Tom Soares

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Personal information
Tom Soares
Full name	Thomas Soares
Date of birth	July 10, 1986 (1986-07-10) (age 21)
Place of birth	Reading, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	19
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-	Crystal Palace	148 (10)
National team²
2005-	England U21	004 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2008-02-25. * Appearances (Goals)

Tony Soares (born July 10, 1986 in Reading) is an English footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 19 shirt and is a midfielder. His brother Louie is also a footballer, playing for Blue Square Premier champions Aldershot Town.

He came up through the Palace academy playing in central midfield, but since breaking through has been used more often on the wing for Palace, a position he is happy to fill, but is evidently not his favourite, leading to his performances being criticised by some Palace fans.

Soares is acknowledged to be an exciting midfield talent amongst many football managers and pundits and has previously appeared for the England U21 side.

Under Neil Warnock, Soares has been handed his old central midfield role and has flourished in Palace's three-man midfield. His driving runs and fantastic work rate, combined with his best goalscoring season to date, have meant he has been a key performer in Palace's 2007-08 campaign.