Full name Thomas Paul O'Sullivan Playing position 2004–2012 Cardiff City Weight 72 kg | Place of birth Mountain Ash, Wales Number 32 Height 1.8 m Date joined 2012 (Cardiff City F.C.) | |
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Date of birth (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 22) Current team Colchester United F.C. (#32 / Midfielder) Profiles | ||
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Thomas Paul O'Sullivan (born 18 January 1995) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two club Colchester United.
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- 25th faw awards tommy o sullivan winner acceptance speech
- Cardiff city s tommy o sullivan brilliant free kick vs georgia
- Cardiff City
- Colchester United
- International career
- Style of play
- Personal life
- Statistics
- Individual
- References
A Wales U21 international, he began his career at Cardiff City in 2012, making his debut in the Football League on loan at Port Vale in February 2015. He had two loan spells at Newport County during the 2015–16 season. He signed with Colchester United in January 2017.
Cardiff city s tommy o sullivan brilliant free kick vs georgia
Cardiff City
Born in Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, O'Sullivan progressed through the academy at Cardiff City to sign his first professional contract in April 2012. His made his professional debut when he came on as a substitute for Stephen McPhail 19 minutes into a 2–1 League Cup defeat to Northampton Town at Sixfields Stadium on 14 August 2012. He went on to make an FA Cup appearance for Malky Mackay's "Bluebirds" on 5 January 2013, as City lost 2–1 to non-League Macclesfield Town.
O'Sullivan joined League One side Port Vale on a one-month loan on 2 February 2015; "Valiants" manager Rob Page signed O'Sullivan to replace injured creative midfielder Louis Dodds, having been familiar with him from his time as a coach with the Welsh youth teams. He returned to Cardiff on 2 March after only one substitute appearance at Vale Park. Ten days later he was re-signed by Page on another one-month loan, after the departure of Chris Lines created a midfield vacancy in Vale's first team picture. The loan deal was later extended to cover the rest of the season.
On 5 October 2015, he was named as Welsh Young Player of the Year by the Football Association of Wales. Eight days later he joined Newport County on an initial one month loan, subsequently extended until 7 January 2016. On 24 October, he scored his first league goal in Newport's 4–1 win at Bristol Rovers. In total he made 13 appearances for the club during the loan spell, which was not extended despite Cardiff manager Russell Slade being encouraged by O'Sullivan's progress. On 10 March 2016, O'Sullivan returned to Newport County on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.
Colchester United
After failing to make an impact on the Cardiff first team during the 2016–17 season, O' Sullivan joined Colchester United on trial in January 2017, completing a transfer to the club for an undisclosed fee on 20 January 2017.
International career
O'Sullivan has won caps for the Welsh under-17, under-19 and under-21 teams.
Style of play
O'Sullivan is a creative box-to-box midfielder with good passing skills, awareness and stamina.
Personal life
Tommy's elder brother Sam O'Sullivan played 152 times for Newport County before leaving the club in 2008.