Tomás Avilés
.jpg) Avilés training with Argentina U20 in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomás Agustín Avilés Mancilla | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Río Gallegos, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inter Miami | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Boxing Club | |||
| 2017–2019 | CAI | ||
| 2019–2020 | Boxing Club | ||
| 2020–2023 | Racing Club | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023 | Racing Club | 15 | (0) |
| 2023– | Inter Miami | 46 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Chile U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023– | Argentina U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:04, 10 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:09, 9 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Tomás Agustín "Toto" Avilés Mancilla (born 3 August 2004) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. A former youth international for Chile, he plays for the Argentina U20s.
Career
[edit]Avilés is a youth product of Boxing Club and CAI (Comodoro Rivadavia), before joining Racing Club's youth academy in January 2020.[2] He spent his first year with them training alone due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
On 17 February 2023, he signed his first professional contract with Racing Club for 3 years.[4] He made his senior and professional debut with Racing Club as a late substitute in a 2–1 Argentine Primera División win over Lanús on 27 February 2022.[5]
On 1 August 2023, Avilés signed with Major League Soccer club Inter Miami on a deal until the end of 2026.[6]On 26 August, he made his league debut in 2–0 win against New York City. In the season he made 11 appearances as Inter Miami would finish at the bottom-half of the table.
He would make his 2024 MLS debut on 21 February in a 2–0 win against Real Salt Lake but this time they finished the league with the most points in a Major League Soccer season, however they would leave the playoffs in the first round against Atlanta United.
On 22 February Avilés made his debut in the 2025 MLS season in a 2–2 draw against New York City.
International career
[edit]Avilés was born in Argentina, and is of Chilean descent through his maternal grandmother.[7] He played for the Chile U20s at both the 2022 South American Games[8] and the 2023 South American U-20 Championship.[9] He was then called up to play for the Argentina U20s at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 6 April 2025[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Racing Club | 2023 | Primera División | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Inter Miami CF | 2023 | Major League Soccer | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 2024 | Major League Soccer | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Major League Soccer | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| Total | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 59 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 61 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 3 | ||
Honours
[edit]Inter Miami
References
[edit]- ^ "Plantel Profesional: Tomás Agustín Aviles". Racing Club - Sitio Oficial.
- ^ mundo, Santa Cruz en el. "Tomás "Toto" Avilés, nuevo jugador de Racing de Avellaneda". Santa Cruz en el mundo.
- ^ Montalá, Nicolás (28 February 2023). "Avilés, otro pibe que hizo debutar Gago en Racing". Racing de Alma.
- ^ "¡Joven promesa de La Roja logró fichar en un grande de Argentina!". Deportes13.
- ^ "¡Es chileno, tiene 19 años y un futuro enorme! Tomás Avilés debutó como profesional en Racing". Deportes13.
- ^ "Inter Miami CF Signs Argentine Defender Tomás Avilés | Inter Miami CF". intermiamicf.
- ^ Vega, Diego (4 April 2022). "El jugador de Racing que convocó la Roja: "Tengo muchas ganas de sumarme pronto"". Diario AS.
- ^ "Tomás Agustín Avilés Mancilla". asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ "Se olvida de la Roja: Tomás Avilés celebra su nominación al Mundial Sub 20 con Argentina". RedGol.
- ^ "La lista de CONVOCADOS de Argentina para el Mundial Sub 20 - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com.
- ^ Tomás Avilés at Soccerway
- ^ Sigal, Jonathan (2 October 2024). "Inter Miami win 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ Sigal, Jonathan (20 August 2023). "Lionel Messi & Inter Miami are Leagues Cup champions!". MLS Soccer. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
External links
[edit]
- Tomás Avilés at Soccerway
- Tomás Avilés at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
- Sportspeople from Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Argentine sportspeople of Chilean descent
- Naturalized citizens of Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's youth international footballers
- Competitors at the 2022 South American Games
- South American Games competitors for Chile
- Chilean people of Argentine descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Inter Miami CF players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Major League Soccer players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen