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Tom Soares
	Tom Soares
Personal information
Full name	Thomas James Soares
Date of birth	July 10, 1986 (age 23)
Place of birth	Reading, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Stoke City
Number	8
Senior career1
National team2
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 12:58, 4 February 2009 (UTC).; 2 National team caps and goals correct; as of 2008-02-25.; * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas James "Tom" Soares (born 10 July 1986 in Reading, England) is an English midfielder of Barbadian descent who is currently playing for Stoke City.

[edit] Family

His brother Louie is also a footballer, playing for Blue Square Premier champions Aldershot Town and the Barbados national side.

[edit] Career

[edit] Crystal Palace

He came up through the Crystal Palace academy, playing in central midfield, but since breaking through has been used more often on the wing for Palace, a position he is happy to fill, but is evidently not his favourite, leading to his performances being criticised by some Palace fans.

Soares is acknowledged to be an exciting midfield talent amongst many football managers and pundits and has previously appeared for the England U21 side.

Under Neil Warnock, Soares has been handed his old central midfield role and has flourished in Palace's three-man midfield. His driving runs, combined with his best goalscoring season to date, have meant he has been a key performer in Palace's 2007-08 campaign.

[edit] Stoke City

Early in the following season, Soares was transfer listed by Warnock, following Palace's poor start to the season, and went on to complete a deadline day move to Premier League newcomers Stoke City, where he has made an impressive start to his Potter's career. He earned Stoke two penalties in a 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Britannia Stadium.^[1] Soares played a few more matches for Stoke in games against Sunderland, Manchester City, Portsmouth and West Bromwich Albion. Since playing against Hartlepool United in the FA Cup Soares has failed to make a league appearance. He was loaned out to Charlton Athletic for the remainder of the season but failed to help keep them in the Championship.

His only appearance so far in the 2009-10 season has been in the Carling Cup against Leyton Orient and Blackpool.

[edit] Playing Stats

Club	Season	League		Cup^[2]		Europe		Play-Offs		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crystal Palace	2003-04	3	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
	2004-05	22	0	4	1	-	-	-	-	26	1
	2005-06	44	1	3	0	-	-	2	0	49	1
	2006-07	37	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	3
	2007-08	39	6	1	0	-	-	2	0	42	6
	2008-09	4	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	5	1
Total	2003-2008	152	11	9	1	-	-	4	0	165	12
Stoke City	2008-09	7	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	8	0
Charlton Athletic (Loan)	2008-09	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	1
Stoke City	2009-10	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	-	3	0
Career totals		174	12	13	2	-	-	9	0	191	13

[edit] References

^ "Stoke City 2-1 Tottenham". Stoke City official site (Stoke City). 19 October 2008. http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/MatchReport/0,,10310~44079,00.html. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield

[edit] External links

Tom Soares player profile at cpfc.co.uk
Tom Soares career stats at Soccerbase

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[0] "Stoke City 2-1 Tottenham". Stoke City official site (Stoke City). 19 October 2008. http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/MatchReport/0,,10310~44079,00.html. Retrieved 19 July 2009.

[1] Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield

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