Tommy Oar

Tommy Oar
Personal information
Full name Thomas Michael Oar[1]
Date of birth (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991
Place of birth Southport, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Central Coast Mariners
Number 10
Youth career
1996–1997 Burleigh Heads
1997–2007 Palm Beach
2007–2008 QAS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 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– Central Coast Mariners 0 (0)
National team‡
2008–2011 Australia U20 34 (4)
2010– Australia 28 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 February 2016

Thomas Michael "Tommy" Oar (born 10 December 1991) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Central Coast Mariners in the Hyundai A-League.

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.

Oar has twenty eight caps with the Australian national team, scoring four 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.

Early life

Oar's paternal grandparents have Basque heritage.[3]

Oar attended All Saints Anglican School on the Gold Coast graduating in 2008. Oar previously played at Palm Beach Sharks football club on the Gold Coast (along with fellow Roar youngster, Mitch Nichols), before gaining selection in the Gold Coast Representative system, and eventually the Queensland Academy of Sport, where he was picked by Queensland Roar.

Club career

Brisbane Roar

Oar signed a three-year deal with the Brisbane Roar at the commencement of the 2008/09 season.[4] In his second game against the Wellington Phoenix he scored his first league goal.[5]

He received his first red card in Round 3 of the 2009–10 season in a match against Wellington Phoenix.[6]

FC Utrecht

In January 2010, Oar signed with Dutch agent Rob Jansen and was linked with a move at the end of the 2009–10 season to Eredivisie squad Feyenoord Rotterdam and trained with FC Utrecht with fellow Roar players, Michael Zullo and Adam Sarota.[7]

In March 2010 he was award the Rising Star award for the Best Young Player and selected on the bench in the A-League Team of the Year.[8] On 2 April 2010 he, along with fellow Roar players Michael Zullo and Adam Sarota, joined FC Utrecht on a five-year deal, in a collective transfer deal said to be worth in excess of A$1.8 million.[9][10]

On 15 July 2010 Oar made his run-on debut for Utrecht in the 89th minute (a 4–0 victory over KF Tirana in the UEFA Europa League).[11] On 15 August 2010 he made his Eredivisie debut coming on as an 87th-minute substitute. His full debut ended in defeat as FC Utrecht were beaten 4–0 away at FC Twente on 29 August 2010.[12]

Tommy played the final 20 minutes of a Europa League match for Utrecht against Liverpool at Anfield on 15 December 2010.

On 22 September 2011 Oar scored for Utrecht in the second-round KNVB Cup match against De Graafschap. The club went on to lose in penalties.[13]

In the 2012–13 Eredivisie season Oar played in FC Utrecht's most successful season as they finished with 63 points and qualified for the Europa League. He was awarded 10th place in the VI Eredivisie player of the Year standings at the end of the season.

Ipswich Town

On 29 August 2015 it was announced Oar had signed a two-year contract with Ipswich Town. He made his debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford, and scored his first Ipswich goal in an FA Cup match against Portsmouth.[14] Oar left Ipswich on 22 January 2016.[15]

Return to Brisbane Roar

In 2016, Oar rejoined Brisbane Roar on a contract for 2.5 seasons following his stint in England.[16] In February 2017, Oar scored and assisted in a 2–0 victory over Carlos Tevez's Shanghai Shenhua, to qualify for the Asian Champions League.

APOEL FC

Despite signing a marquee contract with Brisbane Roar, Oar joined Cypriot club APOEL in June 2017.[17] Oar made his competitive debut for APOEL in a UEFA Champions League qualifying win over Dudelange on 12 July 2017.[18]

Central Coast Mariners

In September 2018, Oar joined the Mariners on a two year contract, after mutually terminating his contract with APOEL

International career

On 22 December 2009 Oar was named in the Australian national team squad for the 2011 Asian Cup Qualifier against Kuwait but did not receive match time.[19] On 3 March 2010 he made his debut for Australia in a 1–0 win over Indonesia in the final 2011 Asian Cup Qualifier.[20][21][22] His performance in this match led to comparisons to Harry Kewell and the potential for Oar to succeed the Australian great.[23][24][25][26] In 2010 Oar participated for the final 10 mins against New Zealand in a pre-World Cup friendly. On 2 January 2011 Oar was called up to the Australian 2011 Asian Cup squad. In August 2011 he played in the U-20 World Cup in Colombia where he scored a 30-yard free kick in the last minute of the game against Ecuador to level 1–1. Oar later said that it was the best goal of his career.[27] The goal went on to be voted Goal of the Tournament.[28] In 2013, Oar scored his first full international goal in a World Cup Qualifier against Japan. The matched finished 1–1, the goal aiding Australia's efforts to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.[29]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 January 2018
Club Season Division League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brisbane Roar 2008–09 A-League 51––000051
2009–10 181––––00181
Brisbane Roar total 232000000232
FC Utrecht 2010–11 Eredivisie 7000––40110
2011–12 18211––00193
2012–13 31110––00321
2013–14 31130––20361
2014–15 18010––00190
FC Utrecht total 10546100601175
Ipswich Town 2015–16 Championship 6021100091
Brisbane Roar 2015–16 A-League 6000––0060
2016–17 24110––51302
Brisbane Roar total 301100051362
APOEL 2017–18 Cypriot First Division 19040––40270
Career total 1917921015121610

International goals

Scores and results lists Australia's goals first
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
14 June 2013Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan Japan1–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
217 June 2015Spartak Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan2–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

APOEL

Country

Australia

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tommy Oar". socceroos.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Oar reveals: I almost joined Bilbao". socceroos.com.au. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Oar makes history with Roar
  5. ↑ Oar paddles to Queensland's rescue Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Points shared at Suncorp". A-league.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Europe calls the best Brisbane Roar players". News.com.au. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Four Victory men in all-star team". Heraldsun.com.au. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  9. ↑ (in Dutch) Australisch trio tekent contract
  10. ↑ "Roar cop triple blow". A-league.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "UEFA Europa League 2011 – Utrecht-Tirana –". UEFA. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  12. ↑ De Grolsch, Veste (29 August 2010). "Report: Twente Enschede v FC Utrecht – Dutch Eredivisie – ESPN Soccernet". ESPN. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "Oar scores screamer in Holland". Fox Sports. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  14. ↑ http://www.itfc.co.uk/news/article/tommy-oar-2656447.aspx
  15. ↑ "Tommy Oar leaves Ipswich Town". Sports Mole. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Roar sign Socceroos winger". Football Federation Australia. 29 February 2016.
  17. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (19 June 2017). "Brisbane Roar winger Tommy Oar set to sign with Cypriot club Apoel FC". The Courier-Mail.
  18. ↑ Somerford, Ben (13 July 2017). "Oar's APOEL claim UCL win". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "Oar called up to Socceroos squad". Australia: ABC. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  20. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (3 March 2010). "Tommy Oar to make Socceroos debut in Asian Cup qualifier against Indonesia". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  21. ↑ "Oar ready for Socceroos debut". News.smh.com.au. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  22. ↑ "Tommy's Oar-some debut". Theworldgame.sbs.com.au. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  23. ↑ "Now a Socceroo, the Roar's Oar soars". Brisbanetimes.com.au. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  24. ↑ "Roar's Oar comes to the fore". Brisbanetimes.com.au. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  25. ↑ "Tommy Oar youngest Socceroo since his hero Kewell". News.com.au. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  26. ↑ "Socceroos coach to keep eye on Oar". News.smh.com.au. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  27. ↑ Oar earns ticket for Asian Cup theworldgame.com.au, 2 January 2011
  28. ↑ fifa.com, 26 August 2011
  29. ↑ June 2013
  30. ↑ "Tommy Oar". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  31. ↑ "Young Roos Celebrate Silverware". FourFourTwo. 12 October 2008. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  32. ↑ "Tommy tops young talent". Brisbane Roar. 17 February 2010.
  33. ↑ "Muscat leads players' team of the season". Melbourne Victory. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  34. ↑ "Schwarzer FFA's best". Sportal. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  35. ↑ "Goal of the Tournament". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  36. ↑ http://www.vi.nl/vipk.htm?gpk_input_club=-1&gpk_input_leeftijd=-1&gpk_input_positie=-1&gpk_input_speelronde=-1. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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