Zac Thompson
Thompson playing for Leeds United in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Zac Joseph Thompson | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Higher End, Wigan, Greater Manchester | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender/Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Marine | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Everton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Leeds United | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Bury (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Guiseley | 11 | (0) |
| 2016– | Marine | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:06, 3 May 2012 (UTC). |
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Zac Joseph Thompson (Born 5 January 1993) is an English footballer who plays for Marine as a central midfielder but can also play as a right back.
From 2004 to 2009, Thompson attended Byrchall High School in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, where he completed his GCSEs.
Born in Higher End, Wigan in Greater Manchester, Thompson started his career at Premier League side Everton in the youth teams, joining aged 12 in 2005. He signed as a scholar after leaving school in the summer of 2009 but left eighteen months later after failing to earn a professional contract with the Toffees. He was offered the opportunity to join newly promoted Championship outfit Leeds United on trial by their manager Simon Grayson in late 2010.
After a successful trial, Thompson signed for Leeds on his first professional contract in January 2011, initially for six months. He played 19 games for Leeds for the reserves and youth team both before and after his trial period in 2010–11 and was rewarded with a 12-month extension to his current deal in April. The departure of key senior midfielders Neil Kilkenny and Bradley Johnson on free transfers to Bristol City and Norwich City respectively during the summer of 2011 would allow Thompson to stake a claim for a first team spot for United's second full season back in the second tier of English football.
In the 2011–12 pre-season, he broke through to Leeds first team, playing in several games for Leeds first team during the 2011–12 pre-season friendlies. He was named as an unused substitute against Bradford City on 9 August 2011 and made his debut four days later after coming on as a substitute for Robert Snodgrass in Leeds' 1–0 loss against Middlesbrough. Thompson made his full debut for Leeds on 23 August when he started against Doncaster Rovers in a 2–1 League Cup victory. After becoming a regular in Leeds' matchday squads, at the start of September, Thompson suffered an ankle injury which ruled him out for six-weeks.
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