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.
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 | ||
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]
Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Tottenham Hotspur | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Central Coast Mariners (loan) | 2017–18 | A-League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Helsingborg (loan) | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Melbourne City | 2019–20 | A-League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Career total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Notes
International
- As of match played 17 November 2020[12]
Team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
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
- "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- "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.
- Comito, Matthew (2 September 2020). "Tom Glover named July/August Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year". A-League. Football Federation Australia.
- "T. Glover – Soccerway". Soccerway.
- "Olyroos (U23) Games". ozfootball.net.
External links
- Tom Glover at Soccerway