Tom Doyle

{{short description|New Zealand footballer}}

{{other people|similarly|Thomas Doyle (disambiguation){{!}}Thomas Doyle}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Tom Doyle

| image = Tom Doyle, 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.jpg

| caption = Doyle representing New Zealand at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

| fullname = Thomas Joseph Doyle{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota: List of Players |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2011/pdf/FCWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=2 |date=11 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119163204/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2011/pdf/FCWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=19 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|06|30}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Left back

| currentclub = Bay Olympic

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = –2010

| youthclubs1 = Auckland City

| years1 = 2010–2012

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| clubs1 = Auckland City

| years2 = 2012

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| clubs2 = Miramar Rangers

| years3 = 2012–2014

| caps3 = 26

| goals3 = 2

| clubs3 = Team Wellington

| years4 = 2014–2015

| caps4 = 31

| goals4 = 3

| clubs4 = Wellington Phoenix Reserves

| years5 = 2014–2019

| caps5 = 83

| goals5 = 2

| clubs5 = Wellington Phoenix

| years6 = 2019

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 0

| clubs6 = Chemnitzer FC

| years7 = 2020

| caps7 = 7

| goals7 = 1

| clubs7 = Auckland City

| years8 = 2021–

| caps8 = 11

| goals8 = 2

| clubs8 = Bay Olympic

| nationalyears1 = 2014–2017

| nationalteam1 = New Zealand

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 19 July 2021

| nationalteam-update = 15 June 2017

}}

Thomas Joseph Doyle (born 30 June 1992) is a New Zealand international footballer who plays as a left back for Bay Olympic in the Northern League.{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/10338982/Wellington-Phoenix-sign-defender-Tom-Doyle|title=Wellington Phoenix sign defender Tom Doyle|publisher=Stuff.co.nz|date=1 August 2014}}

Doyle made his senior professional debut for Wellington Phoenix FC in the 2014 FFA Cup against Adelaide United at the Marden Sports Complex on 5 August 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.theffacup.com.au/matchcentre/Adelaide-United-v-Wellington-Phoenix/760108#widget-match-day-tabs|title=Wellington Phoenix v Adelaide United - FFA Cup Match Centre | Westfield FFA Cup|publisher=theffacup.com.au|accessdate=2014-08-06}} Adelaide won the match 1–0 in regulation time. During his time with Wellington, he also operated as centre back.[https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/108274050/tom-doyle-tackles-new-role-as-wellington-phoenix-aim-for-more-defensive-stability Tom Doyle tackles new role as Wellington Phoenix aim for more defensive stability] stuff.co.nz

Following a short stint at German club Chemnitzer FC, where he made six appearances in four months,[https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/domestic/119892984/all-white-tom-doyle-glad-to-be-back-after-unsettling-encounter-with-neonazism All White Tom Doyle glad to be back in NZ after unsettling encounter with neo-Nazism] stuff.co.nz Auckland City confirmed that Doyle had returned to the club alongside club legend Emiliano Tade on 13 January 2020.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aucklandcityfc.com/news/1107/12/Emiliano-Tade-rejoins-Auckland-City-FC-/|title=Emiliano Tade rejoins Auckland City FC|website=Auckland City FC}}

Doyle played for New Zealand at the 2017 Confederations Cup.[https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/96160424/how-tom-doyle-came-back-from-dengue-fever-to-make-the-confederations-cup How Tom Doyle came back from dengue fever to make the Confederations Cup] stuff.co.nz