 Ince playing for Hull City in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Christopher Ince[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1992[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Stockport, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Watford | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Notts County (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2011–2014 | Blackpool | 100 | (31) |
| 2014 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Hull City | 7 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Derby County (loan) | 18 | (11) |
| 2015–2017 | Derby County | 87 | (26) |
| 2017–2018 | Huddersfield Town | 33 | (2) |
| 2018–2022 | Stoke City | 94 | (12) |
| 2021 | → Luton Town (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Reading (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Reading | 33 | (9) |
| 2023– | Watford | 29 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 2009 | England U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011 | England U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | England U21 | 18 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:10, 1 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Thomas Christopher Ince (born 30 January 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder, left winger or forward for EFL Championship club Watford.
The son of former England midfielder Paul Ince, Tom Ince began his career with Liverpool, for whom he made his professional debut in the 2010–11 season, coming on as a substitute in the League Cup. He later spent time that season on loan at League One club Notts County, scoring twice in eight appearances. At the end of the season, Ince turned down a new contract and moved to Blackpool, who had just been relegated from the Premier League. In two and a half seasons at Blackpool, Ince played 113 games in all competitions and scored 33 goals. He also won the 2013 Football League Young Player of the Year Award and was named in the 2012–13 PFA Team of the Year.
In January 2014, he signed on loan for Premier League club Crystal Palace, for whom he scored his first Premier League goal, and returned to the division permanently at the end of the season, joining Hull City on a free transfer. Ince did not feature regularly for Hull in the 2014–15 season, spending time on loan at the end of 2014 with Nottingham Forest before returning briefly to Hull. A loan spell at the end of the season with Derby County was a success, with Ince scoring 11 goals in 18 appearances. At the end of the season, he joined Derby for a fee of £4.75 million, briefly becoming the club's most-expensive signing. Ince spent the 2017–18 season with Huddersfield Town before joining Stoke City in July 2018 for a fee of £10million. Ince spent four seasons with Stoke before joining Reading in the summer of 2022.
Ince has been capped internationally for England at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels.
- ^ "List of Temporary Transfers of Players under Written Contract Between 01/02/2015 and 28/02/2015". The Football Association. p. 14. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Tom Ince". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "Tom Ince: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 26 December 2017.