Tom Heaton

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Tom Heaton
Personal information
Date of birth	April 15, 1986 (1986-04-15) (age 22)
Place of birth	Chester, England
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Manchester United
Number	38
Youth clubs
2002–2005	Manchester United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2005–2006 2006	Manchester United → Swindon Town (loan) → Royal Antwerp (loan)	00 (0) 22 (0) 00 (0)
National team2
2008–	England U21	01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 20:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Thomas "Tom" Heaton (born 15 April 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Manchester United, although he will be on loan at Cardiff City for the 2008-09 season.

Born in Chester, Heaton signed for Manchester United as a junior player. He made his senior team debut on 13 March 2007 as a substitute for Tomasz Kuszczak in the UEFA Celebration Match against a Europe XI.

He played in the reserve side that won the 2004–05 Barclays Premiership Reserve League North title.

At the start of the 2005–06 season, he was loaned out to Swindon Town F.C., initially until 1st January 2006. During his time at Swindon, he played over 20 games saving a penalty on his début and described as "One for the future" by manager Iffy Onuora. He returned to Manchester United and, after the recall of Ritchie Jones from Royal Antwerp, Heaton was sent there for the rest of the season after United rebuffed an approach from Huddersfield Town.

Heaton spent the 2007–08 season with the first team squad at Manchester United, appearing on the bench when Edwin van der Sar was out due to injury. He is also a competent outfield player, having played in midfield for Wrexham's youth team.

On 23 May 2008, it was confirmed that Heaton would move to Cardiff City on loan for the 2008-09 season.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tom Heaton career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile at ManUtd.com

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Persondata
NAME	Heaton, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Heaton, Thomas
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1986-04-15
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chester, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH