Jake Samuel Thomson (born 12 May 1989) is an English

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who plays as a

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for AFC Stoneham. Before playing in non-league football, Thomson played in the

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for

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. A youth international footballer for England, he played at senior international level for

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Club career

Thomson began his career at

in 2005 and was promoted to the first team in 2008, making his debut on 9 August 2008 against Cardiff City in the Football League Championship. He made a further nine appearances for Southampton in the 2008–09 season. Thomson spent one month on loan to Bournemouth between January and February 2009; although the clubs had agreed to extend the loan, this was not permitted because of Bournemouth's financial circumstances. Thomson made four appearances for Southampton in the 2009–10 Football League One. On 27 October 2009, he joined

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on loan for a month. The loan was extended until the end of the 2009–10 season. He was released by

on 15 May 2010. On 1 July 2010, he was signed by

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. On 25 February 2011, Jake signed on loan to Cheltenham for an initial one-month loan. He was one of twelve players released by Exeter in May 2011. Thomson spent the summer of 2011 on trial with

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however he failed to earn a deal. Thomson subsequently signed for Conference National outfit Kettering Town. Shortly after joining Kettering however on 27 September 2011, Thomson joined fellow Conference National side

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club are a professional football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team compete in , the third tier of the English football league system, and have played their home games at The New Lawn since ...

on loan. He made his Forest Green debut on the day he signed, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 draw with Newport County at The New Lawn. In October 2011, Thomson had his loan deal extended at Forest Green by a further month. In November 2011 it was announced that Thomson's loan spell at Forest Green would be turned into a permanent move. After making 28 league appearances for Forest Green, Thomson was released by the club in May 2012. He signed for Newport County on 11 June 2012. In January 2013 Thomson joined Lincoln City on a one-month loan and he returned to Newport County in February 2013. In the 2012–13 season he was part of the Newport team that finished 3rd in the league, reaching the Conference National playoffs. Newport County won the playoff final versus Wrexham at Wembley stadium 2–0 to return to the Football League after a 25-year absence with promotion to League Two. He was released by Newport County on 10 May 2013. It was announced on 19 August 2013 that he had signed for Salisbury City but left the club in December 2013 after making just six league appearances. On 14 January 2014 he joined A.F.C. Portchester whose coach Louis Bell had been his coach when he was a member of the Portsmouth Schools side who lifted the English Schools' Football Association Under 15 Inter Association Trophy in 2004. In April 2019, Thomson joined

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Premier Division side Fareham Town from Gosport Borough. After a break from football, Thomson joined

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in August 2020. The following season he was playing for AFC Stoneham. Thomson joined

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in July 2022. In November 2022, he rejoined AFC Stoneham as a player/coach. In his first appearance back at the club, he scored a hat-trick against the side he had just left, Brockenhurst.

International career

Thomson was born in

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and is of

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ian parentage but played for the England U-17 team. On 30 August 2009 it was announced that Thomson would be joining the

squad prior to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his full international debut versus Costa Rica on 10 October 2009 in a World Cup qualifier.

References

External links

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Southampton profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Jake 1989 births Living people Footballers from Portsmouth English footballers Trinidad and Tobago footballers Association football midfielders Southampton F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Torquay United F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Cheltenham Town F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Black British sportsmen A.F.C. Portchester players Salisbury City F.C. players People educated at Priory School, Portsmouth Trinidad and Tobago international footballers Bognor Regis Town F.C. players Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players Gosport Borough F.C. players Fareham Town F.C. players Horndean F.C. players A.F.C. Stoneham players Wessex Football League players