Tom Glover (footballer)

Tom Glover
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Glover[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Youth career
Sutherland Sharks
2014– Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Central Coast Mariners (loan) 4 (0)
National team
2015– Australia U-20 9 (0)
2017– Australia U-23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas William Glover (born 24 December 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

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 Central Coast 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 was released by the Central Coast on 18 April 2018 after playing 4 Games of the 2017-18 A-League Season.

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "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.
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