Former Socceroo Tommy Oar has bought again in Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast

Former Socceroo Tommy Oar, who wasn't selected in Bert van Marwijk's final 23 for the World Cup, has traded up in the Gold Coast.

Despite spending most of his time in Cyprus where he plays his club football, the midfielder has spent $1,225,000 on a Mermaid Beach home (above and below.)

The late 1960s home was marketed as having to potential to be a renovation or redevelopment project.

It has three bedrooms and one bathroom on its 405 sqm Sunbrite Avenue parcel (pictured below), just 200 metres from the beach.

It's further back from the beach from his former home (pictured below), which he has listed for rent upon his purchase. 

Oar is seeking a tenant at $750 a week for the three bedder that cost $1.31 million in 2014.

Last year Oar sold his Surfers Paradise investment apartment to Netherlands born Liberal Party politician John-Paul Honoré Langbroek and his wife Stacey.

Oar played for the Socceroos at the 2014 World Cup when he was playing in Europe. He spent the 2016/17 season at Brisbane Roar.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.