Wayne Thomas (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Wayne Junior Robert Thomas | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Gloucester, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kidderminster Harriers | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1995 | Torquay United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2000 | Torquay United | 123 | (5) |
| 2000–2005 | Stoke City | 189 | (7) |
| 2005–2007 | Burnley | 50 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Southampton | 45 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Atromitos | 22 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Veria | 4 | (0) |
| 2013 | Luton Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Rochdale (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Tamworth | 22 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Worcester City | 49 | (2) |
| 2016– | Kidderminster Harriers | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Altrincham (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:38, 7 December 2016 (UTC). |
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Wayne Junior Robert Thomas (born 17 May 1979) is an English semi-professional footballer and football coach who currently plays for Kidderminster Harriers of the National League North. In 2015, he was employed as an academy coach at the New York Red Bulls.
Thomas plays as a defender and has represented twelve clubs, including Torquay United, Stoke City, Burnley, Southampton and Worcester City.
Thomas was born in Gloucester and began his career playing for Torquay United. He would go on to make over one hundred league appearances for them, and one season managed to be ever-present, starting all forty-four league games. His performances soon brought attention from larger clubs, with Stoke City, then in the Second Division, winning the race for his signature in the summer of 2001, paying a transfer fee of £200,000. He soon became a regular in the side and made 43 appearances during the 2000–01 season as Stoke lost to Walsall in the play-offs.
In the 2001–02 season Thomas helped Stoke achieve promotion through the play-offs with a 2–0 win against Brentford at the Millennium Stadium in the final. Despite the promotion, Thordarson was sacked and replaced by Steve Cotterill. Cotterill was manager for just six months before he resigned amidst much controversy to become assistant manager at Sunderland.
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