Tommy Oar

Tommy Oar
Oar playing for the Central Coast Mariners in 2018
Personal information
Full name Thomas Michael Oar[1]
Date of birth (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Southport, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1996–1997 Burleigh Heads
1997–2006 Palm Beach
2006–2007 QAS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Brisbane Roar 23 (2)
2010–2015 FC Utrecht 105 (4)
2015–2016 Ipswich Town 6 (0)
2016–2017 Brisbane Roar 30 (1)
2017–2018 APOEL 19 (0)
2018–2020 Central Coast Mariners 31 (0)
2020–2022 Macarthur FC 39 (2)
Total 253 (9)
International career
2008–2011 Australia U20 34 (6)
2010–2015 Australia 28 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's Association football
AFC Asian Cup
Winner 2015 Australia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2016

Thomas Michael Oar (born 10 December 1991) is a retired Australian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Born on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Oar played youth football for Burleigh Heads, Palm Beach and at the Queensland Academy of Sport before making his professional debut for Brisbane Roar in 2008. He joined Dutch club FC Utrecht in 2010, making over 100 appearances for the side before moving to England to play for Ipswich Town in 2015. He later joined Cypriot giants Apoel Nicosia, before returning to the A-League.

Oar has twenty eight caps with the Australian national team, scoring two goals. He participated in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 and 2015 Asian Cups, with Australia winning the latter. He was part of the Australia U-20 side at the 2009 and 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cups, scoring the goal of the tournament in the latter edition. He was also nominated for the Socceroos' 2010 FIFA World Cup squad at 18.

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Tommy Oar". socceroos.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2015.