Tom Soares

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Tom Soares
Personal information
Full name Thomas James Soares[1]
Date of birth (1986-07-10) 10 July 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Reading, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bury
Number 19
Youth career
2000–2003 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Crystal Palace 149 (10)
2008–2012 Stoke City 7 (0)
2009 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 11 (1)
2009–2010 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 25 (2)
2012 → Hibernian (loan) 10 (2)
2012– Bury 113 (28)
International career
2005–2007 England U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:02, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Thomas James "Tom" Soares (born 10 July 1986) is an English footballer who plays for Bury.

Career

Crystal Palace

Born in Reading, Berkshire, Soares came up through the Crystal Palace academy, playing in central midfield.[citation needed] When he made the Palace first team he was used as a winger.[citation needed] Under the management of Neil Warnock, however, Soares was played in central midfield.[citation needed] His driving runs, combined with his best goalscoring season to date, meant that he was a key performer in the 2007–08 season for Palace.[citation needed]

Stoke City

In August 2008 Soares joined Premier League newcomers Stoke City for a fee of £1.25 million.[3] He made an impressive start, as in his second match for Stoke he won two penalty kicks in a 2–1 win against Tottenham Hotspur at the Britannia Stadium.[4] Soares played a few more matches for Stoke, against Sunderland, Manchester City, Portsmouth and West Bromwich Albion. After playing against Hartlepool United in the FA Cup, however, Soares failed to make a league appearance. He was loaned out to Charlton Athletic for the remainder of the 2008–09 season[5] but failed to help keep them in the Championship. Soares scored one goal for Charlton, on 3 February against Bristol City.[6]

Back at Stoke, he failed to make a Premier League appearance in the 2009–10 season. On 26 November 2009 Soares joined Sheffield Wednesday, initially on a month-long loan deal,[7] but he remained there until the end of the season. As at Charlton, Soares was part of a team who were relegated from the Championship.[citation needed] His misery was compounded by it coming at the hands of former club Crystal Palace, who stayed up at Wednesday's expense.[8] Soares has now been relegated three times in his short career.[citation needed] In March 2011, Soares played for Stoke for the first time in almost 18 months, against Cardiff City in the FA Cup.[9] Soares again failed to make a single Premier League appearance for Stoke during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. His last league appearance for Stoke was in December 2008.

On 23 January 2012, Soares joined Scottish Premier League club Hibernian on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season.[10] He scored two goals in a 3–1 win against Kilmarnock on 25 February.[11]

He was released by Stoke at the end of the 2011–12 season.[1]

On 16 August 2012, it was reported by The News that Soares was training with Portsmouth.[12]

Bury

On 9 November 2012, Soares joined Bury on non-contract terms.[13] He re-signed for Bury on a two-year deal on 2 July 2013. Soares scored the winning goal against Tranmere Rovers on the last day of the 2014/15 season that gained Bury 3rd place and automatic promotion to the First Division.

Personal life

His brother Louie is also a footballer, who has represented Barbados.

Career statistics

As of 2 May 2015[14]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Crystal Palace 2003–04 First Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004–05 Premier League 22 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 26 1
2005–06 Championship 44 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 49 1
2006–07 Championship 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 3
2007–08 Championship 39 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 42 6
2008–09 Championship 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Total 149 11 4 0 5 1 4 0 162 12
Stoke City 2008–09 Premier League 7 0 1 0 0 0 – 8 0
2009–10 Premier League 0 0 0 0 3 0 – 3 0
2010–11 Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
2011–12 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 13 0
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2008–09 Championship 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2009–10 Championship 25 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
Hibernian (loan) 2011–12 Scottish Premier League 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
Bury 2012–13 League One 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 2
2013–14 League Two 30 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 33 6
2014–15 League Two 43 8 2 0 1 0 2 0 48 8
Career total 298 32 15 0 10 1 7 0 330 33
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs and UEFA Europa League.

References

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  14. ↑ Tom Soares career statistics at Soccerbase

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