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Josh Thomas

Josh Thomas

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Drogheda United FC
Age23
CitizenshipWales England
Height1.72 m
Footright
BornSeptember 24, 2002
at Drogheda United FC 492 days · joined 2025-01-17
Market value €100k
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

7
clubs played for
17/18
debut season
0.25
goals / match
Swansea City U18
top club · 22 apps

Career highs

€125k
peak value · 2023
top transfer fee
7
best season · 19/20
1 · 5.9%
pens / of goals
69Appearances
17Goals
3Assists
5Yellow cards
0Red cards
16Full matches (90′)
Full nameJosh Thomas
Name in home countryJoshua John Thomas
Date of birth2002-09-24 (23 yrs)
Place of birth,
CitizenshipWales England
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height172.00 m
Current clubDrogheda United FC
On loan from ↩ Swansea City parent contract: 2026-06-30
Joined2025-01-17
Contract expires2025-12-31
AgentWasserman
Outfitteradidas
Dec 2025
Transfer: Drogheda United → Swansea
24/25 · Return from loan
Jul 2025
2025 — Drogheda United FC
9 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Feb 2025
Injury: unknown
23 games missed
Jan 2025
Transfer: Swansea → Drogheda United
24/25 · Loan
Jan 2025
Transfer: Bromley → Swansea
24/25 · Return from loan
Aug 2024
Transfer: Swansea → Bromley
24/25 · Loan
Jul 2024
24/25 — Swansea City, Bromley FC
7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2024
Transfer: Swansea U21 → Swansea
24/25 · Transfer
Jan 2024
Transfer: Port Vale → Swansea U21
23/24 · Return from loan
Aug 2023
Transfer: Swansea U21 → Port Vale
23/24 · Loan
Jul 2023
23/24 — Port Vale FC
15 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — Swansea City
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
May 2021
Transfer: Cardiff Met → Swansea U23
20/21 · Return from loan
Feb 2021
Transfer: Swansea U23 → Cardiff Met
20/21 · Loan
Jul 2020
20/21 — Cardiff Metropolitan University, Swansea City U18
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2020
Transfer: Swansea U18 → Swansea U23
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Swansea City U18, Swansea City U23
21 matches · 7 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Swansea City U18
11 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2018
Transfer: Swansea Yth. → Swansea U18
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Swansea City U18
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €125k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
1,399 min
Minutes played by club
Swansea City 0.0%
Bromley FC 0.0%
Port Vale FC 13.3%
Drogheda United FC 20.1%
Swansea City U18 34.6%
Cardiff Metropolitan University 0.0%
Swansea City U23 32.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Swansea City 2 22/23 24/25 1 0 0 0
Bromley FC 1 24/25 24/25 6 0 0 0
Port Vale FC 1 23/24 23/24 15 3 2 186
Drogheda United FC 1 2025 2025 9 5 1 281
Swansea City U18 4 17/18 20/21 22 8 0 484
Cardiff Metropolitan University 1 20/21 20/21 4 0 0 0
Swansea City U23 1 19/20 19/20 12 1 0 448

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€31K4€63K5€94K7€125K18/19 — 2 goals (Swansea City U18)218/1919/20 — 7 goals (Swansea City U23)719/202025 — 5 goals (Drogheda United FC)2025 — 1 assists6202523/24 — 3 goals (Port Vale FC)23/24 — 2 assists523/2424/2523/24 — €125K24/25 — €125KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

17/18: 0017/1818/19: 2218/1919/20: 7719/2020/21: 0020/212025: 55202522/23: 0022/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 0024/25

Assists by season

17/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/212025: 11202522/23: 0022/2323/24: 2223/2424/25: 0024/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 Championship Swansea City 1 0 0 1 0 0
24/25 EFL Cup Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 EFL Trophy Bromley FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 FA Cup Bromley FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 League Two Bromley FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 EFL Cup Port Vale FC 3 2 0 1 0 99
23/24 EFL Trophy Port Vale FC 1 1 0 0 0 87
23/24 FA Cup Port Vale FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 League One Port Vale FC 11 0 2 1 0 0
22/23 Championship Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 EFL Cup Swansea City 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 FAI Cup Drogheda United FC 2 1 1 0 0 103
2025 Leinster Senior Cup Drogheda United FC 1 2 0 0 0 23
2025 Premier Division Drogheda United FC 5 2 0 1 0 155
2025 President's Cup Drogheda United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Cymru Premier Cardiff Metropolitan University 4 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 FA Youth Cup Swansea City U18 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 FA Youth Cup Swansea City U18 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Premier League 2 Swansea City U23 12 1 0 0 0 448
19/20 U18 Premier League Swansea City U18 8 6 0 0 0 106
18/19 U18 Premier League Swansea City U18 11 2 0 0 0 378
17/18 U18 Premier League Swansea City U18 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
18/19 2018-07-01 Swansea Yth. Swansea U18 Transfer 0
20/21 2020-07-01 Swansea U18 Swansea U23 Transfer 0
20/21 2021-02-01 Swansea U23 Cardiff Met Loan 0
20/21 2021-05-31 Cardiff Met Swansea U23 Return from loan 50000
23/24 2023-08-02 Swansea U21 Port Vale Loan 50000
23/24 2024-01-11 Port Vale Swansea U21 Return from loan 125000
24/25 2024-07-01 Swansea U21 Swansea Transfer 125000
24/25 2024-08-30 Swansea Bromley Loan 125000
24/25 2025-01-16 Bromley Swansea Return from loan 125000
24/25 2025-01-17 Swansea Drogheda United Loan 125000
24/25 2025-12-31 Drogheda United Swansea Return from loan 100000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
24/25 Leg injury 2025-02-22 2025-07-17 146 23
Current€100k
Peak€125k
Low€50k
Δ since start+€50k
€50k€69k€88k€106k€125k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €125k
Jan 1, 1970 €125k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Jacob Jones 1 0 979
Tivonge Rushesha 1 0 898
Morgan Clarke 1 1 857
Daniel Williams 1 0 816
Scott Butler 1 1 763
Connor Ripley 2 0 636
Nathan Smith 1 0 631
Ali Al-Hamadi 1 0 618
Marc Walsh 1 1 606
Bradley Gibbings 0 0 589
Funso Ojo 1 1 472
Eli King 1 0 431
Luca Hoole 1 0 429
Tom Sang 1 0 422
Ben Garrity 1 1 406
Liam Cullen 1 0 399
James Plant 1 0 349
Gavin Massey 1 1 300
Oliver Arblaster 1 1 298
Ryan Bevan 1 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
19/20 U18 Premier League Swansea City U18 6 8
2025 Premier Division Drogheda United FC 2 5
18/19 U18 Premier League Swansea City U18 2 11

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
23/24 League One Port Vale FC 2 11
2025 FAI Cup Drogheda United FC 1 2

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
24/25 2025-12-31 Drogheda United Swansea Return from loan €100k
24/25 2025-01-17 Swansea Drogheda United Loan €125k
24/25 2025-01-16 Bromley Swansea Return from loan €125k
24/25 2024-08-30 Swansea Bromley Loan €125k
23/24 2024-01-11 Port Vale Swansea U21 Return from loan €125k
23/24 2023-08-02 Swansea U21 Port Vale Loan €50k
20/21 2021-05-31 Cardiff Met Swansea U23 Return from loan €50k
20/21 2021-02-01 Swansea U23 Cardiff Met Loan

Teams faced most often by Josh Thomas's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Northampton Town 6 4 1 1 7 4 +3 67%
Exeter City 6 2 1 3 7 10 -3 33%
Stevenage FC 6 1 4 1 5 7 -2 17%
Cheltenham Town 6 0 3 3 6 9 -3 0%
Lincoln City 5 0 2 3 4 14 -10 0%
Cambridge United 5 2 2 1 5 2 +3 40%
Carlisle United 5 2 0 3 5 6 -1 40%
Mansfield Town 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 40%
Colchester United 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2 25%
Swindon Town 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 25%
Macclesfield Town 4 0 2 2 3 5 -2 0%
Forest Green Rovers 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
17/18 Senior debut season
18/19 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 7 0 1 0 0 0
23/24 15 186 2 0 0 0.97
2025 9 281 1 0 0 0.32
20/21 5 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

U18 Premier League
20 apps
8 G
0 A
Premier Division
5 apps
2 G
0 A
Leinster Senior Cup
1 apps
2 G
0 A
EFL Cup
3 apps
2 G
0 A
FAI Cup
2 apps
1 G
1 A
EFL Trophy
4 apps
1 G
0 A
Premier League 2
12 apps
1 G
0 A
League One
11 apps
0 G
2 A

Frequently asked about Josh Thomas

Who is Josh Thomas?

Josh Thomas is a Wales professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Drogheda United FC.

How old is Josh Thomas?

Josh Thomas is 23 years old. He was born on September 24, 2002.

What position does Josh Thomas play?

Josh Thomas plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Josh Thomas play for?

Josh Thomas currently plays for Drogheda United FC.

How many career goals has Josh Thomas scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Josh Thomas has scored 17 goals in 69 appearances.

What is Josh Thomas's market value?

Josh Thomas's most recent reported market value is €100k.