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Tom McGowan (Tom_ismyname)

Born October 28 1997 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Tom is a New Zealand futsal player, football TikToker, YouTuber, and social media content creator.

Tom has represented New Zealand for futsal, debuting in 2017 in a 3 game series against New Caledonia, of which the Futsal Whites won all 3 games. In 2018 he played in another 3 game series in China, coming up against Thailand, Russia, and China. Later that year, he represented the New Zealand University Futsal team at the FISU Tertiary World Cup.

Other than his own personal futsal success, McGowan is also known as @tom_ismyname on TikTok and is growing rapidly with over 600,000 followers on the platform and over 13.6 million likes.

Tom first started in football social media on the YouTube channel Football Boots in 2015 with just over 100,000 subscribers. Since then, the channel has reached 1.4 million subscribers and is becoming a well-known household name. Through this channel, Tom has been able to gain and offer experience and knowledge leading to him becoming an influential personality in the football social media community.

McGowan moved to Sydney, Australia in early 2019 and began work for Ultra Football. Since being at Ultra Football he has established himself as the face of their brand and social media content. Through his work with Ultra, Tom has worked with some of football's biggest global brands such as Adidas and Nike.