Tom Boere (born 24 November 1992) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a striker for Spanish club

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Club career

Early years

Born in

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, Netherlands, Tom Boere grew up in

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and began his footballing career in

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, Belgium, playing in the youth teams of

KAA Gent Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent (; English: ''Royal Athletic Association Ghent''), often simply known as Gent or by their nickname ' (), is a Belgian professional sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football tea ...

as a striker, before being recruited by

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to join their youth team. Having served as a striker for the

Jong Ajax Jong Ajax (; ), also referred to as Ajax II or Ajax 2, is a Dutch association football team. It is based in Amsterdam and competes in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Jong Ajax is the only reserve team to have won a title in Dutch professional foot ...

team, Boere made his debut and only appearance for the senior side for Ajax in the 2011–12 season, in a friendly match against

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from

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on 10 November 2011. He scored the last goal in a 3–1 home win having come on as 70th-minute substitute for

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. He made no appearances in a regular season or cup match for the senior squad, and subsequently transferred to Gent as a free transfer in the winter transfer window.

Gent

Boere returned to Gent, where he spent much of his youth career, during the winter transfer window of the 2011–12 season on a free transfer from Ajax. He made his senior debut in Belgium coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for

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in the home match against Zulte Waregem on 21 January 2012, a 0–0 draw. During the 2013–14 season, he played on loan for

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in the

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Eindhoven and Oss

In June 2014, Boere signed a three-year deal with Dutch

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side

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. He moved to

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

in summer 2016. He managed to score 33 goals in 38 appearances for the club, winning the 2016–17 Eerste Divisie Golden Boot.

Twente

In June 2017, Boere signed a three-year contract with

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, who had finished seventh in the

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the year before. He was set to be the replacement of

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, who had left after his loan deal expired.

Türkgücü

On 27 July 2020, Boere joined

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. His coach Alexander Schmidt initially utilised him next to the consistently efficient Petar Slišković in the centre of attack. After three goals in seven games,

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was briefly moved forward from the attacking midfield before Mounir Bouziane, another newcomer, finally removed the Dutchman completely from seeing the field.

SV Meppen

After the investor of Türkgücü Munich, Hasan Kivran, announced his withdrawal at the end of December 2020 and thus left the future of the club in uncertainty, 28-year-old Boere moved to league rivals

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in early-January 2021 – a team which had scored the sixth fewest goals in the league at the time. He signed a contract until the end of the season. He made his debut for the club on 9 January in a 1–0 win over

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, playing the entire match. On 19 February, Boere scored his first goal for the club which secured a 2–1 home win over

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. Earlier in the match, he had provided an assist to Hassan Amin.

Cambuur

In 2021, Boere joined Cambuur.

NAC Breda

In January 2023, Boere joined

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on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

Terrassa

On 7 January 2025, Boere signed with

in the Spanish fourth tier.

Honours

Twente *

: 2018–19

References

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