Full name Jamie Carl Thomas Playing position 2005–2013 Blackpool Position Forward | Place of birth Blackpool, England Number 7 Current team Burnley F.C. | |
Date of birth (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 20) | ||
Jamie Carl Thomas (born 10 January 1997), is an English-born Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for Burnley. He has also represented Wales internationally at under-19 level.
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Club career
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. 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. In April 2016, he was thrown into first-team action featuring as an unused substitute for Championship matches against Cardiff City and Hull City. At the end of the 2015–16 campaign he was released from the club as Bolton were relegated to League One.
Following his release from Bolton, he joined newly-promoted Premier League side Burnley on a two-year contract to play for the Development Squad. In July 2016, he was sent out on loan to Scottish Championship side Ayr United on a six-month loan deal, however the loan was cut short in October after Ayr manager Ian McCall deemed that Thomas' game time would be limited.
International career
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. 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. 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.