Louis Thompson

Louis Clyde William Thompson (born 19 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League One club Milton Keynes Dons, on loan from Championship club Norwich City. He is a former Wales U21 international.

Louis Thompson

Personal information
Full name	Louis Clyde William Thompson[1]
Date of birth	19 December 1994[2]
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Milton Keynes Dons (on loan from Norwich City)
Number	23
Youth career
2011–2012	Swindon Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	Swindon Town	34	(2)
2014–	Norwich City	9	(0)
2014–2015	→ Swindon Town (loan)	28	(2)
2015–2016	→ Swindon Town (loan)	13	(2)
2016	→ Swindon Town (loan)	15	(0)
2019–2020	→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)	10	(0)
2020	→ Milton Keynes Dons (loan)	9	(0)
2020–	→ Milton Keynes Dons (loan)	9	(0)
National team^‡
2012	Wales U19	3	(0)
2015	Wales U21	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:40, 7 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:00, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

His brother Nathan is a professional footballer who plays for Peterborough United.[3]

Club career

Swindon Town

Thompson started his career at Swindon Town where he followed his older brother Nathan through the Wiltshire football club's youth system under the guidance of former Wales international footballer and Swindon coach, Paul Bodin. During the 2011–2012 season, Swindon Town manager Paolo Di Canio drafted Thompson into the senior side by naming him on the substitutes bench for FA Cup victories over Huddersfield Town, Colchester United and Wigan Athletic. He was also on the bench for the Football League Trophy draw at Barnet and Football League Two wins over AFC Wimbledon and Rotherham United. However, Thompson failed to make it on to the pitch during any of those fixtures.

Thompson made his first team debut for Swindon on 28 January 2012 as an 81st-minute substitute for fellow Town midfielder Simon Ferry during the 2–0 away loss to Leicester City in the FA Cup Fourth Round.[4] After making his debut, Thompson expressed his gratitude to Di Canio for giving him his first opportunity within professional football by telling the local Swindon newspaper, the Evening Advertiser, that it was "an amazing feeling to make my debut at such a young age. I am so thankful to the gaffer for giving me my chance".[5]

Norwich City

On 1 September 2014, he joined Norwich City and was loaned back to Swindon for the rest of the 2014–15 season.[6] In January 2017, Thompson was ruled out for the rest of the 2016–17 season after suffering an achilles injury.[7] Thompson suffered a further setback, a second achilles injury, in July 2017 and missed the 2017–18 season.[8] He made six league appearances as Norwich were promoted to the Premier League as winners of the 2018–19 EFL Championship.[9]

On 16 August 2019, Thompson joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a season-long loan.[10] He made his debut for the club on 20 August, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute in a 2–3 away win at Accrington Stanley.[11] He scored his first goal for Shrewsbury when he scored in an EFL Trophy tie against Macclesfield Town on 13 November 2019.[12] Thompson returned to Norwich from his loan spell on 2 January 2020.[13]

On 16 January 2020, Milton Keynes Dons announced they had agreed a loan deal until the end of the 2019–20 season.[14] On 18 August 2020 Thompson returned on loan for the duration of the 2020–21 season.[15][16]

International career

In 2012, Thompson was called into the Wales under-19 squad for the European championship qualifying matches.

Thompson was called up to the Wales under-21 squad versus Moldova on 22 March 2013.[17]

Club statistics

As of match 6 February 2021

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Swindon Town	2011–12	League Two	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2012–13[18]	League One	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	2013–14[19]	League One	28	2	0	0	3	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	35	2
	2014–15[20]	League One	32	2	1	0	2	1	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	38	3
	2015–16[21]	League One	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	2
	Swindon total		90	6	3	0	6	1	7	0	106	7
Norwich City	2016–17[22]	Championship	3	0	0	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	8	0
	2017–18[23]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19[24]	Championship	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
	2019–20[25]	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Norwich total		9	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	16	0
Shrewsbury Town (loan)	2019–20[25]	League One	10	0	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	1	13	1
Milton Keynes Dons (loan)	2019–20[25]	League One	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2020–21[26]	League One	9	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	13	0
	Total		18	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	22	0
Career total			127	6	4	0	11	1	14	1	156	8

1. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
2. Two appearances in the Football League Trophy and one in the League One play-offs
3. Appearances in the Football League Trophy with Norwich City U23s

References

1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
2. "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
3. "Nathan Thompson Profile". Swindon Town FC. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
4. "F/T: Leicester City 2 Town 0". Swindon Town FC. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
5. "Thompson hoping for another chance". Swindon Advertiser. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
6. "Transfer deadline day: Norwich sign Miquel, Hooiveld & Thompson". BBC Sport. September 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
7. "Norwich City's Louis Thompson out for season with Achilles injury". BBC Sport. 27 January 2017.
8. "Norwich City: Louis Thompson suffers second Achilles injury". BBC Sport. 7 July 2017.
9. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
10. "Louis Thompson joins Shrewsbury Town on loan". Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
11. "Accrington Stanley 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 - Report and pictures". Shropshire Star. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
12. "Shrewsbury Town 3 Macclesfield 1 - Report and pictures". shropshirestar.co.uk. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
13. "Louis Thompson returns to City". Norwich City FC. 2 January 2020.
14. "Thompson becomes signing number three". Milton Keynes Dons FC. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
15. "Louis Thompson returns to MK Dons on loan". Norwich City F.C. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
16. "Thompson re-joins Dons on loan". Milton Keynes Dons FC. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
17. "European Championship qualifier: Wales U21 1–0 Moldova U21". BBC Sport. 22 March 2013.
18. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
19. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
20. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
21. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
22. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
23. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
24. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
25. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
26. "Games played by Louis Thompson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

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