Tom Eaves

Tom Eaves
Personal information
Full name Thomas James Eaves[1]
Date of birth (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992
Place of birth Liverpool,[2] England
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[3]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Bolton Wanderers
Number 32
Youth career
000?–2007 Crewe Alexandra
2007–2009 Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Oldham Athletic 15 (0)
2010– Bolton Wanderers 4 (0)
2012–2013Bristol Rovers (loan) 15 (7)
2013Shrewsbury Town (loan) 10 (6)
2013Rotherham United (loan) 8 (0)
2013–2014Shrewsbury Town (loan) 25 (2)
2014–2015Yeovil Town (loan) 5 (0)
2015Bury (loan) 9 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:15, 04 May 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Thomas "Tom" James Eaves (born 14 January 1992) is a professional English football player who plays for Bolton Wanderers.

Career

Oldham Athletic

He joined Oldham Athletic's Centre of Excellence as a youth player at Under-15 age group having previously been at Crewe Alexandra.[2]

He made his Football League debut on 23 January 2010 as a substitute during a 1–0 defeat to Millwall.[4] He made 15 appearances in the 2009/10 season for Oldham, all of them as a substitute. Eaves' breakthrough in the first team soon earned him his first professional contract on a two-year contract.[5] However, Manager Dave Penney claimed that Eaves rejected a new contract and dropped him from the first team unless he resolved his own future.[6]

He scored a hat-trick in a pre-season friendly against Bolton Wanderers on 28 July 2010.[7] Shortly after, Eaves' performance soon attracted from many clubs were keen to sign him.[8] Manager Paul Dickov later confirmed that there were offers from clubs to sign Eaves.[9]

Bolton Wanderers

He joined Bolton Wanderers on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 12 August 2010.[10]

Eaves joined the Bolton team on their pre-season tour of America preceding the 2011–12 season, but was injured.[11] He didn't return from the injury until the following summer, although he made appearance for the reserve in December 2011.[12]

Eaves signed a new three-year contract with Bolton in January 2013.[13] Having been sent on loan to Shrewsbury Town earlier in the season, he was recalled on 15 April 2013[14] and made his debut for the club a day later, coming on as a substitute for David N'Gog in a 3–2 defeat against Leicester City.[15]

Loans Spells

On 27 September 2012, Eaves joined League Two Bristol Rovers on a three-month loan deal.[16] After failing to score against Exeter City and Cheltenham Town, he scored his first league goal on 6 October as his loan side beat Northampton Town[17] On 20 October 2012, Bristol Rovers beat local rivals Torquay United 3–2 at the Memorial Stadium, he scored 2 goals in this match.[18] He added another goal to his tally in an away match against Wimbledon on 23 October 2012, which Rovers lost 3–1.[19] On 10 November 2012, he scored the match winner after having set up the two other goals against Chesterfield at the Memorial Stadium in a 3–2 victory.[20] Eaves went to make seventeen appearance and scoring seven times in all competitions before returning on 28 December 2012.[21]

On 21 February 2013, Eaves joined Shrewsbury Town on an initial one-month loan deal.[22] He made his debut against Stevenage on 23 February, and scored his first goal for the club in the following game on 26 February in a 2–1 loss at home to Doncaster Rovers.[23] On 12 March 2013, he then later scored two against Milton Keynes Dons in a 3–2 win.[24] Weeks later on 22 March 2013, Eaves' loan spell with the club was extended until the end of April.[25] On 1 April, he scored his first senior hat-trick in a 3–0 win against Crawley Town.[26] Weeks after scoring a hat-trick, Eaves was recalled by the club on 15 April 2013.[14]

On 21 September 2013, Eaves joined League One side Rotherham United on a three-month loan deal.[27] He made his debut on the same day for The Millers in a 1–1 draw away at Walsall, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Kieran Agard.[28] He was recalled by his parent club on 25 November 2013 after making eight appearance for Rotherham United.[29]

On 28 November 2013, Eaves returned on an emergency loan for Shrewsbury Town initially until 5 January 2014.[30][31] He scored a goal on his second debut, in a 3–1 victory away at Stevenage two days later.[32] His loan was later extended to the end of the 2013/14 season.[33] Eaves then scored his second Shrewsbury Town goal on a late minutes, in a 1-1 draw against Brentford on 1 February 2014.[34] Eaves went on to make twenty-five appearance for the club.

On 27 November 2014, Eaves joined League One side Yeovil Town on loan until 5 January 2015.[35] Eaves made his Yeovil Town debut two days later, making his first start and playing 90 minutes, in a 2-0 loss against Preston North End.[36] Eaves played seven matches for Yeovil without scoring a goal before returning to Bolton at the end of his loan spell.[37]

Eaves joined League Two side Bury on loan until the end of the season.[38] The same day, Eaves made his Bury debut, in a 1-0 loss against Mansfield Town.[39] Eaves then scored his first Bury goal, in a 2-1 loss against Morecambe on 6 April 2015.[40] After making nine appearance for the club, Eaves made his return back to his parent club.[41]

Career statistics

As of 4 January 2015.[42]
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oldham Athletic 2009–10 League One 150000000150
Bolton Wanderers 2010–11 Premier League 00000000
2011–12 Premier League 00000000
2012–13 Championship 30000030
2013–14 Championship 00001010
2014–15 Championship 10000010
Total 40001050
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2012–13 League Two 167100000177
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2012–13 League One 106000000106
2013–14 League One 252000000252
Total 358000000358
Rotherham United (loan) 2013–14 League One 8000001[lower-alpha 1]191
Yeovil Town (loan) 2014–15 League One 5020000070
Bury (loan) 2014–15 League Two 0000000000
Career total 82153010118716

References

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  10. "Eaves Signs on at the Reebok". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 12 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
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  15. "Leicester City 3 - 2 Bolton Wanderers". BBC Sport. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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  17. "Bristol Rovers 3 – 1 Northampton Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  18. "Bristol Rovers 3 - 2 Torquay United". BBC Sport. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  19. "AFC Wimbledon 3 - 1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  20. "Bristol Rover". BBC Sport. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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  23. "Shrewsbury 1–2 Doncaster" BBC Sport. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  24. "Milton Keynes Dons 2 - 3 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  25. "Tom Eaves: Shrewsbury Town extend Bolton striker's deal". BBC Sport. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  26. "Shrewsbury Town 3–0 Crawley Town". bbc.co.uk (BBC Sport). 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  27. "Millers finalise Eaves signing". Rotherham United F.C. 21 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  28. "Walsall 1–1 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  29. "Eaves recalled by Trotters". Rotherham United. 25 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
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  31. "Eaves loaned to Shrewsbury". Bolton Wanderers FC. 28 November 2013.
  32. "Stevenage 1–3 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 30 November 2013.
  33. "Tom Eaves: Shrewsbury Town extend Bolton striker's loan". BBC Sport. 6 January 2014.
  34. "Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Brentford". BBC Sport. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  35. "Tom Eaves: Bolton striker joins Yeovil Town on loan". BBC Sport. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  36. "Yeovil Town 0 - 2 Preston North End". BBC Sport. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  37. "Eaves back at Bolton". Sky Sports. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  38. "Eaves signs for Bury". Sky Sports. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  39. "Mansfield Town 0 - 2 Bury". BBC Sport. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  40. "Bury 1 - 2 Morecambe". BBC Sport. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  41. "The Retained List". Bury F.C. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  42. Tom Eaves career statistics at Soccerbase

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