Thomas Cruise (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Daniel Cruise[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Islington, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Unattached | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Torquay United | 61 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | England U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2007 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | England U19 | 6 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2015 (UTC). | |||
Thomas Daniel Cruise or Tom Cruise (born 9 March 1991) is an English professional footballer who, until recently, played for Torquay United. He is a product of Arsenal Academy who came to prominence during 2008–09 FA Youth Cup. He can play as a central defender, left back or left midfielder.
Club career
Cruise joined in and made his debut for Arsenal F.C. Reserves in November 2007.[3] Through Arsenal Academy, Cruise was a member of the FA Youth Cup winning team in 2008–09.[4] On 9 December 2009, with Arsenal having qualified for the knockout stage of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League as winners of Group H, manager Arsène Wenger played a number of youth players in the final group match against Olympiacos. Cruise started the match, giving him his first and only senior appearance for the club,[5][6] playing the whole game. On 3 November 2010, he joined Football League One side Carlisle United on loan.[7] On 17 June 2011, Arsenal's website announced; "Arsenal Football Club can confirm that Mark Randall, Thomas Cruise and Roarie Deacon will reach the end of their contracts with the Club this month to become free agents."
Following his release from Arsenal, Cruise had a trial with Serie B side Sampdoria, with sports chief, Pasquale Sensibile claiming he "was impressed with his technique and versatility."[8] Cruise also had a trial at League One side Scunthorpe United in late 2011. On 20 February 2012,Major League Soccer (MLS) side New England Revolution claimed Cruise was training at the club for a two-week trial with a move to the New England Revolution.[9] On June 2012, he signed a one-year deal with Torquay United.[10] On 24 May 2013, he signed a new one-year deal with Torquay.[11]It was announced in April 2015,that Cruise and a number of other players would be released from the club.[12]
International career
In 2007, he was called up to the England under-17 team.[13] In October 2007, Cruise took part in the first round of qualifying for 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship,[14] however he was replaced for the second round of qualifying in March 2008 due to an injury.[15]
He was part of England U19 squad that reached the semi-finals of 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and subsequently qualified for 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia as a result of finishing at least third in the group stages.[16]
Career statistics
- As of 22 May 2011.[17]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Arsenal | 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlisle United (loan) | 2010–11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Torquay United | 2012–13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Torquay United | 2013–14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Career total | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
References
- ↑ "Search results: Thomas Cruise". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ "Soccernet Player Profile". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "Tom Cruise is now a Gunner". The Sun. 12 November 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (22 May 2009). "Advantage Arsenal". The FA. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ↑ Ashenden, Mark (9 December 2009). "Olympiakos 1 – 0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ Clarke, Richard (9 December 2009). "Wenger – There's only one Tom Cruise for me". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ↑ "Thomas Cruise joins Carlisle United on loan". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ↑ "Former Arsenal defender Cruise offered second chance by Sampdoria". Daily Mail. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ↑ "Cruise set for American move". Sky Sports. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ↑ "Thomas Cruise aims to rebuild career at Torquay"BBC Sport 13 July 2012
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22651985
- ↑ " Nine released in Torquay summer shake up"'Western Morning News' 27 April 2015
- ↑ Lambrou, Lambros (30 November 2007). "Young Guns: Defender Tom Cruise". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ↑ "England 6 – 0 Estonia". UEFA. Retrieved 13 December 2009. horizontal tab character in
|title=at position 8 (help) - ↑ "Peacock selects squad". The FA. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ↑ Slick Spain ease into final, uefa.com. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- ↑ "Thomas Cruise career stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
