Tom_Heward-Belle
Tom Heward-Belle
Australian soccer player
Thomas Heward-Belle (born 11 March 1997) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Western United. Heward-Belle attended the North Shore private school Barker College and played for the 1st XI there. In addition, he played for West Pymble Football Club in his junior years. Australian Goalkeeping coach Tony Franken has described Thomas to be "one of the best young goalkeepers in the world coming through".[citation needed]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Heward-Belle | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Western United | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2014 | Blacktown City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Blacktown City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | Melbourne City NPL | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Central Coast Mariners | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | CCM Academy | 16 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Sydney FC NPL | 47 | (0) |
| 2017–2023 | Sydney FC | 13 | (0) |
| 2023– | Western United | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Australia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Australia U23 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020 | |||
Heward-Belle was called up to the Wanderers senior squad for their 2014, and 2015 Champions League squads,[1] and was also named in the 23-man squad for their 2014 FIFA Club World Cup campaign in Morocco, as the squads third goalkeeper.[2]
In 2015, he left the Wanderers and signed for the Central Coast Mariners Academy.[3] He made his professional debut for the Mariners in the A-League during the Round 12 Boxing Day fixture against Sydney FC at Allianz Stadium as a 29th-minute substitute for Paul Izzo who was sent off for a second bookable offence.[4] Central Coast went on to lose the match 4–1.[5] Heward-Belle conceded the penalty, even though diving the right way and managing to get a hand to the ball. He made spectacular saves but conceded a late 84th-minute goal to lose the match 4–1. He played in the 3–1 win vs Wellington Phoenix in front of a 10 000 strong home crowd.
Heward-Belle was released by the Mariners in December 2016 to focus on university studies.[6]
Heward-Belle was called up to the Young Socceroos squad by Paul Okon for a series of friendlies ahead of the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup,[7] however was an unused substitute for all 3 matches. He is also eligible to play for the Canada national team[8]
Club
Sydney FC
- "Champions League squad announced". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. FIFA. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- "#CCMFC Youth Team announced". Central Coast Mariners. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- Greco, John (26 December 2015). "Mariners debutant rues luckless defeat". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- Greco, John (26 December 2015). "Sky Blues sink 10-man Mariners at Allianz". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- Fruci, Joel (1 December 2016). "Central Coast Mariners agree to release young goalkeeper". Outside 90. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- "Young Socceroos squad named for friendly series". FourFourTwo Australia. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- "Mother Of All Canadians Abroad List". www.thevoyageurs.org (in English and French). The Voyageurs. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- "Sydney FC set new Australian record with Grand Final success". Football Federation Australia. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- Tom Heward-Belle at Soccerway