Tom Heaton

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Tom Heaton

Heaton playing for Cardiff City in 2011
Personal information
Full nameThomas David Heaton[1]
Date of birth15 April 1986[2]
Place of birthChester, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Burnley
Number1
Youth career
Wrexham
2002–2004Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2010Manchester United0(0)
2005–2006→ Swindon Town (loan)14(0)
2006→ Royal Antwerp (loan)0(0)
2008–2009→ Cardiff City (loan)21(0)
2009→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)0(0)
2009–2010→ Rochdale (loan)12(0)
2010→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)16(0)
2010–2012Cardiff City29(0)
2012–2013Bristol City43(0)
2013–Burnley80(0)
National team‡
2001England U164(0)
2002–2003England U179(0)
2004England U182(0)
2004England U191(0)
2008–2009England U213(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:21, 28 April 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:09, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Thomas David "Tom" Heaton (born 15 April 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Burnley. Heaton began playing at a very young age at Chester School boys. He was managed by Darryl Pickering, a well established junior football manager. He said when interviewed "Darryl helped me a lot over the years." He began his professional career with Manchester United but was unable to break into the first team and spent time on loan with Swindon Town, Royal Antwerp, Cardiff City, Queens Park Rangers, Rochdale and Wycombe Wanderers, before joining Cardiff permanently after his release by Manchester United in July 2010. He then joined Bristol City on a one-year deal with an option of a second year but turned it down in May 2013 in favour of staying in the Championship with Burnley.

Club career

Manchester United

Born in Chester, Heaton began his football career with Wrexham, for whom he played both in goal and in midfield, but, after making 20 appearances for the Manchester United Under-17 side in the previous two seasons, he signed for the Red Devils as a trainee on 8 July 2002. He became a regular in the Under-17 side during the 2002–03 season, and picked up an FA Youth Cup winner's medal despite playing second fiddle to Luke Steele throughout the entire competition. He made his first appearance in the reserve team the following season, starting in a 3–1 home win over Birmingham City in the Premier Reserve League on 2 October 2003. At the end of the 2003–04 season, Heaton was named on the bench for the final of the Manchester Senior Cup against Manchester City, and won a winner's medal despite not taking the field.

By the 2004–05 season, Heaton had become the first-choice goalkeeper for the Manchester United reserve team, and was named on the bench for the first team for Stan Ternent's testimonial on 17 August 2004, coming on as a 76th-minute substitute for Luke Steele after Steele had earlier come on for Tim Howard. With Heaton in goal for 17 of the 28 Premier Reserve League North matches and 12 of the 22 Central League matches, the team went on to win both league titles by nine and five points respectively.

Heaton's form for the reserves resulted in him being loaned out to Swindon Town at the start of the 2005–06, initially until 1 January 2006. During his time at Swindon, he played over 20 games, saving a penalty on his debut, and was described as "one for the future" by manager Iffy Onuora. He returned to Manchester United, but, 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 made his second appearance for the Manchester United first team on 13 March 2007, coming on as a half-time substitute for Tomasz Kuszczak in the UEFA Celebration Match against Marcello Lippi's Europe XI. 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.

Cardiff City loan

At the end of the 2007–08 season, Heaton agreed to move to Cardiff City on loan for the duration of the 2008–09 season.[3] He was chosen as the club's first choice goalkeeper, above Finland international Peter Enckelman, for the start of the season by manager Dave Jones,[4] and played in every match until late November, with the exception of the Carling Cup third round tie against Swansea City, when he was replaced by Enckelman.[5] However, late on in Cardiff's 2–1 away defeat to Plymouth Argyle on 22 November 2008, Heaton picked up an injury and was forced off. The injury would go on to cost Heaton his place in the side as the club went unbeaten with Enckelman in goal for over two months.

In February, Enckelman was forced to undergo knee surgery which saw Heaton return in goal on 16 February 2009, when he picked up the man of the match award in a 4–0 defeat at the hands of Arsenal. However, he tore his thigh muscle during the match, ruling him out for up to five weeks.[6] On his return, Heaton found himself on the bench behind loanee Stuart Taylor but, following a 6–0 defeat against Preston North End, he replaced Taylor for the final three matches of the season. However, he was unable to keep Cardiff in the play-off places and he returned to Manchester United at the end of the season.[7]

Queens Park Rangers loan

On 15 August 2009, Heaton was signed by Queens Park Rangers on an emergency three-month loan deal, the terms of which will allow him to compete in the League Cup.[8] Heaton's loan spell ended on 8 November 2009.

Rochdale loan

After returning from Queens Park Rangers, Heaton joined Rochdale on 13 November 2009 until the end of December 2009.[9] He made his debut in a 3–2 loss against Chesterfield on 14 November 2009. The loan was then extended until 23 January 2010,[10] before a further extension pushed the end date back to 31 January.[11] In his 12 appearances for Rochdale, Heaton conceded only 10 goals – including four clean sheets – and finished on the losing side just once.

Wycombe Wanderers loan

Heaton spent less than two weeks back at Manchester United before going back out on loan to Wycombe Wanderers on 12 February 2010.[12] He went straight into the Wycombe starting line-up for their away match against Brentford the following day, which they drew 1–1.[13] Heaton made his second appearance for the Chairboys in their 0–0 draw against Southampton on Tuesday 23 February 2010. Where he made a great save from a volley to keep the Chairboys on even terms with the Saints.

Return to Cardiff City

Following his release by Manchester United, Heaton agreed a deal on 15 June 2010 to return to Cardiff City on 1 July 2010.[14] He made his second debut in 4–1 win over Burton Albion in the League Cup on 11 August. After number 1, David Marshall suffered an elbow injury, Heaton established himself as Cardiff's new number 1. But in late February, he suffered a groin injury, so Jason Brown and Stephen Bywater were brought in as cover on loan.[15] Upon his return, Heaton went into the side against Derby County, where they won 4–1, their first win in four games.[16] Heaton's performances during the 2010–11 season, earned him the club's Young Player of the Year award.[17]

Under new manager, Malky Mackay, Heaton found himself as cover for David Marshall, but he played a key part in the club's League Cup run in which they reached the final thanks to two saves from Heaton in a semi-final penalty shootout against Crystal Palace. He suffered an ankle injury just before the final, but he overcame the injury to start at Wembley. Heaton followed his penalty heroics against Crystal Palace when he started the penalty shootout by pushing Steven Gerrard's effort onto the bar, but he ultimately ended up on the losing side as Liverpool won the shootout 3–2.[18] Despite the successful cup run, Heaton still found himself second string to Marshall and was released at the end of the season after rejecting a new contract in the Welsh capital.[19]

Bristol City

In July 2012, Heaton held talks with Watford over a potential move; however, Watford's new owners decided to pull out of the move.[20] Later that month, Heaton went on trial with Bristol City during their pre-season training camp in Spain and they opened contract talks soon after.[21] On 27 July, Heaton signed a one-year deal with the club, with the option for a further 12 months.[22] He made his debut on 18 August 2012, in a 1–0 defeat away to Nottingham Forest.[23]

Burnley

Heaton joined Burnley in May 2013, after turning down a further one-year deal at Bristol City, his decision was to stay in the Championship, when Burnley lost two of their keepers, they eyed a move for Heaton to which they offered Heaton a two-year deal attaching him to the club until June 2015, with an option of a third year. Heaton was Burnley's number one Goalkeeper throughout the campaign, putting in some very strong performances as the club were the surprise of the jiseason and achieved promotion to the Premier League.On 24 August 2013, he was the recipient of a rare technical second caution for handling the ball once releasing it in his own area whilst playing against Brighton, a game they lost 2-0.[24]

International career

Having played for England at various youth levels, Heaton was handed his England Under-21 debut in March 2008 by manager Stuart Pearce when he replaced Joe Hart as a substitute during a match against Poland.[25] However, he did not make the final squad for the 2009 Euro U-21 Championships.

Career statistics

As of match played 25 April 2015.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Swindon Town (loan) 2005–06[26] League One 14020102[lower-alpha 1]0190
Royal Antwerp (loan) 2005–06[26] Belgian Second Division 00——0000
Manchester United 2006–07[27] Premier League 0000000000
2007–08[28] Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Cardiff City (loan) 2008–09[29] Championship 2101020—240
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2009–10[30] Championship 00—20—20
Rochdale (loan) 2009–10[30] League Two 12000——120
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2009–10[30] League One 160———160
Cardiff City 2010–11[31] Championship 270102000300
2011–12[32] Championship 20107000100
Total 290209000400
Bristol City 2012–13[33] Championship 4301000—440
Burnley 2013–14[34] Championship 4601030—500
2014–15[35] Premier League 3402000—360
Total 8003030—860
Career total 215090170202430
  1. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy

Honours

Burnley

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 77. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 448. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ↑ "Cardiff sign Man Utd goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
  4. ↑ Phillips, Terry (8 August 2008). "Heaton wins Bluebirds keeper battle for Saints start". Western Mail (Media Wales). Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "Swansea 1–0 Cardiff". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 23 September 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "Cardiff rocked by keeper injury". BBC Sport. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  7. ↑ "Cardiff City set to offer skipper's armband to Roger Johnson" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 15 May 2009
  8. ↑ "Exclusive: United Keeper Pens Loan". qpr.co.uk (Queens Park Rangers FC). 15 August 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  9. ↑ "Heaton makes Dale switch". Sky Sports (Sky Sports). 13 November 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  10. ↑ "Keeping Heaton On". rochdaleafc.co.uk (Rochdale AFC). 28 December 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Keeper Extends Loan". rochdaleafc.co.uk (Rochdale AFC). 25 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Wycombe sign keeper Tom Heaton from Manchester United". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 12 February 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  13. ↑ "Brentford 1–1 Wycombe". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 13 February 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  14. ↑ "Man Utd goalkeeper Tom Heaton returns to Cardiff City". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  15. ↑ "Blackburn keeper Jason Brown completes Cardiff loan". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  16. ↑ "Goalkeeper Tom Heaton fitness boost for Cardiff City". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 1 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  17. ↑ "Player of the Year Awards. The Winners". Cardiff City F.C. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  18. ↑ "Cardiff 2 – 2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  19. ↑ "Tom Heaton, Lee Naylor and Paul Quinn leave Cardiff City". BBC Sport. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  20. ↑ "Hornets drop Heaton deal". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 5 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  21. ↑ "City in Heaton talks". Sky Sports. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  22. ↑ "Bristol City sign ex-Cardiff City goalkeeper Tom Heaton". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  23. ↑ "Nott'm Forest 1–0 Bristol City" BBC Sport. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  24. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23736888
  25. ↑ "City new boy wants to be number one with United" South Wales Echo. Retrieved on 13 June 2008.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  33. ↑ "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  34. ↑ "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Tom Heaton in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  36. ↑ "T. Heaton". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

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