Max Thompson
Personal information
Full name Max Thompson[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-09) 9 February 2002[2]
Place of birth Macclesfield, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 MFK Skalica
Number 99
Youth career
2010–2018 Manchester United
2018–2019 Everton
2019–2020 Burnley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Burnley 1 (0)
2022–2023 Sunderland 0 (0)
2024– MFK Skalica 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:48, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Max Thompson (born 9 February 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for MFK Skalica.

Career

Youth career

After interest from other clubs, Thompson ended up signing for Manchester United as an under-9 in 2010.[3] He progressed through the age groups at United but wasn't offered a scholarship and departed the club aged 15.[3] Following his release, Thompson signed for Everton.[3] He spent 18-months at the club, but finding game time at Everton limited, Thompson was allowed to explore other options and he requested to be released from his contract.[3] Following this, he went on trial with Burnley and scored twice in an under-23 friendly and played once for the under-18 side against Nottingham Forest before signing.[4][3]

Professional career

During the COVID-19 lockdown, Thompson was invited to train with the first-team bubble and impressed Burnley manager, Sean Dyche, in training.[3] On 22 June 2020, he made his senior debut, coming on as a substitute for Matěj Vydra in Burnley's 5–0 loss to Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium.[5]

On 22 July 2022, Thompson joined newly-promoted Championship side Sunderland on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He was initially assigned to the under-21 squad.[6]

In October 2023, Thompson left Sunderland by mutual consent.[7]

In January 2024, Thompson signed for Slovak First Football League side MFK Skalica.[8]

Personal life

Thompson’s brother and father, Warren, also played football, for Blackburn Rovers and York City respectively.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 June 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burnley 2019–20[10] Premier League 100000—10
2020–21[10] Premier League 000000—00
Career total 100000—10

    References

    1. ↑ "Updated squad lists for 2019/20 Premier League". Premier League. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
    2. 1 2 "Max Thompson". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jones, Andy (28 June 2020). "The youngsters who could get their chance in Burnley's run-in". Retrieved 26 April 2021 – via The Athletic.
    4. ↑ "Max Thompson". Burnley F.C. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
    5. ↑ "Manchester City 5-0 Burnley". BBC Sport. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
    6. ↑ "Young quartet sign for the Lads". Sunderland A.F.C. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
    7. ↑ "Max Thompson leaves SAFC". Sunderland A.F.C. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
    8. ↑ "Do Skalice prichádza mladý útočník Max Thompson" (in Slovak). MFK Skalica. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
    9. ↑ "Everton's new starlets - Duncan Ferguson's relative, a Brazilian-born winger and the Yorkshire Gylfi Sigurdsson". liverpoolecho.co.uk. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
    10. 1 2 Max Thompson at Soccerway
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