Adam Thomas (footballer)

Adam Thomas
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Hamilton, New Zealand
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Eastern Suburbs
Youth career
Melville United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2009 Central United
2009–2011 Auckland City
2011–2012 Waikato 14 (3)
2013 Team Wellington
2018 Western Suburbs
2018–2021 Eastern Suburbs 27 (0)
2021 Oakleigh Cannons 5 (1)
2022 Shelbourne 4 (0)
2022 → Galway United (loan) 6 (0)
2023– Eastern Suburbs 33 (0)
International career‡
2009 New Zealand U-17 10 (0)
2011 New Zealand U-20 8 (1)
2012 New Zealand U-23 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:26, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:26, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

Adam Thomas (born 1 April 1992) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eastern Suburbs. He represented New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Club career

During his early career, he represented New Zealand on U-17, U-20 and U-23 level. He became captain of Waikato FC at the age of 19.[2] For Auckland City FC, he played in the first leg of the 2011 OFC Champions League final.

Thomas joined Team Wellington in January 2013.[3] He transferred mid-season from Waikato FC where he had been stood down for giving them late notice of his intentions to move to Wellington.[4] Thomas missed six years of his career between 2013 and 2018 due to several injuries which required surgery.[5]

Reteurning to football with Eastern Suburbs AFC, he contested the 2020 OFC Champions League.[6]

On 15 February 2022, he signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Shelbourne under new manager Damien Duff.[7] On 28 July 2022, Thomas signed for League of Ireland First Division side Galway United until the end of the season.[8]

References

  1. ^ Adam Thomas at Olympedia (archive) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Burgess, Michael (6 May 2012). "Waikato football talents the next big thing By". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Team Wellington January Transfer Activity". Team Wellington F.C. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Adam Thomas stood down by Waikato FC". NZ Herald. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. ^ Hyslop, Liam (6 September 2018). "Former Olympian Adam Thomas back from six-year injury layoff for Chatham Cup final". Stuff.
  6. ^ "Thomas raring to go". OFC. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Shelbourne signs Kiwi defender Adam Thomas". shelbournefc.ie. 15 February 2022.
  8. ^ Higgins, Jonathan (28 July 2022). "Adam Thomas Signs for Galway United". Galway United.


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