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|colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:RSGtomgaal.jpg]]
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! style="background: #ff9999; text-align: center" colspan="3" | Personal Information
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|'''Full name'''||colspan="2"|Tom Gaal
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|'''Country'''||colspan="2"|{{Flag|GER}}
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|'''Position'''||colspan="2"|[[Goalkeeper]]
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|'''Best Prestation'''||colspan="2"|[[Image:HTStar.png]][[Image:HTStar.png]][[Image:HTStar.png]][[Image:HTStarHalfGrey.png]]
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! style="background: #ff9999; text-align: center" colspan="3" |Club Information
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|'''Current club'''||colspan="2"|{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Red Star Brussels|SVV Red Star Brussels]]
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! style="background: #ff9999; text-align: center" colspan="3" | Youth Clubs
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|'''Global Seasons'''||'''Team'''||'''GP (goals)'''
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|colspan="1" align="center"|37||{{Flagicon|GER}} [[PrimaDivisioneCatania]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font> 0 <font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(0)
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! style="background: #ff9999; text-align: center" colspan="3" | Senior Clubs
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|'''Global Seasons'''||'''Team'''||'''GP (goals)'''
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|colspan="1" align="center"|38-39||{{Flagicon|GER}} [[PrimaDivisioneCatania]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font> 0 <font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(0)
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|colspan="1" align="center"|39- ||{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Red Star Brussels|SVV Red Star Brussels]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>30<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(0)
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Tom Gaal (Hannover, {{Flag|GER}}) is a [[Deutschland|German]] football player who actualy plays for [[Red Star Brussels|SVV Red Star Brussels]]. He is a [[GK|goalkeeper]].

== Early career ==
Gaal started his career at the German team [[PrimaDivisioneCatania]] in [[Niedersachsen]], [[Germany]]. He was scouted when playing with some classmates in the street. He showed great reflexes when diving for the ball. Tom Gaal started at the youth division of [[PrimaDivisioneCatania]], and was soon promoted to the first team. He never played in the A-side, but was transferlisted in August 2009.

== Career at SVV Red Star Brussels ==
=== First Keeper ===
Tom Gaal signed at [[Red Star Brussels|SVV Red Star Brussels]] on August 19th 2009, when the Belgian team agreed on a transfer sum of 25 000€ with [[PrimaDivisioneCatania]]. [[Red Star Brussels|RSB]] was looking for a goalkeeper, since their first squad didn't contain one that was talented enough to perform on that level. Gaal immediately made it to the basic team as first goalkeeper. He played every game during his first full season 40, untill he got injured in week 12. He returned to the pitch in the first official game of [[Red Star Brussels/Season 41|Season 41]], and played most of the games in that season.

=== Second Keeper ===
During [[Red Star Brussels/Season 41|Season 41]], a extremely gifted young keeper was discovered in the [[Red Star Brussels]] youth squad, [[Johannes Castiau]]. The team decided to have [[Johannes Castiau|Castiau]] to develop, so he would in term become the first keeper of the team. This happened through season [[Red Star Brussels/Season 42|Season 42]]. The team management discussed this issue in a very open way with Tom Gaal, offering him a transfer if he would want to be a first keeper in another team. Tom decided however to stay at [[Red Star Brussels]], and got involved in the training of [[Johannes Castiau]]. The team management decided to keep Tom Gaal as the second keeper, and to implicate him in the training activities of young keepers at [[Red Star Brussels|RSB]].

=== Seasons Overview at Red Star Brussels ===
This tabel gives an overview of the matches Tom Gaal played through the seasons. 

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|- bgcolor=ffcccc
! colspan=2|
! colspan=2| League
! colspan=2| Cup
! colspan=2| Total
|- align=center bgcolor=ffcccc
! <Small>Season
! <Small>League
! <Small>App. 
! <Small>Goals
! <Small>App.
! <Small>Goals
! <Small>App.
! <Small>Goals
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 39|39]]||align=center| IX.1432 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 1 || align=center| 0
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 40|40]]||align=center| IX.1432 ||align=center| 11 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 11 || align=center| 0
|- 
|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 41|41]]||align=center| VIII.255 ||align=center| 12 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 12 || align=center| 0
|- 
|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 42|42]]||align=center| VII.578 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 1 || align=center| 0
|- 
|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 43|43]]||align=center| VI.449 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 0 || align=center| 0
|- 
|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 44|44]]||align=center| VI.449 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 0 || align=center| 0
|- 
|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 45|45]]||align=center| VI.449 ||align=center| 2 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 3 || align=center| 0
|- 
|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 46|46]]||align=center| VI.449 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 0 || align=center| 0
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 47|47]]||align=center| V.189 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 0 || align=center| 0
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 48|48]]||align=center| VI.673 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 1 || align=center| 0
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 49|49]]||align=center| VI.673 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 0 || align=center| 0
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 50|50]]||align=center| VI.673 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 0 || align=center| 0
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 51|51]]||align=center| VI.673 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 0 || align=center| 0
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 52|52]]||align=center| VI.673 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 1 || align=center| 0
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! colspan=2 bgcolor=cccccc| Total ||bgcolor=cccccc| 27 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 0 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 3 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 0 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 30 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 0
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== Personal Life ==
Tom Gaal is known by his teammates as a friendly and spontaneous young guy, who quickly integrated in the group. He is good friends with his team mate [[Red Star Brussels/Joël Crahay|Joël Crahay]], and allegedly even dating Joëls' sister Lisa. They got married in the midseason between [[Red Star Brussels/Season 41|Season 41]] and [[Red Star Brussels/Season 42|Season 42]], on April 15th 2010. The couple lives in an appartment in Etterbeek, Brussels.

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