.jpg) Glover in 2025. | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thomas William Glover[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1997-12-24)24 December 1997 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney,New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | RB Omiya Ardija | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Middlesbrough | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | RB Omiya Ardija | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Australia U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Australia U23 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * 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 professionalsoccer player who plays as agoalkeeper.
Born inSydney, Glover attendedMenai High School in theSutherland 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 joinTottenham 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 toHugo Lloris andMichel Vorm.[3]
On 26 July 2017, Glover joinedCentral 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 the2017–18 A-League season, a loss toNewcastle Jets in theF3 Derby.[5]
Glover had a trial spell withScottish Premiership clubHibernian in January 2019.[6]
In April 2019, Glover was loaned toHelsingborg 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 overNewcastle Jets in December 2019.[10]
Glover made his firstA-LeagueGrand Final in2020 where City lost 1–0 toSydney FC in extra time. At the start of September 2020, Glover won the July/August Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year.[11]
On17 December 2022 at theMelbourne Derby Glover was struck in the head by a metal bucket afterMelbourne Victory supporters entered the field of play as part of a planned protest against theAPL decision to sell theA-League Grand Final to theGovernment of New South Wales.[12] Fans ofMelbourne City andMelbourne Victory had planned to stage awalkout 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 withChampionship clubMiddlesbrough, signing a three-year deal.[14] He made his league debut on 16 December 2023 in a 2–1 win overSwansea City as a 91st-minute substitute.[15]
On 1 September 2025 he left Middlesbrough after being released[16]
Glover was included in theAustralian under-23 squad for the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo.[17]
In September 2023, Glover was called-up for the first time to theAustralia senior national team ahead of afriendly match againstMexico.[18]
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
Melbourne City
Australia U-23
