# Tommy Fitzgerald > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tommy_Fitzgerald > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tommy_Fitzgerald.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Fitzgerald > Source revision: 1292145108 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Irish soccer player during the 1990s|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{about||the Irish hurling manager and hurler|Tommy Fitzgerald (hurler)}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use Irish English|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Tommy Fitzgerald | image = | fullname = Tommy Fitzgerald | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|1|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [Dublin](/source/Dublin), Ireland | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = OLV | youthclubs2 = Rangers Dublin | youthclubs3 = Lourdes Celtic | years1 = 1986–1989 | years2 = | years3 = 1989–1991 app 5 50 goals | years4 = 1990 | years5 = 1991 | years6 = 1991–1992 | years7 = 1992–1994 | years8 = 1994–1995 | clubs1 = [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.) | clubs2 = → [FC Copenhagen](/source/FC_Copenhagen) (loan) | clubs3 = [Shelbourne](/source/Shelbourne_F.C.) | clubs4 = → [Waterford United](/source/Waterford_United_F.C.) (loan) | clubs5 = → [Limerick City](/source/Limerick_F.C.) (loan) | clubs6 = [Limerick City](/source/Limerick_F.C.) | clubs7 = [Bohemians](/source/Bohemian_F.C.) | clubs8 = [Monaghan United](/source/Monaghan_United_F.C.) | caps1 = 0 | caps2 = ? | caps3 = 7 | caps4 = 9 | caps5 = 23 | caps6 = 42 | caps7 = 24 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = ? | goals3 = 2 | goals4 = 3 | goals5 = 12 | goals6 = 7 | goals7 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 1989 | nationalteam1 = [Republic of Ireland Under-21](/source/Republic_of_Ireland_under-21_national_football_team) | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = | ntupdate = }} '''Tommy Fitzgerald''' (born 2 January 1970) was an [Irish](/source/Irish_people) [soccer](/source/soccer) player during the 1990s. ==Career== Tommy was brought up in the pimlico area of South Dublin and served his time in schoolboy football with the likes of OLV and Lourdes Celtic before going cross-channel to join [Tottenham Hotspur](/source/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.) at the age of 16 as a trainee. Tommy turned pro after six months. Tommy played in a strong youth team at Spurs alongside the likes of [Guy Butters](/source/Guy_Butters) and was a regular in their reserves but couldn't make the breakthrough to the first team scoring 50 goals from 50 app and went out on loan to( Fc copenhagen) was released after 3 seasons in [London](/source/London). Fitzgerald decided to return home despite an offer from fc Copenhagen in Denmark and [David Webb](/source/David_Webb_(footballer))'s [Southend United](/source/Southend_United_F.C.)Bohemian F.C. Match Programme, Vol. 44, No. 23 and he signed for [Shelbourne](/source/Shelbourne_F.C.). He made his debut for Shels on 3 September 1989. He was in and out of the starting line up during his time at [Tolka Park](/source/Tolka_Park) and went on loan to [Waterford United](/source/Waterford_United_F.C.) and then [Limerick City](/source/Limerick_F.C.) in his second season at Shels. He impressed while on loan at Limerick and signed for them in time for the 1991/92 season. He made 23 appearances in the league that season scoring 12 times as Limerick won the [First Division Title](/source/FAI_First_Division) under the management of [Sam Allardyce](/source/Sam_Allardyce). This form impressed [Eamonn Gregg](/source/Eamonn_Gregg) who signed him for [Bohemians](/source/Bohemian_F.C.) in the summer of 1992.Tommy had to retire due to injury on right knee with Longford town in 1996 ==International career== Tommy won 2 [Republic of Ireland Under-21](/source/Republic_of_Ireland_under-21_national_football_team) caps in 1989, against Senegal and France "B". ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzgerald, Tommy}} Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Category:League of Ireland players Category:Bohemian F.C. players Category:Shelbourne F.C. players Category:Limerick F.C. players Category:Waterford F.C. players Category:Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Category:Living people Category:1970 births Category:Monaghan United F.C. players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Association footballers from Dublin (city) {{Ireland-footy-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tommy Fitzgerald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Fitzgerald) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Fitzgerald?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.