Tom Soares

Thomas James "Tom" Soares (born July 10 1986 in Reading, Berkshire, England) is an England football (soccer) of Barbadian descent who currently plays for Stoke City F.C. in the Premier League. He is a midfielder. His brother Louie Soares is also a footballer, playing for Conference National champions Aldershot Town F.C. and the Barbados national football team national side.

He came up through the Crystal Palace F.C. academy, playing in central midfield, but since breaking through has been used more often on the wing for Palace, a position he is happy to fill, but is evidently not his favourite, leading to his performances being criticised by some Palace fans.

Soares is acknowledged to be an exciting midfield talent amongst many football managers and pundits and has previously appeared for the England national under-21 football team side.

Under Neil Warnock, Soares has been handed his old central midfield role and has flourished in Palace's three-man midfield. His driving runs, combined with his best goalscoring season to date, have meant he has been a key performer in Palace's 2007-08 in English football campaign.

Early in the 2008-09 in English football, Soares was transfer listed by Warnock, following Palace's poor start to the season, and went on to complete a deadline day move to Premier League newcomers Stoke City F.C..

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