Tom Rogic

Tomas Petar Rogic (born 16 December 1992) is an Australian former professional footballer.

Rogic was born in Canberra, he played youth football with Tuggeranong United before playing senior football for ANU FC and Belconnen United.

In 2009, he moved to his first senior club, playing with ANU FC in the ACT Premier League.

In 2011, Rogic joined Nike Football Academy after winning a global competition.

In 2011, Rogic moved to Belconnen United where he played for a season in the same league.

The same year, he was also selected to join the Nike Football Academy after winning The Chance. A total of 75,000 young footballers selected around the world participated in the competition, but it was Rogic alongside seven other young footballers that won the competition.

He returned to Australia in 2012 to play for Central Coast Mariners, before moving to Scottish club Celtic in 2013.

After a loan spell at Melbourne Victory, Rogic established himself in the Celtic first team and made 273 appearances over nine years at the club.

Rogic made 53 appearances for Australia, scoring ten goals.

He has also represented Australia in futsal.

Rogic is of Serbian descent and attended Radford College in Bruce, ACT.

As a junior, Rogic played for Woden Weston and Tuggeranong United.

On 2 January 2012 Rogic signed with the A-League club Central Coast Mariners.

He made his professional debut in the 2011–12 A-League season, on 21 January 2012 in a Round 18 clash against Adelaide United, which the Mariners won 3–2.

He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss to Melbourne Victory on 10 February 2012, and was later named the A-League's young player of the month for February 2012.

At the beginning of the 2012–13 season, Rogic rejected advances from other A-League clubs, opting to remain with the Mariners.

Rogic scored his first goals of the season in the home victory against Sydney FC, scoring two goals to help the Mariners win 7–2 against the Sky Blues.

On 5 December 2012, Rogic was awarded the NAB Young Footballer of the Month Award for November 2012, as well as simultaneously being the second nomination for the NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award.

In only his first full A-League season, Rogic received interest from Premier League sides Reading and Fulham, La Liga sides Celta Vigo and Rayo Vallecano, and Pro League club, Club Brugge.

On 9 January 2013, it was reported that Rogic had joined Scottish Premier League champions Celtic at their training camp in Spain.

On 16 January 2013, it was reported that terms had been agreed for the transfer of Rogic from Central Coast Mariners to Celtic, subject to personal terms.

The deal was completed the next day.

Rogic made his Celtic debut on 9 February 2013 in an SPL match against Inverness Caledonian Thistle; setting up Kris Commons with a cross to score the equaliser, bringing the score to 1–1.

Celtic went on to win 3–1 and Rogic won the Man of the Match award.

He made a further seven appearances for Celtic that season.

The following season saw Rogic make only a handful of appearances for Celtic, and he was sent out on loan to Melbourne Victory in January 2014.

A recurring groin injury limited Rogic's appearances for Melbourne, and the injury eventually caused him to miss the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2015 AFC Asian Cup for Australia.

He was required to have two operations on his groin and did not play again until March 2015 when he made his comeback in Celtic's Development side match against Motherwell.

On 9 August 2015 Rogic made his first start for Celtic in almost two years, scoring the opening goal in a 2–0 win against Partick Thistle.

He began to regularly feature in the team and scored further goals against St Johnstone and Dundee in the weeks that followed.

His goal against Kilmarnock on 19 March 2016 earned Rogic the club's goal of the season award for 2015–16.

Despite reported interest from the likes of Arsenal, Fiorentina, and Valencia, Rogic signed a new three-year contract with Celtic on 9 August 2016.

The following day, he scored twice as Celtic beat Motherwell 5–0 in the Scottish League Cup.

He followed this up by scoring the opener in the first leg of the Champions League play-off tie against Hapoel Be'er Sheva on 17 August 2016; Celtic went on to win 5–2.

Rogic scored the first goal in Celtic's 3–0 triumph over Aberdeen in the Scottish League Cup Final at Hampden Park on 27 November 2016.

He scored another winning goal in injury time against Motherwell on 3 December, firing home from just outside the box to give Celtic a 4–3 win at Fir Park.

On 27 May 2017, Rogic scored a late winner against Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup Final, securing the domestic treble for Celtic.

In May 2018, Rogic signed a new contract with Celtic.

After a prolonged period out of the Celtic starting 11, in August 2020 it looked as if Rogic's time at Celtic would be over.

He was linked with an unnamed Qatari club for a fee of around £4 million before the move fell through.