Tom Heward-Belle

Tom Heward-Belle
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Heward-Belle
Date of birth	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	Montedio Yamagata
Youth career
0000–2014	Blacktown City
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014–2015	Western Sydney Wanderers
2014	→ Blacktown City (loan)
2015	Melbourne City NPL
2015–2016	Central Coast Mariners
2016	CCM Academy
2017–2021	Sydney FC NPL
2017–2023	Sydney FC
2023–2025	Western United
2025–	Montedio Yamagata
International career‡
2015	Australia U20
2019–2020	Australia U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020

Thomas Heward-Belle (born 11 March 1997) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Montedio Yamagata. 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]}

Early career

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]

International career

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]

Honours

Club

Sydney FC

A-League Premiership: 2016–17, 2017-18, 2019–20
A-League Championship: 2016-17, 2019–20^[9]
FFA Cup: 2017

References

^ "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.

External links

Tom Heward-Belle at Soccerway

[1] "Champions League squad announced". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

[2] "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. FIFA. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

[3] "#CCMFC Youth Team announced". Central Coast Mariners. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

[4] Greco, John (26 December 2015). "Mariners debutant rues luckless defeat". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

[5] Greco, John (26 December 2015). "Sky Blues sink 10-man Mariners at Allianz". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

[6] Fruci, Joel (1 December 2016). "Central Coast Mariners agree to release young goalkeeper". Outside 90. Retrieved 1 December 2016.

[7] "Young Socceroos squad named for friendly series". FourFourTwo Australia. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

[8] "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.

[9] "Sydney FC set new Australian record with Grand Final success". Football Federation Australia. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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