Dan Thomas (footballer)

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Dan Thomas
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-09-01) 1 September 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Poole, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Gosport Borough
Youth career
000?–2009 Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Bournemouth 3 (0)
2011 → Dorchester Town (loan) 10 (0)
2011 → Welling United (loan) 19 (0)
2012 → AFC Totton (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2013 Havant & Waterlooville 11 (0)
2013–2014 Poole Town 22 (0)
2014–2017 Aldershot Town 11 (0)
2017– Gosport Borough 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:27, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

Daniel Anthony Thomas (born 1 September 1991)[1] is a professional English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Gosport Borough.

Career[]

Thomas signed an apprentice contract with AFC Bournemouth in May 2008.[2] He made his debut on 6 October 2009 for Bournemouth in their 2–1 away defeat to Northampton Town in the Football League Trophy Southern Section Second Round.[3] Thomas commented, "I was chuffed to bits when I was told I was going to make my debut...I felt I did ok, but was just so disappointed to be on the losing side".[1] He made his debut in the Football League on 5 December as a second-half substitute, replacing the injured Shwan Jalal, and kept a clean sheet as Bournemouth beat Shrewsbury Town 1–0 in Football League Two.[4] On 4 February 2011, Thomas joined Dorchester Town on loan. He made his debut the next day in a 1–0 win over Weston-Super-Mare. He was recalled from his loan spell on 12 April 2011 after his parent club terminated the contract of the club's second choice goalkeeper Jon Stewart.[5]

On 6 January 2012, Thomas joined Southern Football League Premier Division side AFC Totton on a month's loan. On 16 March 2012, it was announced that Thomas had joined Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville.[6]

Thomas joined Aldershot Town on non-contract terms in August 2014[7] after impressing whilst on trial in pre-season.

Personal life[]

Thomas attended Portchester School, in Bournemouth and Brockenhurst College in Brockenhurst.[8]

He has a two younger brothers, named Joseph and Nick.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Dan Thomas". A.F.C. Bournemouth. 8 October 2009. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  2. ^ Wadley, Ian (14 May 2008). "New intake for coach Joe". Daily Echo. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Northampton 2 – 1 Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  4. ^ Wadley, Ian (5 December 2009). "Battling victory for Cherries". Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Bournemouth recall keeper Dan Thomas from Dorchester". BBC Sport. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Two new Hawks". NonLeagueDaily.com. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Shots Triallists Given Deals". Non League Bets. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  8. ^ Perrett, Neil (16 October 2009). "Cherries: There is no doubting Thomas". Daily Echo. Retrieved 16 October 2009.

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