| Tom Glover | |
| Full Name: | Thomas William Glover[1] |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Middlesbrough |
| Clubnumber: | 23 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sutherland Sharks |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Years1: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs2: | → Central Coast Mariners (loan) |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Helsingborg (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs4: | Melbourne City |
| Caps4: | 98 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Middlesbrough |
| Caps5: | 12 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Australia U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2021 |
| Nationalteam2: | Australia U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 4 May 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 2 August 2021 |
Thomas William Glover (born 24 December 1997) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for club 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 | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Central Coast Mariners (loan) | 2017–18 | A-League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Helsingborg (loan) | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Melbourne City | 2019–20 | A-League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | A-League | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | A-League | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | A-League | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 98 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 109 | 0 | |||||
| Middlesbrough | 2023–24 | EFL Championship | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 114 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 0 | |||
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