Tom Glover
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Glover[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 26)
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 U-20 5 (0)
2017–2021 Australia U-23 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

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

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.

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.[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 December 17 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[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 Premier League 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 A-League 27 0 — — — 0 0 27 0
2021–22 A-League 27 0 — — — 0 0 27 0
2022–23 A-League 8 0 — — — 0 0 8 0
Total 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 0
Career total 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 0

Notes

  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.

External links

Middlesbrough F.C. – current squad
Australia men's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics
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