Tom Glover (soccer)

Thomas William Glover (born 24 December 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League side Melbourne City.

Tom Glover
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Glover[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club 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 15 (0)
National team‡
2016 Australia U-20 5 (0)
2017– Australia U-23 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

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]

Central Coast Mariners

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]

Helsingborg

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]

Glover made his first A-League Grand Final in 2020 where City lost 1–0 to Sydney FC in extra time. At the start of September 2020, Glover won the July/August Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 30 August 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Domestic Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2017–18 Premier League 000000000000
2018–19 000000000000
Total 000000000000
Central Coast Mariners (loan) 2017–18 A-League 4000—000040
Helsingborg (loan) 2019 Allsvenskan 0000—000000
Melbourne City 2019–20 A-League 15000—0000150
Career total19000000000190

Notes

  1. Includes the FA Cup and FFA Cup
  2. Includes the EFL Cup

International
As of match played 17 November 2020[12]
Team Year Competitive Friendly Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Australia U20 2016 5 0 0 0 5 0
Australia U23 2017 1 0 2 0 3 0
2019 2 0 2 0 4 0
2020 6 0 2 0 8 0
Total 9 0 6 0 15 0
Career total 14 0 6 0 20 0

References
  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. "Thomas Glover - Official Player Profile, News, Stats, Video - tottenhamhotspur.com". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  3. "Tottenham youngster Tom Glover joins Central Coast on one-year loan". espn.co.uk. ESPN. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "Tottenham loan Tom Glover to Helsingborgs". BeSoccer. 3 April 2019.
  7. "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. Windom, Jacob (6 August 2019). "Signing news: City swoop for ex-Tottenham youth Glover". A League. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  9. Encarnacion, Matt (16 December 2019). "Former Spurs keeper holds AL keys to City". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  10. Comito, Matthew (2 September 2020). "Tom Glover named July/August Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year". A-League. Football Federation Australia.
  11. "T. Glover – Soccerway". Soccerway.
  12. "Olyroos (U23) Games". ozfootball.net.
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