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Thomas Morris Lawrence
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Born in Wrexham, he joined Manchester United at the age of eight and made his way up through the age groups, but he was unable to make it as a first-team regular and spent time on loan at Carlisle United and Yeovil Town before joining Leicester City in September 2014. After three years with Leicester, during which time he was loaned out to Rotherham United, Blackburn Rovers, Cardiff City and Ipswich Town, he left for Derby County in August 2017 and joined Rangers in 2022, where he played until 2025. He has represented Wales at senior international level, having also played for the national under-17, under-19 and under-21 sides.
Another appearance at the Milk Cup followed in 2011, with Lawrence scoring the only goal in Manchester United's semi-final victory over Senegalese side Étoile Lusitana; however, the team went on to lose the final 5–1 to Qatari youth academy ASPIRE. Lawrence began the 2011–12 season in good form, scoring four goals in his first four matches before suffering an injury in the fifth, a 3–1 home defeat to Manchester City. On his return two months later, he scored the opener in Manchester United's 4–0 FA Youth Cup win over Torquay United, only to suffer another injury to his groin and miss another five months of the season. Nevertheless, he returned strongly, scoring three goals in the final three games of the season, including a brace against Stoke City on the final day. After going unused in a Manchester Senior Cup game against Bury earlier in the season, Lawrence finally made his first appearance for the reserves in the final of the Lancashire Senior Cup against Accrington Stanley; after coming on as a 23rd-minute substitute for Luke Giverin, Lawrence opened the scoring shortly before half-time and Manchester United went on to win 4–0.
After signing his first professional contract in July 2012, Lawrence made the step up to the reserves on a permanent basis for the 2012–13 season; however, he found the transition difficult, as competing with the likes of Federico Macheda, Ángelo Henríquez and Joshua King meant he often found himself on the bench, rarely making it onto the pitch with any significant time left in games. Despite a lack of playing time, Lawrence managed to score four goals in 20 appearances during the season, including one goal in a 3–1 win against Oldham Athletic in the Manchester Senior Cup, and his assist led to Larnell Cole's 88th-minute winning goal against Tottenham Hotspur in the final of the Under-21 Premier League. Will Keane's return to fitness meant Lawrence's opportunities continued to be limited going into the 2013–14 season, although he did manage to appear in seven of the team's first eight matches of the season.
Before making an appearance for Leicester, he was loaned to Championship club Rotherham United on 27 November, on a month-long deal. He scored one goal in six appearances for Rotherham before returning to Leicester. He made his Leicester debut on 3 January 2015 in an FA Cup third round tie against Newcastle United, which Leicester won 1–0.
On 5 January, his loan deal was extended until 31 January. He returned to Leicester when loan came to an end on 31 January 2016.
During season 2023-24 Lawrence made 32 appearances for Rangers scoring 3 goals, twice against Kilmarnock and once against Benfica in the Europa League.
Lawrence scored his first goal of season 2024-25 in a home league match against Ross County. During the same match Lawrence set up his teammate Cyriel Dessers for the opening goal of the game.
Lawrence followed this up with the winning goal in the league match against Dundee United. The assist for the goal was provided by teammate Cyriel Dessers.
On 23 November 2025, Lawrence scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win over the Newcastle Jets.
Lawrence scored his first ever senior hat-trick on 28 December in a 3–1 win over Melbourne City FC.
After progressing through the Wales under-17 and under-19 teams, Lawrence made his debut for the under-21s in a 3–0 home friendly victory over Iceland in February 2013, playing for 64 minutes before being substituted. He scored his first goal for the under-21s a month later, scoring the only goal in a European Championship qualifying win over Moldova at Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli. This was followed up by a brace of penalties in another qualifying win in October 2013, this time against Lithuania.
22 May 2014, Lawrence was named in the Wales senior squad for the friendly match against the Netherlands on 4 June 2014. Lawrence was named in the Wales squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Cyprus and Israel to be played on 3 and 6 September 2015. On 13 October, he came on as a substitute for David Edwards in Wales' final Euro 2016 qualifier against Andorra.
During Wales' 2018 World Cup Qualifying campaign, Lawrence made a second half appearance against Serbia on 12 November 2016, replacing Hal Robson-Kanu on 68 minutes.
Lawrence scored the decisive goal in a 1–0 win over Georgia in Tbilisi on 6 October 2017, to put Wales in touching distance of World Cup qualification.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| Manchester United | 2012–13 | Premier League | 0 |
| 2013–14 | Premier League | 0 | |
| Carlisle United (loan) | 2013–14 | League One | 3 |
| Yeovil Town (loan) | 2013–14 | Championship | 2 |
| Leicester City | 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 |
| Rotherham United (loan) | 2014–15 | Championship | 1 |
| Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 2015–16 | Championship | 2 |
| Cardiff City (loan) | 2015–16 | Championship | 0 |
| Ipswich Town (loan) | 2016–17 | Championship | 11 |
| Derby County | 2017–18 | Championship | 6 |
| 2018–19 | Championship | 7 | |
| 2019–20 | Championship | 10 | |
| 2020–21 | Championship | 3 | |
| 2021–22 | Championship | 11 | |
| Rangers | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 3 |
| 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 3 | |
| 2024–25 | Scottish Premiership | 6 | |
| Perth Glory | 2025–26 | A-League | 5 |
| + Appearances and goals by national team and year | |
| Wales | 0 |
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| 2 | |
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| + International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition |
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