Mirren.[7] The following weekend, Thomas scored his first and the Doonhamers' third goal in a 3–3 draw versus Dundee United at Tannadice.[8] Thomas returned his parent club Motherwell at the end of the season.[9]

2017–18

Thomas requested a transfer from Motherwell during summer of 2017. He was duly released by the Lanarkshire club and signed a three-year contract with Kilmarnock on 12 July 2017.[10]

On 30 January 2018, Thomas returned to Palmerston Park until the end of the 2017-18 season, joining the Doonhamers for a second loan spell.[11]

2018–19: Dumbarton loans

Thomas joined Scottish League One side Dumbarton on loan in September 2018,[12] scoring on his debut in a defeat against Stranraer.[13]

After returning to Kilmarnock in January 2019, and being named in the club's squad for their Scottish Cup tie with Forfar Athletic, Thomas re-joined Dumbarton on loan on deadline day.[14] During his time at the club he was nominated for PFA Scottish League One Players' Player of the Year[15] and won Dumbarton's Young Player of the Year award.[16] In total he made 26 appearances for the Sons, scoring 14 times and was named in the PFA Scotland League One Team of the Year.

2019–20

Thomas played regularly for Kilmarnock in the first part of the season, although mainly as a substitute.[17] He was loaned to Championship club Dunfermline Athletic in January 2020, a day after Killie teammate Greg Kiltie had been recalled from a loan there.[17] Although the 2019–20 was curtailed, Thomas impressed during his brief loan period with the side, and was signed on a permanent two-year deal on 10 July 2020.[18]

International career

In March 2017, Thomas made his first appearance for the Scotland Under-21 side in a friendly against Estonia.[19] He was capped six times at that level.[20]

Personal life

Thomas attended Trinity High School (Rutherglen)[21] and was in the same year group as fellow Celtic youth team player and future Kilmarnock teammate Stuart Findlay.[22]

In 2017 he began operating a youth football training programme based at the sports centre attached to his former school.[21]

Career statistics
As of 7 October 2020[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Motherwell 2013–14[24] Scottish Premiership 0000000000
2014–15[25] 150000000150
2015–16[26] 140102000170
2016–17[27] 4000300070
Total 330105000390
Queen of the South (loan) 2016–17[27] Scottish Championship 17300001[lower-alpha 1]0183
Kilmarnock 2017–18[28] Scottish Premiership 90004200132
2018–19[29] 0000200020
2019–20[30] 20100212[lower-alpha 2]0242
Total 291008320394
Queen of the South (loan) 2017–18[28] Scottish Championship 142000000142
Dumbarton (loan) 2018–19[29] Scottish League One 26140000002614
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2019–20[30] Scottish Championship 7100000071
Dunfermline Athletic 2020–21[31] 0000100010
Total 7100100081
Career total 12621101433014424
  1. Appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

Honours
  • Scottish League One Players' Player of the Year: 2018–19 – nominee[15]
  • Scottish League One Player of the Month: February 2019[32]

References
  1. Mullen, Scott (11 March 2015). "Motherwell colt Dom overcame Celtic height snub to stand tall". The Evening Times. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  2. "St Mirren 0–1 Motherwell". BBC Sport. 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. "Dom Thomas signs new contract". Motherwell F.C. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  4. "Dom Thomas looks to Motherwell future after cup success". The Evening Times. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. "Thomas joins the Doonhamers". Motherwell F.C. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. "Thomas and Thomson To Join". Queen of the South F.C. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  7. Young, Chick (7 January 2017). "St Mirren 0–3 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  8. McLauchlin, Brian (14 January 2017). "Dundee United 3–3 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  9. http://www.qosfc.com/news-3577
  10. "Dom Thomas: Kilmarnock sign midfielder from Motherwell". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  11. "Transfer news". Queen of the South FC. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  12. "Dom Thomas joins Dumbarton on loan until January". Kilmarnock Football Club. 30 September 2018.
  13. Findlay, Alan (6 October 2018). "SONS LOSE TO STRANRAER". Dumbarton Football Club.
  14. Galloway, Andy (31 January 2019). "SIGNING NEWS: THOMAS RETURNS". Dumbarton Football Club.
  15. Galloway, Andy (24 April 2019). "DOM IN FRAME FOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Dumbarton Football Club.
  16. "Sonstust Awards 2018/19". Facebook.com/Sonstrust. 27 April 2019.
  17. "Kilmarnock send Dom Thomas to Dunfermline after Greg Kiltie recall". BBC Sport. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  18. "Dom Thomas moves to Dunfermline is permanent". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  19. "Scotland Under-21 0-0 Estonia Under-21". BBC Sport. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  20. "[Scotland U21 player] Thomas, Dominic". FitbaStatstats. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  21. "Motherwell forward Dom Thomas on his soccer school dream". The Evening Times. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  22. "Trinity High School awards". Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  23. Dom Thomas at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  24. "Games played by Dom Thomas in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  25. "Games played by Dom Thomas in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  26. "Games played by Dom Thomas in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  27. "Games played by Dom Thomas in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  28. "Games played by Dom Thomas in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  29. "Games played by Dom Thomas in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  30. "Games played by Dom Thomas in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  31. "Games played by Dom Thomas in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  32. Findlay, Alan (7 March 2019). "AWARDS AT THE DOUBLE FOR SONS". Dumbarton Football Club.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.