Thomas Daniel Cruise (born 9 March 1991) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left back. He has played in the Football League for Carlisle United and Torquay United. He is a product of the Arsenal Academy who came to prominence during 2008–09 FA Youth Cup.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Daniel Cruise[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1991[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Islington, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Left back[4] | ||
| 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) |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2007 | England U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2007 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010 | England U19 | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2015 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Cruise was born in Islington, Greater London.[5] He joined in and made his debut for Arsenal F.C. Reserves in November 2007.[citation needed] Through Arsenal Academy, Cruise was a member of the FA Youth Cup winning team in 2008–09.[6] 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,[7][8] playing the whole game. On 3 November 2010, he joined League One club Carlisle United on loan.[9] 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."[citation needed]
Following his release from Arsenal, Cruise had a trial with Serie B side Sampdoria.[10] 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.[11] In June 2012, he signed a one-year deal with Torquay United.[12] On 24 May 2013, he signed a new one-year deal with Torquay.[13] It was announced in April 2015, that Cruise and a number of other players would be released from the club.[14]
In 2016, he began training to become an accountant.[15]
International career edit
In 2007, he was called up to the England under-17 team.[16] In October 2007, Cruise took part in the first round of qualifying for 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship,[17] however he was replaced for the second round of qualifying in March 2008 due to an injury.[18]
He was part of England U19 squad that reached the semi-finals of 2010 UEFA European Under-19 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.[19]
Career statistics edit
- As of 22 May 2015[20]
| 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 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Torquay United | 2014–15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Career total | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 0 | |
References edit
- ^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists" (PDF). Premier League. 1 February 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2011.
- ^ "Thomas Cruise: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Tom Cruise: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Cruise". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Tom Cruise". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ Veevers, Nicholas (22 May 2009). "Advantage Arsenal". The Football Association. 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. Archived from the original on 12 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
- ^ "Thomas Cruise joins Carlisle United on loan". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ "Where are they now? Every player to play once for Arsenal under Wenger". 22 October 2018.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Torquay trio sign new contracts". BBC Sport.
- ^ " Nine released in Torquay summer shake up"[permanent dead link]'Western Morning News' 27 April 2015
- ^ "From professional footballer to accountant" The Association of Accounting Technicians
- ^ Lambrou, Lambros (30 November 2007). "Young Guns: Defender Tom Cruise". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ "England 6–0 Estonia". UEFA. Retrieved 13 December 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Peacock selects squad". The Football Association. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ Slick Spain ease into final, UEFA. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
- ^ "Thomas Cruise career stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
External links edit
- Thomas Cruise at Soccerbase
- England profile
