Tom Brewitt

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Tom Brewitt
Personal information
Full name Tom Patrizio Brewitt [1]
Date of birth (1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2007–2017 Liverpool
2017–2018 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 AFC Fylde 16 (0)
2019–2020 Morecambe 22 (1)
2021 Tacoma Defiance 29 (2)
2022 Hartford Athletic 31 (3)
2023–2024 Swindon Town 44 (1)
International career
2012–2013 England U16 5 (1)
2013–2014 England U17 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Tom Patrizio Brewitt (born 11 February 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender.

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Club career

Born in Liverpool, Brewitt played youth football for Liverpool (where he spent 10 years, including serving as captain in the FA Youth Cup) and Middlesbrough. [3] [4]

He signed for AFC Fylde in September 2018, [5] after trialing for Walsall, Kilmarnock, and Málaga, [6] before moving to Morecambe in June 2019. [7] He was released by the club at the end of the 2019–20 season. [8]

In March 2021 he signed for American team Tacoma Defiance. [9] [10]

Brewitt signed with USL Championship side Hartford Athletic on 2 February 2022. [11]

Brewitt signed for Swindon Town on 7 March 2023 on a deal until the end of the season. [12] [13] He was released by the club at the end of the 2023–24 season. [14]

Daniel Cleary incident

In October 2020 Brewitt admitted that when he was a Liverpool youth player he had deliberately injured his teammate Daniel Cleary in training to try and improve his own chances of being picked for the first team. [15] [16]

In 2024, Cleary revealed he was suing both Brewitt and Liverpool for contributing to the "loss of a top-level career", due to resulting further injury and depression. [17]

International career

Brewitt represented England at under-16 and under-17 youth international levels. [18] [19]

Personal life

Brewitt has American citizenship through his mother. [20]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Fylde 2018–19 [2] National League 160003 [lower-alpha 1] 0190
Morecambe 2019–20 [21] League Two 22110202 [lower-alpha 2] 1272
Tacoma Defiance 2021 [2] USL Championship 29200292
Hartford Athletic 2022 [2] USL Championship31320333
Swindon Town 2022–23 [22] League Two120000000120
2023–24 [23] League Two321101000341
Total441101000461
Career total14274030511548
  1. Appearances in the FA Trophy.
  2. Appearances in the EFL Trophy.

Honours

AFC Fylde

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