Tomás Conechny

Tomás Conechny (born 30 March 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer and the Argentina under-20 national team.

Tomás Conechny
Personal information
Full name Tomás José Conechny
Date of birth (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998
Place of birth Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Portland Timbers
Number 19
Youth career
2009–2014 CAI
2014–2016 San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 San Lorenzo 14 (0)
2018–2019 → Portland Timbers (loan) 12 (1)
2018–2019 → Portland Timbers 2 (loan) 3 (1)
2019– Portland Timbers 16 (0)
2019– Portland Timbers 2 3 (1)
National team‡
2015 Argentina U17 10 (6)
2017 Argentina U20 11 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 May 2017

Club career

San Lorenzo

Born in Comodoro Rivadavia, Conechny began his career with local side Comisión de Actividades Infantiles before travelling more than 1000 miles across the country to join San Lorenzo in 2014, at the age of 16.[1][2][3] Earlier in the year, he had been invited by Premier League club Liverpool to attend a trial.[4] He made his debut for San Lorenzo on 16 October 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for Fernando Belluschi in a 3–1 win over Arsenal de Sarandí.[5] He made 14 appearances for the club over the course of the next two years before joining MLS side Portland Timbers on loan in 2018.[6]

Loan to Portland Timbers

On 17 July 2018, Conechny signed for Portland Timbers on a season-long loan, claiming an international roster slot, with the club retaining the option of purchase.[6][7] He struggled for game time in his debut season with the club, however, playing just 72 minutes across four appearances but his loan was extended for another season at the end of the campaign.[8][9]

Portland Timbers

On 22 July 2019, Conechny made his move to Portland permanent.[10]

International career

Argentina national youth teams

Conechny is an Argentine youth international and has amassed over 20 appearances across various youth levels.[11] He represented Argentina at the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship in Paraguay and at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. During the former tournament, and on the day of his 17th birthday, he suffered multiple minor injuries when he fell 10 feet from his hotel window after celebrating scoring a goal while playing FIFA on his PlayStation.[12] He was Argentina's top goalscorer at the tournament with five goals, but missed the final due to the injuries he sustained during the accident.[1] He recovered to play in the U-17 World Cup later that year and scored Argentina's lone goal during that tournament.

In December 2016, he was called up to the Argentina U20 side for the 2017 South American Youth Football Championship.[13][14] He scored once during the group stages before Argentina ended the tournament in fourth position, thereby qualifying for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Conechny was included in the squad for the latter tournament alongside San Lorenzo teammate Marcos Senesi.[15] He featured in each of Argentina's three matches, though the nation failed to progress from the group-stage.

Career statistics

Club
As of 27 February 2019 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup1 League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
San Lorenzo 2016–17 Primera División 70000000—70
2017–18 Primera División 70100000—80
Totals 14010000000150
Portland Timbers (loan) 2018 MLS 40000000—40
2019 MLS 20000000—00
Totals 400000000041
Career total 14010000000151

1 Includes Copa Argentina matches.

References
  1. "Conechny hoping to land on his feet". FIFA. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. Molteni, Guido (16 October 2015). "Tomás Conechny, la joya de la selección que está entre los 50 mejores talentos del mundo". La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. Goldberg, Jamie (26 July 2018). "Tomas Conechny excited for new challenge with Portland Timbers". The Oregonian. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. "Tomas Conechny Viaka a Inglaterra". Futbol Comodorense (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. "Arsenal v San Lorenzo 1-3". Soccerway. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. Zeitlin, Dave (17 July 2018). "Portland Timbers acquire Argentinian midfielder Tomas Conechny on loan". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  7. "Timbers add Argentinian midfielder Conechny on loan". Reuters. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. Goldberg, Jamie (7 February 2019). "Young players fighting to prove themselves with Portland Timbers". The Oregonian. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. Mcostigan, Fern (8 February 2019). "Timbers roster shaping up for 2019". Prost Amerika. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  10. "Portland Timbers make Tomas Conechny's loan a permanent transfer | MLSsoccer.com".
  11. "Timbers sign Argentina youth international Conechny". Goal. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  12. "Argentina U17 Footballer Thomas Conechny Falls out of Window Playing Fifa". Bleacher Report. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  13. "Tomás Conechny comienza a trabajar con la Sub 20 para el Sudamericano". El Patagonico (in Spanish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  14. de Llano, Álex (11 March 2017). "Los diez jóvenes talentos a seguir en la liga argentina". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  15. "Los mundialistas llegaron a Vietnam". Argentina Football Association (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  16. "Thomas Conechny Career Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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