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Following his release from Yeovil, on 22 June 2017, Eaves signed for League One club [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] on a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40372101 |title=Tom Eaves: Gillingham sign former Yeovil Town striker |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 June 2017 |accessdate=22 June 2017 }}</ref>
Following his release from Yeovil, on 22 June 2017, Eaves signed for League One club [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] on a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40372101 |title=Tom Eaves: Gillingham sign former Yeovil Town striker |publisher=BBC Sport |date=22 June 2017 |accessdate=22 June 2017 }}</ref>


He was offered a new contract by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48340610|title=Tom Eaves and Tomas Holy offered new contracts by Gillingham|date=20 May 2019|accessdate=21 May 2019|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
He was offered a new contract by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48340610|title=Tom Eaves and Tomas Holy offered new contracts by Gillingham|date=20 May 2019|accessdate=21 May
2019|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

===Hull City===
Eaves refused a contract extension at Gillingham and decided to leave upon its expiration, thus becoming a free agent. On 10 July 2019, he signed for [[EFL Championship|Championship]] club [[Hull City A.F.C.|Hull City]] on a free transfer.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/HullCity/status/1148962576149155840</ref>


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==

Revision as of 15:09, 10 July 2019

Tom Eaves
Eaves with Gillingham in 2018
Personal information
Full name Thomas James Eaves
Date of birth (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Liverpool,[1] England
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Hull City
Number TBA
Youth career
000?–2007 Crewe Alexandra
2007–2009 Oldham Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Oldham Athletic 15 (0)
2010–2016 Bolton Wanderers 4 (0)
2012–2013 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 16 (7)
2013 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 10 (6)
2013 → Rotherham United (loan) 8 (0)
2013–2014 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 25 (2)
2014–2015 → Yeovil Town (loan) 5 (0)
2015 → Bury (loan) 9 (1)
2016–2017 Yeovil Town 40 (4)
2017–2019 Gillingham 84 (38)
2019- Hull City 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:34, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

Thomas James Eaves (born 14 January 1992) is a professional English football player who plays for Hull City.

Career

Oldham Athletic

He joined Oldham Athletic's Centre of Excellence as a youth player at Under-15 age group having previously been at Crewe Alexandra.[1]

He made his Football League debut on 23 January 2010 as a substitute during a 1–0 defeat to Millwall.[3] He made 15 appearances in the 2009/10 season for Oldham, all of them as a substitute. Eaves' breakthrough in the first team soon earned him his first professional contract on a two-year contract.[4] However, Manager Dave Penney claimed that Eaves rejected a new contract and dropped him from the first team unless he resolved his own future.[5]

He scored a hat-trick in a pre-season friendly against Bolton Wanderers on 28 July 2010.[6] Shortly after, Eaves' performance soon attracted from many clubs were keen to sign him.[7] Manager Paul Dickov later confirmed that there were offers from clubs to sign Eaves.[8]

Bolton Wanderers

He joined Bolton Wanderers on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 12 August 2010.[9]

Eaves joined the Bolton team on their pre-season tour of America preceding the 2011–12 season, but was injured.[10] He didn't return from the injury until the following summer, although he made an appearance for the reserves in December 2011.[11]

Eaves signed a new three-year contract with Bolton in January 2013.[12] Having been sent on loan to Shrewsbury Town earlier in the season, he was recalled on 15 April 2013[13] and made his debut for the club a day later, coming on as a substitute for David N'Gog in a 3–2 defeat against Leicester City.[14]

At the end of the 2015–16 season, the club confirmed that he would be leaving when his contract expired at the end of June.[15]

Loan spells

Bristol Rovers

On 27 September 2012, Eaves joined League Two Bristol Rovers on a three-month loan deal.[16] After failing to score against Exeter City and Cheltenham Town, he scored his first league goal on 6 October as his loan side beat Northampton Town[17] On 20 October 2012, Bristol Rovers beat local rivals Torquay United 3–2 at the Memorial Stadium, he scored 2 goals in this match.[18] He added another goal to his tally in an away match against AFC Wimbledon on 23 October 2012, which Rovers lost 3–1.[19] On 10 November 2012, he scored the match winner after having set up the two other goals against Chesterfield at the Memorial Stadium in a 3–2 victory.[20] Eaves went to make seventeen appearance and scoring seven times in all competitions before returning on 28 December 2012.[21]

Shrewsbury Town

On 21 February 2013, Eaves joined Shrewsbury Town on an initial one-month loan deal.[22] He made his debut against Stevenage on 23 February, and scored his first goal for the club in the following game on 26 February in a 2–1 loss at home to Doncaster Rovers.[23] On 12 March 2013, he then later scored two against Milton Keynes Dons in a 3–2 win.[24] Weeks later on 22 March 2013, Eaves' loan spell with the club was extended until the end of April.[25] On 1 April, he scored his first senior hat-trick in a 3–0 win against Crawley Town.[26] Weeks after scoring a hat-trick, Eaves was recalled by the club on 15 April 2013.[13]

Rotherham United

On 21 September 2013, Eaves joined League One side Rotherham United on a three-month loan deal.[27] He made his debut on the same day for The Millers in a 1–1 draw away at Walsall, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Kieran Agard.[28] He was recalled by his parent club on 25 November 2013 after making eight appearance for Rotherham United.[29]

Shrewsbury Town

On 28 November 2013, Eaves returned on an emergency loan for Shrewsbury Town initially until 5 January 2014.[30][31] He scored a goal on his second debut, in a 3–1 victory away at Stevenage two days later.[32] His loan was later extended to the end of the 2013/14 season.[33] Eaves then scored his second Shrewsbury Town goal on a late minutes, in a 1–1 draw against Brentford on 1 February 2014.[34] Eaves went on to make twenty-five appearance for the club.

Yeovil Town

On 27 November 2014, Eaves joined League One side Yeovil Town on loan until 5 January 2015.[35] Eaves made his Yeovil Town debut two days later, making his first start and playing 90 minutes, in a 2–0 loss against Preston North End.[36] Eaves played seven matches for Yeovil without scoring a goal before returning to Bolton at the end of his loan spell.[37]

Bury

Eaves joined League Two side Bury on loan until the end of the season.[38] The same day, Eaves made his Bury debut, in a 1–0 loss against Mansfield Town.[39] Eaves then scored his first Bury goal, in a 2–1 loss against Morecambe on 6 April 2015.[40] After making nine appearance for the club, Eaves made his return to his parent club.[41]

Yeovil Town

After his release from Bolton, on 1 July 2016, Eaves signed for League Two side Yeovil Town on a one-year deal.[42] He scored his first goal for Yeovil in a 1–1 draw with Luton Town on 13 August 2016.[43] At the end of the 2016–17 season, Eaves was released by Yeovil along with five other players.[44]

Gillingham

Following his release from Yeovil, on 22 June 2017, Eaves signed for League One club Gillingham on a two-year deal.[45]

He was offered a new contract by Gillingham at the end of the 2018–19 season.[46]

Hull City

Eaves refused a contract extension at Gillingham and decided to leave upon its expiration, thus becoming a free agent. On 10 July 2019, he signed for Championship club Hull City on a free transfer.[47]

Career statistics

As of 4 May 2019.[48]
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Oldham Athletic 2009–10[49] League One 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Bolton Wanderers 2012–13[50] Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
2013–14[51] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
2014–15[52] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Bolton Wanderers total 4 0 0 0 1 0 — 5 0
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2012–13[50] League Two 16 7 1 0 — — 17 7
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2012–13[50] League One 10 6 — — — 10 6
2013–14[51] League One 25 2 — — — 25 2
Shrewsbury Town total 35 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 8
Rotherham United (loan) 2013–14[51] League One 8 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 1 9 1
Yeovil Town (loan) 2014–15[52] League One 5 0 2 0 — — 7 0
Bury (loan) 2014–15[52] League Two 9 1 — — — 9 1
Yeovil Town 2016–17[53] League Two 40 4 2 0 2 0 4[b] 3 48 7
Gillingham 2017–18[54] League One 41 17 3 1 1 0 2[b] 0 47 18
2018–19[55] League One 43 21 5 1 1 0 1[b] 0 50 22
Gillingham total 84 38 8 2 2 0 3 0 97 40
Career total 216 58 13 2 5 0 8 4 242 64
  1. ^ Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

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