Jason Thomas (footballer)

Jason Thomas is a Vanuatuan footballer who plays as a defender for Vanuatu United and the Vanuatu national team. He made his debut for the national team in November 2015 in their 1–1 draw with Fiji. Besides Vanuatu, he has played in Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Cambodia.

Club career

In 2013, he joined Nayland College.
In 2015, he signed for Phnom Penh Crown.
In 2017, he signed for Solomon Warriors.
In 2020, he signed for Lautoka after receiving interest from Ba.

Prior to his 2015 debut against Fiji for the senior national team, Thomas previously featured five times for the U-17 team at the 2013 OFC U-17 Championship where he scored twice, once salvaging a draw in their opening match against Papua New Guinea and once in a 3–1 victory against New Caledonia in their final group match.
He was later called up to the Vanuatu national under-20 football team for the 2014 OFC U-20 Championship, where he played in four matches: a 1–0 victory over New Caledonia, a 0–0 draw with the Solomon Islands in the following group match, a 4–0 victory over American Samoa, where he was named as captain and a 2–2 draw with Fiji.

In 2016 Thomas participated with the Vanuatu under-20 team in the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship. Vanuatu reached a second place which meant they qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1		Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu		2–1	2–1	2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup

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