Colm Ó Tuathail
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colm Ó Tuathail | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 158FE | ||
| Place of birth | Wynleth, Kelssek | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Ulsa | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 174–176 | Wynleth Flyers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 176–177 | Wynleth Flyers | 31 | (19) |
| 178–179 | Oldem Knights | ||
| 180–181 | Issington FC | ||
| 181–188 | Shamrock Cathair | ||
| 188–194 | Ulsa | 119 | (39) |
| National team | |||
| 177–194 |
 Kelssek | 172 | (30) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Colm Ó Tuathail (COL-um O Two-thai/le; [ˈkɔlˠəmˠ oː tʲʊat̪ˠaːɪl]) is a professional football player who is captain of the Kelssek national football team and plays for Ulsa in the Euraleague. He has the second-most caps for Kelssek in the modern era. He plays primarily as a left midfielder or winger, but has played more centrally in recent years.
Ó Tuathail was born and raised in Wynleth, the capital of Noua Cymru, and began his playing career in the youth system of the Wynleth Flyers club.
Playing career
Ó Tuathail played his first professional senior match for Wynleth at the age of 17, and quickly established himself in the first team, scoring 19 goals in his first season in the KFL Championship and gaining serious offers from leading clubs Burnaby SC and Kirkenes FC. However, he was encouraged to move abroad by Kelssek manager Kirk McDonagh, who felt that the Kelssek league was not developed enough or at an adequate level for the development of a player he saw as a potential superstar. Although nominally left-footed, he caught attention for his wilingness to cut inside and cross or shoot with his weaker right foot. He later explained in an interview with G/S, "I wasn't all that accurate, but the level the KFL was at the time, just getting it into the mixer could make a lot of things happen." He was called up to the Kelssek national team and earned his first cap against Alanikka in the first matchday of the World Cup 82 qualifiers.
Oldem Knights
Apox's Oldem Knights paid Wynleth a transfer fee of USD 4 million.
Issington FC
Ó Tuathail moved to Apox championship contenders Issington for 5 million but only played one season before existential uncertainty and cheque with a fairly large number on it encouraged him to move to Audioslavia.
Shamrock Cathair
Shamrock Cathair signed Ó Tuathail for USD 5 million, setting a modern-era record for a Kelssekian player.
Ulsa
Ulsa signed Ó Tuathail for a fee of £1.5 million ahead of the 49th Euraleague season. Wearing number 16, he recorded 8 goals and 12 assists in his first season and was named Newcomer of the Season. His output increased to 16 assists, fifth in the league, the following year as Ulsa won the Gold League for the first time in 18 years. Although he saw his starts reduced in favour of Julia Holt from season 52, Ó Tuathail continued to make an impact off the bench and was tied with Nolberto Dravon as the club's assists leader with 12 as Ulsa won the Gold League title. He was nominated for Midfielder and International Player of the Season awards and named in the first eleven of the Gold League XI. In 193 Ulsa reached the quarterfinals of Champions League 13 but lost to Fontvielle Impact 2-4 on aggregate.
| Club | Season | League | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | |||
| Wynleth Flyers | 57 | KFL-C | 36 | 19 | |
| Oldem Knights | Apox | ||||
| Apox | 27 | 3 | |||
| Issington FC | Apox | ||||
| Shamrock Cathair | |||||
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| Ulsa | 48 | Gold | 8 | ||
| 50 | Gold | 10 | |||
| 51 | Gold | 8 | |||
| 52 | Gold | 7 | |||
| 53 | Gold | — | 6 | CdC winner | |
Honours
- Federation era year in brackets
- Shamrock Cathair
- National League: 14 (183); runner-up: 10 (181)
- IFCF Champions League runner-up: 4 (184)
- Ulsa
- Gold League winner: 50 (190), 52 (192)
- Euraleague Shield: 51 (191)
- Rushmore Copa de Campeones: 59 (193)
- Individual
- Galaticos longlist: 181
- Testicúlos First XI: 193
- Euraleague Newcomer of the Season: 48 (188)
- Euraleague Gold League XI: 49 (189), 53 (193)
- Euraleague Midfielder of the Season nominee: 50, 52
- Euraleague International Player of the Season nominee: 52