Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas William Glover [1] | ||
Date of birth | 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 |
Thomas William Glover (born 24 December 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship side Middlesbrough.
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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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 |
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