Tom Glover (soccer)

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Tom Glover
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Glover in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Thomas William Glover [1]
Date of birth (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Sutherland Sharks
2014–2017 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2023–2025 Middlesbrough 19 (0)
International career‡
2016 Australia U20 5 (0)
2017–2021 Australia U23 13 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Men's Association football
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Bronze medal icon.svg 2020 Thailand
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 August 2021

Thomas William Glover (born 24 December 1997) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper.

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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]

On 1 September 2025 he left Middlesbrough after being released [16]

International career

Glover was included in the Australian under-23 squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [17]

In September 2023, Glover was called-up for the first time to the Australia senior national team ahead of a friendly match against Mexico. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 February 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Central Coast Mariners (loan) 2017–18 A-League 4000———40
Helsingborg (loan) 2019 Allsvenskan 0000———00
Melbourne City 2019–20 A-League15000———150
2020–21 A-League270————270
2021–22 A-League27030—60—360
2022–23 A-League29020———310
Total98050—60—1090
Middlesbrough 2023–24 EFL Championship 1201070——200
Career total1140607060001330
  1. ↑ Includes the FA Cup and FFA Cup.
  2. ↑ Includes the EFL Cup.

Honours

Melbourne City

Australia U-23

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 December 2023.
  16. ↑ FC, Middlesbrough (1 September 2025). "Tom Glover Departs The Club". Middlesbrough FC. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  17. ↑ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "Subway Socceroos squad named to face Mexico". Football Australia. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  19. ↑ Tom Glover at Soccerway
  20. ↑ Melbourne City vs. Western Sydney Wanderers (Television production). Australia: Paramount+. 28 April 2023. Event occurs at 2:26:30. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Graham Arnold reveals U-23 squad bound for Bangkok". 30 December 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
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