Jamie Carl Thomas (born 10 January 1997), is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays for Bamber Bridge. He has also represented Wales internationally at under-19 level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jamie Carl Thomas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 25)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Blackpool, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) |
Forward Midfielder[3] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bamber Bridge | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2013 | Blackpool | ||
| 2013–2015 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Ayr United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Squires Gate | ||
| 2019–2021 | A.F.C. Blackpool | ||
| 2021 | Bamber Bridge | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Preston North End | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → FC Halifax Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2022– | Bamber Bridge | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2014–2015 | Wales U19 | 8 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:02, 26 January 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Thomas started his career with local club Blackpool where he spent eight years before transferring to Bolton Wanderers to start his two-year scholarship.[4] In his first year scholar, playing in the under 18 Premier League, Thomas scored 17 goals and in his second year scholar he scored 15 goals. After completing his two-year scholarship, he was rewarded with another one-year extension to his scholarship in May 2015.[5] In April 2016, he was thrown into first-team action featuring as an unused substitute for Championship matches against Cardiff City and Hull City.[6] At the end of the 2015–16 campaign he was released from the club as Bolton were relegated to League One.[7]
Following his release from Bolton, he joined newly promoted Premier League side Burnley on a two-year contract to play for the Development Squad.[8] In July 2016, he was sent out on loan to Scottish Championship side Ayr United on a six-month loan deal,[9] however the loan was cut short in October after Ayr manager Ian McCall deemed that Thomas' game time would be limited.[10] On 11 April 2018, Burnley announced the releasing of the forward to the end of the 2017–18 season.[11]
On 6 October 2018 Thomas signed for Squires Gate.[12] A year later he signed for A.F.C. Blackpool.[13]
On 28 June 2021, he signed for Bamber Bridge.[14] A month later he went on trial with EFL Championship team Preston North End after scoring against them twice for Bamber Bridge in a pre-season friendly. During the trial he scored for Preston in 1–1 pre-season draw against Accrington Stanley.[15] The trial was successful and on 5 August he signed a one year contract with Preston, with Preston having the option to extend it for a further year.[16]
On 25 January 2022, Thomas joined National League side FC Halifax Town on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[17]
Thomas was released at the end of the 2021–22 season.[18]
On 1 November 2022, Thomas returned to Bamber Bridge.[19]
Despite being born in England, Thomas qualifies to represent Wales through his parentage. In August 2014, he received his first call-up to international duty for the under-19 side, for an international friendly double-header against Montenegro.[20] He went on to start the game and scored on his debut in a 3–1 win, and followed it up with another goal in the reverse fixture which Wales won again 2–1.[21][22] He went on to feature in all of the qualifiers for the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship against Portugal, Denmark and Albania as Wales failed to qualify, scoring twice in six games.[6]
In 2018 and 2019, after not playing for 14 months, Thomas suffered from anxiety and depression.[23][24]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bolton Wanderers | 2015–16[6] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Burnley | 2016–17[6] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017–18[6] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ayr United (loan) | 2016–17[6] | Scottish Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Preston North End | 2021–22[6] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Sam Layton, Rahis Nabi, Harry Limb, Khius Metz, Lewis King, Jordan Barnett, Arlen Birch, Brad Jackson and Jamie Thomas will be leaving Turf Moor