Tomás O'Connor (footballer)

Tomás O'Connor (born 25 March 2004) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine Primera División club Rosario Central.

Club career
Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Tomás O'Connor is of Irish descent He joined the Rosario Central academy in 2018, from youth team ADIUR in his hometown, a feeder club for Spanish side Villarreal.

He signed his first professional contract with the club in 2022.

The young midfielder made his professional debut for Rosario on the 7 May 2023 replacing Lautaro Giaccone and scoring in a 4–0 home Superliga win against Platense.

O'Connor established himself as a regular starter for the Canalla in the following 2023 Copa de la Liga Profesional. Despite suffering a severe concussion early September,  he was along with Jaminton Campaz and Jorge Broun amongst the only three footballers to play every game of what would prove to be a title-winning campaign.

He signed a new contract with the club in March 2024, with a release clause of 20 million dollars.

International career
Tomás O'Connor was first called by Javier Mascherano to play with the Argentina under-20s in 2022.