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Full name | Thomas Michael Oar[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 10 December 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
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
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*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.