Tom Heward-Belle

Thomas "Tom" Heward-Belle (born 11 March 1997) is an Australian professional association football goalkeeper who plays for Sydney FC. 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".

Tom Heward-Belle
Personal information
Full name Thomas Heward-Belle
Date of birth (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Sydney FC
Number 30
Youth career
0000–2014 Blacktown City
2014–2015 Western Sydney Wanderers
2015–2016 Central Coast Mariners
2017– Sydney FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Blacktown City 4 (0)
2015 Melbourne City NPL 1 (0)
2015–2016 Central Coast Mariners 3 (0)
2016 CCM Academy 16 (0)
2017– Sydney FC 1 (0)
2017– Sydney FC NPL 39 (0)
National team‡
2015 Australia U20 1 (0)
2019– Australia U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

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 Canadian national team [8]

Honours

Club

Sydney FC

References
  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. . 15 June 2016 http://www.thevoyageurs.org/mother-of-all-canadians-abroad-list/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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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