Dominic Thompson

Dominic Lewis Thompson (born 26 July 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Brentford. He is a product of the Arsenal academy.

Club Career

Arsenal

After beginning his career as a central midfielder, Thompson signed a two-year schoolboy contract with Arsenal in May 2012. He was developed as a left-back and progressed through the Hale End Academy to sign a professional contract in June 2018. During the 2018–19 season, he was an unused substitute with the EFL Trophy squad on four occasions and was a travelling reserve for the first team's dead rubber Europa League group stage match versus FC Vorskla Poltava in November 2018. Thompson failed to win a call into a first team squad before his departure in August 2019.

Brentford

On 7 August 2019, Thompson joined Championship club Brentford on a three-year contract, with the option of a further year, for an undisclosed fee. Behind ever-present Rico Henry in the left-back pecking order, he made five appearances during the 2019–20 season. Thompson again served as backup to Rico Henry during the first half of the 2020–21 season and made 9 appearances before departing on loan for the remainder of the campaign on 4 January 2021.

On 4 January 2021, Thompson joined League One club Swindon Town on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. Five days later, he made his debut with a start in a league match versus Ipswich Town and assisted each of Swindon's goals in the 3–2 win. He made 25 appearances during the remainder of a season which culminated in relegation to League Two. After returning from the loan at the end of the regular season, Thompson was ineligible to play during Brentford's successful play-off campaign.