Russell Osman
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Russell Charles Osman | ||
Date of birth | 14 February 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Repton, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town (coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1975–1976 | Ipswich Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1985 | Ipswich Town | 294 | (17) |
1985–1988 | Leicester City | 108 | (8) |
1988–1991 | Southampton | 96 | (6) |
1991–1994 | Bristol City | 70 | (3) |
1995 | Sudbury Town | ||
1995 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | (0) |
1995–1996 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 12 | (0) |
1996 | Cardiff City | 15 | (0) |
Total | 595 | (34) | |
International career | |||
1979–1980 | England U21 | 7 | (0) |
1980 | England B | 2 | (1) |
1980–1983 | England | 11 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1993–1994 | Bristol City | ||
1995 | Plymouth Argyle (caretaker) | ||
1996 | Cardiff City | ||
2004 | Bristol Rovers (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Russell Charles Osman (born 14 February 1959) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Southampton, Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cardiff City. He was a centre back. Osman played senior international football for England, for whom he received eleven caps.
Playing career
Osman was born in Repton, Derbyshire, the son of Rex Osman who played a handful of games for Derby County in the early 1950s. Osman played nearly 400 games for Ipswich Town, winning the 1980–81 UEFA Cup. Osman also contributed to Ipswich's victorious 1977-78 FA Cup campaign, making four appearances during the run.[1] However he wasn't part of the squad for the final itself. Osman also represented his country 11 times.[2][3] His first England cap came against Australia in a friendly on 31 May 1980, his last on 21 September 1983 in England's 1-0 Euro 84 qualifying match defeat to Denmark.[4]
Management career
Later in his playing career he was player-manager of Bristol City, and had a brief spell as caretaker manager of Plymouth Argyle[5] before later managing Cardiff City. He had a brief role as joint caretaker manager of Bristol Rovers in 2004.[2] In November 2007, he was appointed as assistant manager to Paul Tisdale at Exeter City.[6] In February 2011 he was appointed coach of the Ipswich Town Under 18s.[7] He left the role in August 2013.[8] In July 2015 Osman joined Newport County as assistant manager to Terry Butcher. Butcher, Osman and Steve Marsalla were sacked on 1 October 2015 with Newport bottom of league two after gaining just 5 points from the first 10 matches of the 2015-16 season.[9]
Escape to Victory
He played Doug Clure, one of the prisoner-of-war footballers, in the 1981 film Escape to Victory, which also included American actor Sylvester Stallone, British actor Michael Caine, Swedish actor Max von Sydow, and football stars Pelé, Ossie Ardiles, and Kazimierz Deyna. The film was based on a game between an Allied team and a Nazi German team during the Second World War.
Honours
Ipswich Town
References
- ^ "Games played by Russell Osman in 1977-78". prideofanglia.com. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ a b Hayes, Dean. The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. pp. 119–120. ISBN 1-85983-515-5.
- ^ "Russell Osman". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Russell Osman – England". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ Argyle Managers Greens on Screen. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ "Exeter hand Osman assistant role". BBC Sport. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ Osman Ispwich U1nder 18s coach
- ^ Osman leaves Ipswich
- ^ Newport County part company with manager Terry Butcher
External links
- Russell Osman management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Russell Osman at Englandstats.com
- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- 1959 births
- People from Repton
- Living people
- English footballers
- England international footballers
- England B international footballers
- England under-21 international footballers
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. players
- Sudbury Town F.C. players
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- English football managers
- Cardiff City F.C. players
- Bristol City F.C. managers
- Cardiff City F.C. managers
- Bristol Rovers F.C. managers
- Association football central defenders
- UEFA Cup winning players