Tom grew up in Sydney before moving to London in 2014 to join Tottenham Hotspur’s Academy. 

The goalkeeper was a regular for Spurs’ Under-18s and then their Under-21s, and played in the club’s run to the FA Youth Cup semi-final in the 2014/15 season. He was included in Spurs’ first-team squad on a handful of occasions, serving as back-up to Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm.

In summer 2017, Tom returned to Australia to join Central Coast Mariners on a season-long loan, before moving back to Europe for a loan spell with Swedish side Helsingborg. 

In 2019, Tom made a permanent return home, this time signing for Melbourne City. 

At the end of his first season, Tom and his teammates lost the A-League Grand Final (which decides the Australian championship at the end of post-season play-offs) to Sydney FC in extra-time. Tom was later nominated for the division’s Young Player of the Year. 

Establishing himself as first-choice stopper, he won successive A-League Premiership titles with the club (for finishing top of the table in the regular season) in 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23. Tom missed just three matches in what was a historic accomplishment in the Aussie game. 

Melbourne also earned revenge over Sydney in the first of the three years, beating them 3-1 to clinch the title.

Tom has been capped at Under-20 and Under-23 level, and joined Riley McGree in the Olyroos squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He has been called up by Socceroos boss Graham Arnold but is yet to make his senior international debut.

In June 2023, Tom announced his departure from Melbourne, despite the club’s desire to keep him, to pursue new career opportunities in Europe. 

After joining Boro at the start of the 2023/24 campaign, Tom’s Boro career got off to a great start when he kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win against West Bromwich Albion to mark his first start for the club.

The keeper would go on to make 12 appearances in the league while also helping the club to the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup by keeping three clean sheets in seven games.  

Tom’s standout game came in the semi-final first leg at home to Chelsea, with the Australian registering a clean sheet.