Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Michael Oar | ||
Date of birth | 10 December 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Southport, Queensland, Australia | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Brisbane Roar | ||
Number | 11 | ||
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– | Brisbane Roar | 30 | (1) |
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 30 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 February 2016 |
Thomas Michael "Tommy" Oar (born 10 December 1991) is an Australian professional footballer playing as a midfielder for Brisbane Roar in the 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 thirty four 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.
Oar's paternal grandparents have Basque heritage.
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.