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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas William Bradshaw[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 27 July 1992||
Place of birth | Shrewsbury, England | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Millwall | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2008 | Aberystwyth Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Aberystwyth Town | 9 | (2) |
2009–2014 | Shrewsbury Town | 89 | (17) |
2014–2016 | Walsall | 70 | (34) |
2016–2019 | Barnsley | 85 | (18) |
2018–2019 | → Millwall (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2019– | Millwall | 175 | (43) |
International career‡ | |||
2010–2011 | Wales U19 | 4 | (2) |
2011–2013 | Wales U21 | 8 | (1) |
2016– | Wales | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 20 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:55, 12 October 2023 (UTC) |
Thomas William Bradshaw (born 27 July 1992), known simply as 'Bradders', is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Millwall and the Wales national team.
Bradshaw started his career at Aberystwyth Town and was signed by Shrewsbury Town in May 2009 (Aberystwyth later received a retrospective fee of £30,000 under the FIFA training compensation scheme).[3][4] He made his debut in a League Two match against Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road on 10 April 2010, replacing Jamie Cureton for the final 15 minutes and scoring two goals in a 3–0 win.[5] At the end of the 2009–10 season he signed a two-year professional contract.[6]
Despite scoring six goals in the 2010–11 season,[7] Bradshaw found first team opportunities more limited in 2011–12, making only 8 appearances and scoring once against Accrington Stanley.[8]
Bradshaw was handed the number nine shirt for the 2012–13 campaign, in which he made 22 appearances, mostly as a substitute, but failed to score.[9] He signed a contract extension of an undisclosed length on 23 May 2013[10] and scored his first senior goal for nearly two years in a 2–0 home win over Swindon Town on 17 August.[11]
On 23 June 2014, Bradshaw signed a two-year contract with League One side Walsall for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £50,000, following the relegation of Shrewsbury Town to League Two.[12][13] He scored his first goal for the Saddlers on his debut for the club on 9 August 2014 against Port Vale in a 1–1 away draw.[14] Bradshaw injured his hamstring in a 1–1 draw with Bristol City on 4 October 2014,[15] which sidelined him for most of the month.[16] He also scored a last–minute equaliser in a 2–2 draw against his former side Shrewsbury in the FA Cup first round on 8 November 2014.[17] Bradshaw enjoyed a prolific start to the season and scored his tenth goal of the campaign in all competitions in a 3–1 win against Barnsley on 13 December 2014.[18]
Bradshaw scored Walsall's second goal in their 2–0 victory over Preston North End in the first leg of the Football League Trophy Northern area final on 7 January 2015.[19] He started in the final on 22 March, Walsall's first match at Wembley Stadium, a 0–2 defeat to Bristol City.[20] On 24 June, he extended his contract until the end of the 2016–17 season.[21]
Bradshaw scored his first career hat-trick on 11 August 2015 in a 4–3 win at Championship side Nottingham Forest in the first round of the League Cup, finishing with an added-time penalty.[22]
After making his international debut for Wales, and Walsall subsequently losing to Barnsley in the League One play-off semi-final, Bradshaw requested to be placed on the transfer list in July 2016.[23]
After his transfer request was accepted by the Saddlers, Bradshaw joined newly promoted Championship club Barnsley for an undisclosed fee on 14 July.[24] He scored his first goal for the Reds in a 4–0 win against Rotherham United on 27 August 2016.[25] He scored eight times in his first season and in 2017–18 he was the club's top scorer with 12 goals, as they were relegated.[26] On 7 April 2018, he scored a later winner in a 3–2 win over South Yorkshire rivals at Sheffield United at Oakwell; it was only his club's second win in 14 games.[27]
On 23 August 2018, Bradshaw joined Millwall initially on loan until January, when the deal became permanent. He signed a "long-term contract" of undisclosed length, and the fee broke Millwall's record of £800,000 paid for Paul Goddard in 1989.[28] His season ended in November after ten goalless appearances, with a knee ligament injury against Brentford.[29]
Bradshaw scored his first goal for the Lions on 13 August 2019 in an EFL Cup first-round game away to West Bromwich Albion, equalising in a 2–1 win.[30] Eleven days later he recorded a first league goal with his first touch after coming on, to earn a 1–1 draw at Middlesbrough.[31] In October, he scored five goals across four consecutive games, ending with both of a draw with Cardiff City at The New Den.[32] He won the Championship Player of the Month award for February 2023 after scoring five goals.[33]
Born in Shrewsbury, England,[2] Bradshaw grew up in Tywyn, Wales,[34] and attended Ysgol Penglais School in Aberystwyth.[35] Therefore he was eligible to represent Wales or England internationally.
Bradshaw was called up to the Wales under−19 squad for the first time in September 2010,[36] scoring on his debut during a 2–0 win over Liechtenstein.[37] He scored again in a 3–3 draw with Turkey on 20 October 2010.[38] He was called into the Wales under−21 squad in September 2011 for the away game with Montenegro, scoring on his debut.
Bradshaw was capped eight times for the Wales U−21 squad, making his last appearance as a substitute against Moldova U−21s on 10 September 2013.[39] He opted to withdraw from the squad when called up a month later in order to remain available for first-team duties with Shrewsbury Town.[40] This effectively ended his international youth career, with under−21s manager Geraint Williams indicating he would not select him again, although Bradshaw was in any case in his last few months of eligibility for the under−21 squad.[41]
A year later, Bradshaw was put on the standby list for the senior Wales national football team for the Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Cyprus in October 2014, but had to withdraw due to picking up a hamstring injury in a match against Bristol City for new club Walsall.[42] On 4 November 2015 he was called up to the senior squad for a friendly against the Netherlands,[43] and was an unused substitute in a 3–2 defeat.[44] He made his debut the following 28 March, replacing Tom Lawrence for the final 17 minutes of a 1–0 friendly loss to Ukraine in Kyiv.[45] Bradshaw was in Wales manager Chris Coleman's preliminate squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament, but he withdrew due to a calf injury.[46]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Shrewsbury Town | 2009–10[47] | League Two | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
2010–11[48] | League Two | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
2011–12[49] | League Two | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
2012–13[50] | League One | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
2013–14[51] | League One | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | |
Total | 89 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 17 | ||
Walsall | 2014–15[52] | League One | 29 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5[b] | 1 | 37 | 20 |
2015–16[53] | League One | 41 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3[c] | 0 | 49 | 20 | |
Total | 70 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 86 | 40 | ||
Barnsley | 2016–17[54] | Championship | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 45 | 8 | |
2017–18[55] | Championship | 39 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | — | 43 | 12 | ||
2018–19[56] | League One | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Total | 85 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 21 | ||
Millwall (loan) | 2018–19[56] | Championship | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Millwall | 2019–20[57] | Championship | 45 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 48 | 10 | |
2020–21[58] | Championship | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 4 | ||
2021–22[59] | Championship | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 28 | 9 | ||
2022–23[60] | Championship | 41 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 17 | ||
2023–24[61] | Championship | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 4 | ||
Total | 183 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 198 | 44 | |||
Career total | 427 | 111 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 475 | 122 |
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