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 | ||
Playing 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 | 10 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | Australia U-20 | 9 | (0) |
2017– | Australia U-23 | 9 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 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]
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.
- "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