Adam Thomas (born 1 April 1992) is a New Zealand

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who plays as a defender for Irish club

Galway United Galway United Football Club (Irish: ''Cumann Peile Ghaillimh Aontaithe'') is an Irish association football club based in Galway. They play in the League of Ireland First Division. They were founded as Galway Rovers F.C. during the 1930s. They m ...

, on loan from Shelbourne. He represented New Zealand at the

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Club career

Thomas joined

Team Wellington Team Wellington Football Club was a New Zealand semi-professional football club based in the suburb of Miramar in Wellington, New Zealand. They competed in the ISPS Handa Premiership. Team Wellington had traditionally been one of the most succe ...

in January 2013. 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. Thomas missed 6 years of his career between 2013 and 2018 due to several injuries which required surgery. On 15 February 2022, he signed for

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club Shelbourne under new manager

Damien Duff Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish professional football manager and former player who played predominantly as a winger. He has been the manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne F.C. since November 2021. He began his prof ...

. On 28 July 2022, Thomas signed for

League of Ireland First Division The League of Ireland First Division ( ga, Céad Roinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League First Division, is the second level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland football league system. Th ...

side

until the end of the season.

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NZ Football profile
1992 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers Olympic association footballers for New Zealand Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Team Wellington FC players Auckland City FC players WaiBOP United players Shelbourne F.C. players Galway United F.C. players League of Ireland players Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Men's association football defenders New Zealand Football Championship players Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub