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Jason Thomas (born 20 January 1997) is a Vanuatuan footballer who plays as a defender for Hekari 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.

International career

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.

2016

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.

References

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External links

• Jason Thomas at Soccerway

Vanuatu squads

v t e Vanuatu squad – 2016 OFC Nations Cup 1 Iaruel 2 B. Kaltak 3 Shem 4 Thomas 5 Wanemut 6 Iamak 7 Kaloros 8 Kalsrap 9 Nicholls 10 Fred 11 Coulon 12 Manuhi 13 Roqara 14 Kalo 15 Natou 16 T. Kaltak 17 J. Kaltak 18 Masauvakalo 19 Tangis 20 C. Mansale 21 Firiam 22 Ruben 23 D. Mansale Coach: Poida v t e Vanuatu squad – 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup runners-up 1 Iamar 2 Philip 3 Boulet 4 Kaltak (c) 5 Clark 6 Thomas 7 Coulon 8 Aru 9 Saniel 10 Kalo 11 Jeffrey 12 Leo 13 Spokeyjack 14 Wohale 15 Tenene 16 Alick 17 Iawak 18 Tangis 19 Timatua 20 Worworbu 21 Moses 22 Mansale 23 Willie Coach: Schmeling

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