Tom Glover (soccer)

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Tom Glover
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Glover[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 24)
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 48 (0)
National team‡
2016 Australia U-20 5 (0)
2017–2021 Australia U-23 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 August 2021

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

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 4–0 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 27 June 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Other Total
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 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 15 0
2020–21 27 0 — — — 0 0 27 0
Total 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
Career total 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0

Notes

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

International[]

As of match played 25 January 2020[12]
Team Year Competitive Friendly Total
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 0 0 6 0
Total 9 0 4 0 13 0
Career total 14 0 4 0 18 0

Honours[]

Melbourne City

References[]

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ Tom Glover at Soccerway
  12. ^ "Olyroos (U23) Games". ozfootball.net.

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