Joe Thomson (footballer)


Joseph Alexander Thomson is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Irish side Derry City. Thomson started his senior career at Celtic and he has played on loan at Dumbarton, Livingston, two spells at Queen of the South and Dunfermline Athletic. Thomson has also been capped for Scotland at every age level from under-15 to under-21.

Personal life

Thomson was born in Paisley and played for Gleniffer Thistle Boys Club. He was a youth signing with Rangers before switching to Celtic at under-12 level. He attended the Celtic school project at St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch.

Club career

Celtic

Thomson played regularly for the Celtic Development Squad and featured in the first-team squad versus Villarreal C.F., PSV Eindhoven, FC Den Bosch, Stade Rennais and Sparta Prague who he scored against in the Maspalomas Cup. On 22 August 2015, Thomson made his first-team debut when he appeared as a substitute during the second half of Celtic's 3–1 victory at Tannadice versus Dundee United. He left Celtic at the end of the 2017–18 season.

Loan spells

Thomson joined Scottish Championship club Dumbarton in August 2016, for the first half of the season. He scored his first senior goal in a 2–2 draw with Dunfermline Athletic on 29 October 2016. Thomson departed the Sons on 31 December 2016, when his loan deal ended.
On 1 January 2017, Thomson subsequently joined fellow Scottish Championship club Queen of the South for the second half of the season, scoring on his debut against St Mirren on 7 January 2017. Thomson then returned to his parent club, Celtic at the end of the 2016–17 season.
At the start of August 2017, Thomson was sent out on loan to Livingston for six months to gain first-team experience, but was recalled back to his parent club in early September 2017, due to a disagreement between the clubs regarding the handling of the player, having only played three league matches for the West Lothian side.
On 29 December 2017, Thomson joined Queen of the South for a second spell on loan. He initially joined on an emergency loan deal, although he remained with the side until the end of the season. On 20 March 2018, Thomson scored twice in the club's first league victory at Tannadice since 1933, in a 3–2 win versus Dundee United.

Dunfermline Athletic

On 16 June 2018, Thomson signed for Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic. He made his debut starting in a 3–0 win versus Peterhead in the Scottish League Cup on 17 July 2018, and scored his first goal in a league match against Dundee United on 4 August 2018.
Thomson was voted Fans Player of the Year in his first season with Dunfermline. Thomson was released in May 2020 at the end of his cotract.

International career

Thomson played for Scotland Under- 17 who reached the semi final of under-17 European Championships in Malta in 2014.
In March 2017, Thomson made his debut for the Scotland Under-21 team in a friendly versus Estonia.

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