Thomas William Glover (born 24 December 1997) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for RB Omiya Ardija.
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. 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 2âÂÂ1 defeat at Liverpool in October 2014, and played twice in Tottenham's run to the FA Youth Cup semi-finals.
In 2015âÂÂ16, 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.
On 26 July 2017, Glover joined Central Coast Mariners on a season-long loan. He then went on to make his senior debut for the Mariners on 7 October 2017 in round one of the 2017âÂÂ18 A-League season, a loss to Newcastle Jets in the F3 Derby.
Glover had a trial spell with Scottish Premiership club Hibernian in January 2019.
In April 2019, Glover was loaned to Helsingborg for a few months.
At the end of the 2018âÂÂ19 season Glover was released from his contract.
Glover returned to Australia and was signed by Melbourne City. He made his debut in a 4âÂÂ0 win over Newcastle Jets in December 2019.
Glover made his first A-League Grand Final in 2020 where City lost 1âÂÂ0 to Sydney FC in extra time. At the start of September 2020, Glover won the July/August Nominee for Young Footballer of the Year.
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. 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.
On 7 July 2023, Glover returned to England with Championship club Middlesbrough, signing a three-year deal. He made his league debut on 16 December 2023 in a 2âÂÂ1 win over Swansea City as a 91st-minute substitute.
On 1 September 2025 he left Middlesbrough after being released
On 24 December 2025, Glover signed for J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija.
Glover was included in the Australian under-23 squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
In September 2023, Glover was called-up for the first time to the Australia senior national team ahead of a friendly match against Mexico.
Melbourne City
Australia U-23