Tom Watson

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Tom Watson, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland forward, made 24 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 3 times, averaging 0.12 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2024-25, with 3 goals. In our match data he features from 2024 to 2025. More of his recorded appearances came under Régis Le Bris than any other manager — 24 in all. He lined up alongside Anthony Patterson more than any other team-mate in our data, the two starting 10 games together. Across 22 matches we hold detailed data for, his average match rating is 6.85.

Figures are from our match-by-match data, densest from 2010 onward.

Thomas Watson (born 8 April 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion . [ 2 ] — Wikipedia

Position: FW
Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Birthplace: Horden
Born: 8 Apr 1859
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 63 kg

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At Sunderland

Born in Horden , Watson first joined the Sunderland academy at the Under-9 level. [ 3 ] On 18 April 2023, Watson made his professional debut for Sunderland, appearing as a substitute in the EFL Championship against Huddersfield Town . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Despite a back injury hampering his ability to feature at the start of the 2023–24 season, Watson signed a new three-year contract with Sunderland in September 2023. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] On 7 December 2024, Watson scored the first league goals of his professional career in a 2–1 EFL Championship win for Sunderland against Stoke City . [ 7 ] On 1 April 2025, Watson was announced as a signing for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion for a £10m fee, officially joining the club at the start of the forthcoming transfer window. [ 8 ] A month later, on 24 May, he came off the bench and scored a stoppage-time winner to complete a 2–1 comeback win over Sheffield United in the Championship play-off final , securing Sunderland's return to the Premier League for the first time since 2017. [ 9 ] — Wikipedia

Career

England national under-18 association football team (2023)→Sunderland A.F.C. (2023)

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