Cameron Thompson (footballer)

Cameron Randy Thompson (born 21 February 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League North club Darlington, on loan from Barnsley of the EFL Championship.

Cameron Thompson
Personal information
Full name Cameron Randy Thompson[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-21) 21 February 2000[2]
Place of birth Lambeth, London, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Darlington (on loan from Barnsley)
Number 27
Youth career
2011–2020 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Barnsley 1 (0)
2022– → Darlington (loan) 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:11, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Career

Thompson was born in Lambeth, London, in 2000.[3][2] and joined Fulham F.C. Academy in 2011 as an 11-year-old.[4] He attended Coombe Boys' School in New Malden, with which the Fulham club had a relationship, and helped their teams win the English Schools' Football Association's Cup at under-14 and under-15 levels,[5][6] before taking up a two-year scholarship with Fulham in 2016.[7] Although the second year of his scholarship was disrupted by injury, he was able to make a debut in open-age football for Fulham U21s in the EFL Trophy against Charlton Athletic in November 2017; he gave his side a 63rd-minute lead, but the League One side came back to win 3–2.[8] Thompson signed his first professional contract, of two years, in May 2018.[4] He scored freely at under-18 level, moved up to the under-23s,[4] and made three more EFL Trophy appearances,[9] but missed much of his second professional season with a hamstring injury,[10] and was released when his contract expired.[11]

After a trial during which he scored twice in reserve-team matches, Thompson signed a professional contract with Barnsley on 11 December 2020.[12] He made his first-team debut on 10 August 2021 as a second-half substitute away to Bolton Wanderers in the EFL Cup. The match ended goalless, and Thompson took no part in the penalty shoot-out, which Barnsley lost 5–4.[13] He made his Football League debut as a very late substitute in a 2–1 defeat at Birmingham City on 22 January 2022.[14]

He made no further appearances for Barnsley's first team before,[15] on 4 March, he joined National League North club Darlington on loan until the end of the season.[16] He was on the bench for the next day's match against Blyth Spartans, and came on with half an hour left and the game goalless. In the 12th of more than 20 minutes of stoppage time – due to a medical emergency in the crowd – he was involved in the only goal of the match. After Spartans' goalkeeper parried a shot, the ball fell to Thompson, whose shot rebounded off the crossbar to Jake Lawlor who scored.[17] Thompson started the next match, away to York City, and scored his first goal for Darlington, albeit in the last minute of a 3–1 defeat.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham U21 2017–18[8] ———1[lower-alpha 1]111
2018–19[9] ———3[lower-alpha 1]131
Total ———4242
Barnsley 2020–21[19] Championship 0000—0000
2021–22[15] Championship 100010—20
Total 1000100020
Darlington 2021–22[20] National League North 71———71
Career total 81001042133
  1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Squad list 2021/22 & U21 registered contract players" (PDF). English Football League. September 2021. p. 9. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. "Cameron Thompson". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. "Player search: Thompson, CR (Cameron)". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. "Pro deal for Thompson". Fulham F.C. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. "ESFA Schools' Cup winners Coombe Boys earn high praise". Sutton & Croydon Guardian. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. "Football: Coombe Boys' enjoy Millar time as they lift Schools' Cup again". Sutton & Croydon Guardian. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  7. "List of Players Registered as Scholars in Accordance with Rule C.3 Between 01/07/2016 and 31/07/2016". The Football Association. p. 41. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  8. "Games played by Cameron Thompson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  9. "Games played by Cameron Thompson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  10. "U23 PL Cup: Plymouth Argyle 1–4 Fulham". Fulham F.C. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  11. "Player departures". Fulham F.C. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  12. "Cameron Thompson joins the Reds". Barnsley F.C. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  13. O'Kane, Doug (10 August 2021). "Cole misses as Reds crash out of cup on penalties". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  14. O'Kane, Doug (22 January 2022). "Reds stay bottom after damaging loss in Birmingham". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  15. "Games played by Cameron Thompson in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  16. Stoddart, Craig (4 March 2022). "Darlington sign Thompson from Barnsley". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  17. Simpson, Ray (5 March 2022). "Jake gives Quakers the points". Darlington F.C. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  18. "York City 3 Darlington 1". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  19. "Games played by Cameron Thompson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  20. "C. Thompson". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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