Ryan Thomas (footballer)
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This article is about the New Zealand football player. For the American soccer player, see Ryan Thomas (soccer).
Ryan Jared Thomas (born 20 December 1994) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie and the New Zealand national team.
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Full name | Ryan Jared Thomas[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 (age 29)[1] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Te Puke, New Zealand | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | PEC Zwolle | |||||||||||||
Number | 30 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Mount Maunganui Junior FC | ||||||||||||||
Tauranga City AFC | ||||||||||||||
Melville United | ||||||||||||||
Waikato FC | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2011 | Melville United | |||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Waikato FC | 18 | (4) | |||||||||||
2013 | Western Suburbs | 11 | (7) | |||||||||||
2013–2018 | PEC Zwolle | 123 | (8) | |||||||||||
2018–2022 | PSV | 33 | (4) | |||||||||||
2022– | PEC Zwolle | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2013 | New Zealand U20 | 11 | (2) | |||||||||||
2014– | New Zealand | 19 | (3) | |||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2019 |
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Thomas played for various clubs across the Waikato region of New Zealand, before signing professional terms with Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle in 2013. Since then, Thomas has spent his footballing career in the Netherlands, signing for reigning champions PSV Eindhoven in 2018. Thomas is additionally a regular for the New Zealand national team, featuring in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.