Tommy O'Sullivan
 Sullivan in a Cardiff City kit. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Paul O'Sullivan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Mountain Ash, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cardiff City | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2012 | Cardiff City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012– | Cardiff City | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Port Vale (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Port Vale (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Newport County (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Newport County (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Wales U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Wales U19 | 7 | (6) |
| 2013–2016 | Wales U21 | 15 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 7 May 2016 (UTC). | |||
Thomas Paul "Tommy" O'Sullivan (born 18 January 1995) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championship club Cardiff City.
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.
Club career
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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] He returned to Cardiff on 2 March after only one substitute appearance at Vale Park.[6] 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.[7] The loan deal was later extended to cover the rest of the season.[8]
On 5 October 2015, he was named as Welsh Young Player of the Year by the Football Association of Wales.[9] Eight days later he joined Newport County on an initial one month loan, subsequently extended until 7 January 2016.[10] On 24 October, he scored his first league goal in Newport's 4–1 win at Bristol Rovers.[11] 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.[12] On 10 March 2016, O'Sullivan returned to Newport County on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season.[13]
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.[14]
Personal life
Tommy's elder brother Sam O'Sullivan played 152 times for Newport County before leaving the club in 2008.[15]
Statistics
- As of 4 May 2016.
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Port Vale (loan) | 2014–15[16] | League One | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Newport County (loan) | 2015–16[17] | League Two | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Cardiff City | 2012–13[18] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013–14[19] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014–15[16] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015–16[17] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016–17[20] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
Honours
Individual
- Football Association of Wales Young Player of the Year: 2014–15[9]
References
- ↑ "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 4. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ "Youngsters Given Pro City Deals". CCFC. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ↑ "Northampton 2 - 1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ Hughes, Dewi (5 January 2013). "Macclesfield 2 - 1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ "Transfer Deadline Day: Port Vale sign O'Sullivan and Luer". BBC Sport. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ Baggaley, Mike (2 March 2015). "Loan pair Greg Luer and Tommy O'Sullivan leave Valiants". The Sentinel. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ↑ Baggaley, Mike (12 March 2015). "Valiants re-sign Cardiff's Tommy O'Sullivan". The Sentinel. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ Baggaley, Mike (16 April 2015). "Port Vale agree new deal for Cardiff City midfielder Tommy O'Sullivan". The Sentinel. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- 1 2 "Gareth Bale: Real Madrid forward named Welsh player of the year". BBC Sport. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ Tucker, Steve (13 October 2015). "Talented Cardiff City youngsters Tommy O'Sullivan and Jazzi Barnum-Bobb join Newport County on loan". Wales Online. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "Bristol Rovers 1 - 4 Newport". BBC Sport. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ Wathan, Chris (5 January 2016). "Young Cardiff City stars Tommy O'Sullivan and Jazzi Barnum-Bobb back with the Bluebirds after Newport County loan spells end". Wales Online. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ "Tommy O'Sullivan: Newport County loan Cardiff City midfielder". BBC Sport. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ Phillips, Terry (6 October 2015). "Who is Cardiff City youngster Tommy O'Sullivan... and why does Wales' best young player not play for the Bluebirds?". Wales Online. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ Pearlman, Michael (14 October 2015). "Tommy can be a huge hit for Newport County says brother Sam O'Sullivan". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Games played by Tommy O'Sullivan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- 1 2 "Games played by Tommy O'Sullivan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Tommy O'Sullivan in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Tommy O'Sullivan in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by Tommy O'Sullivan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
