Thomas Peter McIntyre (born 6 November 1998) is a Scottish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender for club

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

Early life

McIntyre was born in Reading. He attended Aldryngton Primary School, Maiden Erlegh School, and Forest School. In 2010, McIntyre was part of Aldryngton's under 11 football side who reached the final of the Football League Community Cup, where they represented Reading FC against Leicester.

Career

Reading

In July 2016, McIntyre signed his first professional deal with

Reading Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of Visual perception, sight or Somatosensory system, touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifacete ...

, signing a new deal until the summer of 2020 on 3 January 2018. McIntyre became the 48th graduate from Reading Academy when he made his debut in a 1–1 draw against

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional association football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The team plays in EFL League One, the third tier of English football, after suffering relegation fr ...

on 15 December 2018, earning man of the match. After the game it was revealed he had played with a fractured forehead and required surgery for metal plates to be fitted. He was consequently ruled out of playing any further games for a few months. On 26 February 2019, McIntyre signed a new contract with Reading until the summer of 2021. McIntyre scored his first goal for Reading in a 2–1 win over

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

on 26 December 2020. With his contract due to expire on 30 June 2021, McIntyre signed a new three-year contract with Reading on 29 June 2021, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2024.

Portsmouth

On 30 January 2024, McIntyre left Reading to sign a two-and-a-half-year contract, with a club option for an additional 12 months, with

for an undisclosed fee. McIntyre made his Portsmouth debut four days after signing for the club, in the 4-1 home win against Northampton Town. McIntyre was shown a straight red card by referee Sam Purkiss in the 54th minute for a 50/50 challenge with Northampton's Mitch Pinnock, however this card (and the subsequent three match ban) was rescinded on appeal. McIntyre received a fractured ankle due to the weight of the challenge and missed the rest of Portsmouth's promotion-winning campaign.

Charlton Athletic (loan)

On 3 February 2025, McIntyre joined

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...

on loan for the rest of the 2024–25 season.

International

McIntyre has represented Scotland at U17 and

U20 U20 or U-20 may refer to: Naval vessels * * , a sloop of the Royal Navy * , a submarine of the Austro-Hungarian Navy Other uses * Great truncated cuboctahedron * Meizu U20, a smartphone * Roland U-20, a synthesizer * Small nucleolar RNA S ...

before making his U21 debut against

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

on 11 September 2018.

Personal life

McIntyre is a keen

gamer A gamer is someone who plays interactive games, either video games, tabletop role-playing games, skill-based card games, or any combination thereof, and who often plays for extended periods of time. Originally a hobby, gaming has evolved in ...

and until 2021 operated a

Twitch Twitch may refer to: Biology * Muscle contraction ** Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation ** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction ** Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle c ...

channel where he streamed himself playing

FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...

and

Call of Duty ''Call of Duty'' is a first-person shooter military video game series and media franchise published by Activision, starting in 2003. The games were first developed by Infinity Ward, then by Treyarch and Sledgehammer Games. Several spin-of ...

. He currently has 160 victories on

Warzone War zone or warzone may refer to a zone of war, or to: Film and television * ''The War Zone'', a 1999 film starring Ray Winstone * ''War Zone'' (film), a 1998 documentary about street harassment directed by Maggie Hadleigh-West * "War Zone" ('' ...

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

*
Tom McIntyre
– Reading profile {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntyre, Tom 1998 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Reading F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players English Football League players Scotland men's youth international footballers Scotland men's under-21 international footballers Scottish Twitch (service) streamers Footballers from Reading, Berkshire 21st-century Scottish sportsmen