Tomás Avilés
Argentine footballer (born 2004)
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Tomás Agustín "Toto" Avilés (born 3 February 2004) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga de Primera club O'Higgins on loan from Inter Miami. A former youth international for Chile, he plays for the Argentina U20s.
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Avilés with Inter Miami in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomás Agustín Avilés[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 2004[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Río Gallegos, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
O'Higgins (on loan from Inter Miami) | ||
| 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 | 64 | (3) |
| 2026 | → CF Montréal (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2026– | → O'Higgins (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Chile U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023 | Argentina U20 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:09, 9 June 2023 (UTC) | |||
Career
Avilés is a youth product of Boxing Club and CAI (Comodoro Rivadavia), before joining Racing Club's youth academy in January 2020.[3] He spent his first year with them training alone due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
On 17 February 2023, he signed his first professional contract with Racing Club for 3 years.[5] 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.[6]
On 1 August 2023, Avilés signed with Major League Soccer club Inter Miami on a deal until the end of 2026.[7] 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, which he scored in the fifth minute and was sent off later.
Avilés was suspended for three games after throwing punches in Miami's 3-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders in the 2025 Leagues Cup.[8]
In 2026, Avilés was sent on loan to CF Montréal. He switched to Chilean club O'Higgins for the second half of the year.[9]
International career
Avilés was born in Argentina, and is of Chilean descent through his maternal grandmother.[10] He played for the Chile U20s at both the 2022 South American Games[11] and the 2023 South American U-20 Championship.[12] He was then called up to play for the Argentina U20s at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[13]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 30 September 2025[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | 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 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| Inter Miami CF | 2023 | Major League Soccer | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | Major League Soccer | 30 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2025 | Major League Soccer | 22 | 2 | — | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 82 | 3 | ||
| CF Montréal (loan) | 2026 | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 78 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 102 | 3 | ||
- Includes Copa Argentina, U.S. Open Cup, and Canadian Championship
Honours
Inter Miami
