Tom Glover (soccer)

Thomas William Glover (born 24 December 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship side Middlesbrough.

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
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Middlesbrough
Number 23
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)
2019–2023 Melbourne City 98 (0)
2023– Middlesbrough 7 (0)
International career‡
2016 Australia U20 5 (0)
2017–2021 Australia U23 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:37, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 August 2021

Early life

Born in Sydney, Glover attended Menai High School in the Sutherland Shire 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.

Club 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.[3]

Central Coast Mariners

On 26 July 2017, Glover joined Central Coast Mariners on a season-long loan.[4] 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.[5]

Glover had a trial spell with Scottish Premiership club Hibernian in January 2019.[6]

Helsingborg

In April 2019, Glover was loaned to Helsingborg for a few months.[7]

At the end of the 2018–19 season Glover was released from his contract.[8]

Melbourne City

Glover returned to Australia and was signed by Melbourne City.[9] He made his debut in a 4–0 win over Newcastle Jets in December 2019.[10]

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.[11]

On 17 December 2022 at the Melbourne Derby Glover was struck in the head by a metal bucket after Melbourne Victory supporters entered the field of play as part of a planned protest against the APL decision to sell the A-League Grand Final to the Government of New South Wales.[12] Fans of Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory had planned to stage a walkout at the 20 minute mark of the game, but invaded the pitch after Glover threw a flare back towards Victory supporters.[13]

Middlesbrough

On 7 July 2023, Glover returned to England with Championship club Middlesbrough, signing a three-year deal.[14] He made his league debut on 16 December 2023 in a 2–1 win over Swansea City as a 91st minute substitute.[15]

International career

Glover was included in the Australian under-23 squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[16]

In September 2023, Glover was called-up for the first time to the Australia senior national team ahead of a friendly match against Mexico.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 17 December 2022[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 2017–18 Premier League 000000000000
2018–19 Premier League 000000000000
Total 000000000000
Central Coast Mariners (loan) 2017–18 A-League 4000——0040
Helsingborg (loan) 2019 Allsvenskan 0000—000000
Melbourne City 2019–20 A-League 15000——00150
2020–21 A-League 270———00270
2021–22 A-League 270———00270
2022–23 A-League 80———0080
Total 77000000000770
Career total 81000000000810
  1. Includes the FA Cup and FFA Cup.
  2. Includes the EFL Cup.

Honours

Melbourne City

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. "Thomas Glover - Official Player Profile, News, Stats, Video - tottenhamhotspur.com". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  4. "Tottenham youngster Tom Glover joins Central Coast on one-year loan". espn.co.uk. ESPN. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "Tottenham loan Tom Glover to Helsingborgs". BeSoccer. 3 April 2019.
  8. "Player update". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  9. Windom, Jacob (6 August 2019). "Signing news: City swoop for ex-Tottenham youth Glover". A League. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  10. Encarnacion, Matt (16 December 2019). "Former Spurs keeper holds AL keys to City". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  11. Comito, Matthew (2 September 2020). "Tom Glover named July/August Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year". A-League. Football Federation Australia.
  12. "'Melbourne City player injured as spectators invade pitch in A-League Men match, forcing abandonment". ABC News. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  13. "'Absolute disgrace': A-League grand final move slammed as Melbourne fans plan derby walkout". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  14. "Goalkeeper Tom Glover Joins Boro". www.mfc.co.uk. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  15. "Match Review: Swansea City 1 Boro 2". Middlesbrough FC.
  16. "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  17. "Subway Socceroos squad named to face Mexico". Football Australia. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  18. Tom Glover at Soccerway
  19. Melbourne City vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (Television production). Australia: Paramount+. 28 April 2023. Event occurs at 2:26:30. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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