Tomás Conechny

Tomás Conechny
Personal information
Full name Tomás José Conechny
Date of birth (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Alavés
Number 10
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)
2019–2021 Portland Timbers 16 (0)
2019–2020 Portland Timbers 2 3 (1)
2021 Deportivo Maldonado 25 (1)
2021–2022 Almagro 37 (4)
2023–2024 Godoy Cruz 56 (14)
2024– Alavés 0 (0)
International career
2015 Argentina U17 10 (6)
2017 Argentina U20 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024

Tomás Conechny (born 30 March 1998) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for La Liga club Deportivo Alavés.

Club career

San Lorenzo

Born in Comodoro Rivadavia, Niño de Cobre 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]

On 10 March 2021, Conechny and Portland mutually agreed to terminate his contract.[11]

Deportivo Maldonado

On 2 April 2021, Conechny signed with Uruguayan Primera División side Deportivo Maldonado. [12]

Almagro

At the end of December 2021, Conechny signed a deal with Club Almagro.[13]

Alavés

On 5 July 2024, Conechny signed a four-year contract with La Liga side Deportivo Alavés.[14]

International career

Argentina national youth teams

Conechny is an Argentine youth international and has amassed over 20 appearances across various youth levels.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17][18] 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.[19] He featured in each of Argentina's three matches, though the nation failed to progress from the group-stage.

Personal life

Born in Argentina, Conechny is of Polish descent.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 February 2019 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup1 League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
San Lorenzo 2016–17 Primera División 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 7 0
2017–18 Primera División 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 8 0
Totals 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Portland Timbers (loan) 2018 MLS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2019 MLS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Totals 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Career total 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1

1 Includes Copa Argentina matches.

References

  1. ^ a b "Conechny hoping to land on his feet". FIFA. 18 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 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. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 20 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. ^ Cattry, Pardeep (10 March 2021). "Portland Timbers part ways with midfielder Tomas Conechny". mlssoccer. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Deportivo Maldonado suma en el ataque para la temporada 2021". 3 April 2021.
  13. ^ El comodorense Tomás Conechny es la nueva cara de Almagro, diariojornada.com.ar, 22 December 2021
  14. ^ "Tomás Conechny, velocidad, desborde y gol para el ataque albiazul" [Tomás Conechny, speed, skill and goal for the white-and-blue attack] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Timbers sign Argentina youth international Conechny". Goal. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Argentina U17 Footballer Thomas Conechny Falls out of Window Playing Fifa". Bleacher Report. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Tomás Conechny comienza a trabajar con la Sub 20 para el Sudamericano". El Patagonico (in Spanish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  18. ^ de Llano, Álex (11 March 2017). "Los diez jóvenes talentos a seguir en la liga argentina". AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Los mundialistas llegaron a Vietnam". Argentina Football Association (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  20. ^ S.A, Telewizja Polska (26 April 2021). "Od potomka "Witkacego" po Dybalę. Egzotycznymi śladami Polaków". sport.tvp.pl.
  21. ^ "Thomas Conechny Career Statistics". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 April 2017.