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Tommy Oar

Tommy Oar
Personal information
Full name Thomas Michael Oar
Date of birth (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 25)
Place of birth Southport, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
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.


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