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Full nameThomas Lance Sparrow
PositionFull-back
NationalityWales
Age23
Date of birth6 Dec 2002
BirthplaceBuckley
Height184 cm
Shirt number#7
ClubMotherwell
Full-backalso played MID
9
Appearances
0
Goals
2
Assists
708
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Motherwell.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Premiership100906.5

Scout report

Solid contributorCreative Full-back

T. Sparrow is a 23-year-old full-back at Motherwell, rated 48.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 31st of 104 on scout potential in the Premiership. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (71.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.43 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sparrow.

Judged on this season alone, Sparrow graded 28 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 15th of 19 of the 19 full-backs in the Premiership, on 2 clean sheets and 3.432 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 20 → 28). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 48, top 37% of the 19 full-backs in the Premiership. At 23 Sparrow is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 10.8 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downStepped up 2024/25
48.3
Ratingi
7th of 19 full-backs
28
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
71.5%
Minutes
a regular starter
3.43
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Motherwell finished 10th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side

9
Apps
3.43
Def. / 90
21
Tackles
5
Interceptions
2
Clean sheets

3.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 9 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (10th of 12) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 71.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.25 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

With a Rating of 48.3, Sparrow carries the 7th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Premiership of 19 — though on just 9 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.43 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Premiership with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists2
Chances created10
Passes427
Pass accuracy88%

Possession

Successful dribbles8
Dribble success42.1%
Duels won44
Duels won %54.3%
Fouls won10

Defending

Tackles21
Interceptions5
Blocks1
Fouls committed6
Penalties conceded1—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.