Thomas playing for Birmingham City in August 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wesley Alexander Nevada Thomas | ||
Date of birth | 23 January 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Barking, London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Oxford United | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Queens Park Rangers | ||
– | Waltham Forest | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Waltham Forest | 32 | (17) |
2006–2007 | Thurrock | ||
2007–2008 | Fisher Athletic | ||
2008–2010 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 27 | (3) |
2008–2009 | → Grays Athletic (loan) | 7 | (2) |
2010 | → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Cheltenham Town | 41 | (18) |
2011–2012 | Crawley Town | 6 | (1) |
2011–2012 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 14 | (7) |
2012–2014 | Bournemouth | 38 | (4) |
2012 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 6 | (3) |
2012–2013 | → Blackpool (loan) | 9 | (3) |
2013 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 11 | (3) |
2014 | Rotherham United | 13 | (5) |
2014–2016 | Birmingham City | 33 | (4) |
2015–2016 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 6 | (2) |
2016 | → Bradford City (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2016– | Oxford United | 13 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:51, 21 November 2016 (UTC). |
Wesley Alexander Nevada Thomas (born 23 January 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Oxford United.
He began his career in non-league football with various clubs in and around London before making his debut in the Football League for Dagenham & Redbridge in 2008. After loan spells in the Conference with Grays Athletic and Rushden & Diamonds, he spent a season with League Two club Cheltenham Town. He briefly joined Crawley Town before moving into League One with AFC Bournemouth. After one full season at Bournemouth, he went out on loan again, to Portsmouth, Blackpool and Birmingham City. He joined Rotherham United for the second half of the 2013–14 season before rejoining Birmingham, this time on a permanent basis. In 2015–16, he spent time on loan at Swindon Town and Bradford City, before joining newly promoted Oxford after the season ended.
Thomas began his football career at Queens Park Rangers, but was released at the end of his two-year scholarship. He moved into non-league football alongside studying for a BTEC National Certificate in Media. He was top scorer for Waltham Forest in the 2005–06 Southern League Eastern Division, top scorer for Thurrock in the Conference South the following season, and repeated the feat with Fisher Athletic, also in the Conference South, in 2007–08, before making his debut in the Football League with Dagenham & Redbridge in October 2008.