The 28-year-old ditched his boots for the gym and embarked on a mammoth fitness journey, which has left him unrecognisable.
He recently bagged the overall champion gong with the biggest fitness federation in the world, PureElite.
Tom, who weighs more than 18 stone and demolishes about 7,000 calories a day, says he started playing football at the age of five with Whitstable Town FC.