James Tomkins salary, net worth, girlfriend, age, Career

James Tomkins is an English professional footballer who plays as a center-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace. He is often regarded as one of the best defenders in the world. He has been playing football since he was a child and he has an incredible vision of the game.

James Tomkins is known for his creative and offensive style of play which has led him to be regarded as one of the best players in the world. Here, we take a closer look at James Tomkins’s age, salary in 2024 and net worth in 2024, Playing Position, height, Current Team, girlfriend, facts, house, Individual Awards, football Career so far and much more.

Who Is James Tomkins?

James Oliver Charles Tomkins (born 29 March 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a center-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace. He has represented England at all levels up to the under-21 team and represented Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics. He is a product of the West Ham youth academy.

James Tomkins Facts, Bio, WIKI

Full Name	James Oliver Charles Tomkins
Nickname	Tomsy
Profession	Centre back
Date of Birth & Age	29 March 1989 (age 33)
Birth Place	Basildon, England
Religion	N/A
Marital Status	N/A
Hometown & Country	England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)

James Tomkins Early Life

James Tomkins Current Team

He is currently playing for Crystal Palace

James Tomkins Age

His age is 33 years.

Who is James Tomkins Girlfriend?

James Tomkins is currently single, according to our records.

What is his Playing Position?

He plays as a defender in his team.

What is James Tomkins’s Salary in 2024?

James Tomkins earns £55,000 a week, and £2,860,000 a year playing for Crystal Palace as D RC.

What is James Tomkins’s Net Worth in 2024?

James Tomkins net worth is £21,684,000.

James Tomkins Football Career

Here, we take a closer look at James Tomkins’s Football career so far.

Club Career

Early years and club debut

At age seven, James Tomkins was spotted while playing for his local Sunday League team and signed with West Ham United‘s youth academy. Initially a striker, he eventually switched to his current position in central defense. He signed scholarship forms in 2005. Before making his first team debut, his career had been marred by various injuries.

Tomkins made his Premier League debut on 22 March 2008 in a 1–1 draw against Everton. Although his costly slip allowed Yakubu to score the opening goal, he made five more starts and one substitute appearance. As first-choice center-backs James Collins, Danny Gabbidon, and Matthew Upson were injured at various points in the season, he enjoyed a prolonged first-team run for the remainder of the season, winning Young Hammer of the Year for 2007. – 08.

2008–09 season

On 27 November, James Tomkins signed for Derby County on a five-week loan spell. He made his debut for Derby in their 3–0 loss to Burnley on 29 November 2008. He played 8 times in all competitions for Derby County during his loan, before being recalled to West Ham on 31 December 2008 by manager Gianfranco Zola. After his time in the Derby, he began to feature regularly in the Hammers’ first team. On 21 March 2009, he started and played the full 90 minutes alongside Jonathan Spector in a 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

Initially substituting for the injured Collins, he managed to get ahead of the Welsh international, and on 4 April 2009 scored his first senior goal, a header from a Mark Noble corner, in a 2-0 win over Sunderland. The same month, he and several fellow youth products received long-term contract extensions.

2009–10 season

Following the departure of James Collins and with Danny Gabbidon injured, Tomkins kept his place in the starting eleven at the start of the 2009–10 season, losing it to new signing Manuel da Costa for several games. James Tomkins took his place back, starting alongside Captain Matthew Upson. Sky Sports named him Man of the Match as he and Upson helped keep the Hammers’ first clean sheet of the year in an away draw against Aston Villa on 17 January 2010.

2010–11 season

Tomkins made 28 appearances in all competitions in the 2010–11 season scoring once against Manchester City at Upton Park. On 1 January 2011, he made his 50th appearance for West Ham’s first team in a 2–0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

2011-12 season

It was in the 2011-12 season that James Tomkins found his place in West Ham United’s first team, forging a partnership at back with New Zealander Winston Reid. He scored the opening goal in a 4–0 win against Watford at Vicarage Road and also received the WHUFC Player of the Month for August, the opening month of the season. During the 2011-12 season, he was linked with a £4m move to both Premier League side Queens Park Rangers and Newcastle United, but speculation about his future soon ended when he signed a new four-year deal.

Years and a half. annual deal at West Ham on 21 January until the summer of 2016. After signing, he also demonstrated his commitment and love for the club by saying: “I am a local boy and have risen through the ranks of the club and loyalty It’s a much more important currency to me than money.”

For his outstanding performance in the 2011–12 Championship season, James Tomkins was elected to the PFA Championship Team of the Year by his fellow professionals, along with his fellow Hammer Mark Noble. He was also voted runner-up for Hammer of the Year by West Ham fans, losing to Mark Noble.

2014–15 season

In 2015, James Tomkins signed a new long-term contract that would keep him with West Ham until 2020. Shortly afterward he dislocated his shoulder in training, an injury that was expected to keep him from playing for several weeks. In March, he underwent surgery for the same injury. He made 25 appearances in all competitions for West Ham, including three FA Cup games.

He scored a single goal in a 2–1 away win against West Bromwich Albion on December 2, 2014. His shoulder injury kept him out of the squad since March 2015, and he eventually returned for the final game of the season, replacing Reece Burke in the 69th minute, a 2-0 loss to Newcastle United.

2015–16 season

Tomkins opened the 2015–16 season by scoring the third goal in a UEFA Europa League match on 2 July 2015. West Ham won the match against Andorran side Lusitanos 3–0 with him as captain and with the other goals from Diaphra Sakho.

On 16 July 2015, he scored another UEFA Europa League goal in a 1–0 win over Birkirkara in the 90th minute. In the second leg, in Malta, on 23 July 2015, he was sent off after pushing Birkirkara’s Nikola Vukanac as West Ham went through to the next round, 5-3 on penalties.

Crystal Palace

On 5 July 2016, James Tomkins joined London rivals Crystal Palace on a five-year deal for a fee of £10 million. He had played for West Ham for over 20 years from childhood until 2016, he made 243 appearances for West Ham’s senior team.

In October 2019, Tomkins signed a contract extension that kept him at Crystal Palace until the end of the 2021-22 season and in June 2022 he signed a further extension that kept him at the club until 2023.

International career

England U21

James Tomkins has represented England at Under-15, Under-16, Under-17, Under-19, and Under-21 levels and played in every game of the 2008 UEFA Under-19 Championship alongside clubmate Freddie Sears. His under-21 debut came on June 8, 2009, in a 7–0 home win against the Azerbaijan under-21 team.

He was called up for the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship as a substitute following the sidelines of starting center-backs Steven Taylor and David Wheater through injury. After the tournament, he was called up to the team and regularly accompanied Michael Mancienne on defense. He was called up for several European Championship qualifiers but withdrew after being ruled out with an injury sustained during training.

Great Britain Olympic team

After the success of the 2011–12 Championship season, where James Tomkins was named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year and was runner-up for the Hammer of the Year, he was called up to the final squad for the Great Britain Olympic Football Team for the 2012 London Olympic Games. He played twice for the Great Britain team.

On July 20, 2012, he played the first half in a 2-0 loss to Brazil in a warm-up match and on July 29, 2012, in a 3-1 win against the UAE. He blamed his inclusion in the Olympic squad and lack of games on a loss of form at the start of West Ham’s 2012–13 season.

Individual Awards

• PFA Team of the Year: 2011–12 Championship

Interesting Facts about James Tomkins

• West Ham United (1997-2007)
• James Tomkins plays right footed as Defender – Central Defender.
• The highest market value of James Tomkins was 8.00 million euros
• James Tomkins was born on Wednesday.

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Summary

The article discusses James Tomkins age, salary in 2024 and net worth in 2024, Playing Position, height, Current Team, girlfriend, facts, house, Individual Awards, football career so far, and much more.

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