Tom Patrizio Brewitt (born 11 February 1997) is an English professional

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who plays as a defender for

Orange County SC Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier ...

Club career

Born in

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

, Brewitt played youth football for

(where he spent 10 years, including serving as captain in the

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) and

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Va ...

. He signed for

AFC Fylde AFC Fylde is a professional football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Farm. Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wes ...

in September 2018, after trialing for

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock ( ; ; , ), meaning "the church of Mernóc", is a town and former burgh in East Ayrshire situated in southwest Scotland. The town has served as the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council since 1996 and is the region's main ...

, and

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

, before moving to

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, on Morecambe Bay, part of the Irish Sea. In 2011 the parish had a population of 34,768. Name The first use of the name was by John Whit ...

in June 2019. He was released by the club at the end of the 2019–20 season. In March 2021 he signed for American team

Tacoma Defiance The Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, are an American professional soccer team based in the Puget Sound region in Tukwila, Washington, United States. The team competes in MLS Next Pro, a league in the third tier of the United Sta ...

. Brewitt signed with USL Championship side

Hartford Athletic Hartford Athletic is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Hartford, Connecticut. The club was founded in 2018 and started play in the USL Championship in 2019. It is the only pro soccer team in Connecticut (thoug ...

on 2 February 2022. Brewitt signed for

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team, known as the "Robins", currently compete in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded as Swindon A ...

on 7 March 2023 on a deal until the end of the season. He was released by the club at the end of the 2023–24 season. In February 2025, Brewitt returned to America to join

Daniel Cleary incident

In October 2020 Brewitt admitted that when he was a Liverpool youth player he had deliberately injured his teammate

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in training to try and improve his own chances of being picked for the first team. In 2024, Cleary revealed he was suing both Brewitt and Liverpool for contributing to the "loss of a top-level career", due to resulting further injury and depression.

International career

Brewitt represented England at under-16 and under-17 youth international levels.

Personal life

Brewitt has American citizenship through his mother.

Career statistics

Honours

AFC Fylde *

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: 2018–19

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brewitt, Tom 1997 births Living people English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Liverpool F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players AFC Fylde players Morecambe F.C. players Tacoma Defiance players Hartford Athletic players Swindon Town F.C. players English Football League players USL Championship players English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States English people of American descent Footballers from Liverpool National League (English football) players 21st-century English sportsmen Orange County SC players