Russell Osman

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Russell Osman
Personal information
Full name Russell Charles Osman
Date of birth (1959-02-14) 14 February 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Repton, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1975–1976 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total595(34)
International career
1977 England Youth 3 (0)
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 professional footballer who played as a centre back in the Football League for Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Southampton, Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cardiff City. Osman played senior international football for England, for whom he received eleven caps. He is now a football pundit in the Indian Super League. [1]

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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. [2] However he wasn't part of the squad for the final itself. Osman also represented his country 11 times. [3] [4] 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. [5]

Managerial career

Later in his playing career he was player-manager of Bristol City, and had a brief spell as caretaker manager of Plymouth Argyle [6] before later managing Cardiff City. He had a brief role as joint caretaker manager of Bristol Rovers in 2004. [3] In November 2007, he was appointed as assistant manager to Paul Tisdale at Exeter City. [7] In February 2011 he was appointed coach of the Ipswich Town Under 18s. [8] He left the role in August 2013. [9] In July 2015 Osman joined Newport County as assistant manager to Terry Butcher. [10] 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. [11]

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.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ipswich Town
1977–78 First Division 28040204 [lower-alpha 1] 0—380
1978–79 First Division39250106 [lower-alpha 2] 01 [lower-alpha 3] 0522
1979–80 First Division42240204 [lower-alpha 1] 0—522
1980–81 First Division421705212 [lower-alpha 1] 0—663
1981–82 First Division39230702 [lower-alpha 1] 0—512
1982–83 First Division38431202 [lower-alpha 1] 0—455
1983–84 First Division3732030——423
1984–85 First Division2934061——394
Total294173212833001038521
Leicester City
1985–86 First Division4001010——420
1986–87 First Division3130030——343
1987–88 Second Division 3751040—2 [lower-alpha 4] 0445
Total1088208000201208
Southampton
1988–89 First Division3601060—2 [lower-alpha 4] 0450
1989–90 First Division3553070——455
1990–91 First Division2013050—1 [lower-alpha 4] 0291
1991–92 First Division500000——50
Total9667018000301246
Bristol City
1991–92 Second Division3124000——352
1992–93 First Division34010102 [lower-alpha 5] 0—380
1993–94 First Division5100201 [lower-alpha 5] 0—81
Total70350303000813
Brighton & Hove Albion 1995–96 Second Division1202000—3 [lower-alpha 6] 0170
Cardiff City 1995–96 Third Division 1500000——150
Career total595344815733309074238
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in Cup Winners' Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Charity Shield
  4. 1 2 3 Appearances in Full Members' Cup
  5. 1 2 Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  6. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Ipswich Town

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Heath, Mark (20 February 2019). "From Town glory to discovering Tyrone Mings and working in India - Osman's fascinating journey". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Games played by Russell Osman in 1977-78". prideofanglia.com. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. pp. 119–120. ISBN   1-85983-515-5.
  4. ↑ "Russell Osman". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Russell Osman – England". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Argyle Managers Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Greens on Screen. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "Exeter hand Osman assistant role". BBC Sport. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Osman Ispwich U1nder 18s coach
  9. ↑ Osman leaves Ipswich
  10. ↑ "League Managers Association - RUSSELL OSMAN". www.leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Newport County part company with manager Terry Butcher
  12. ↑ "Russell Osman career appearances". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Russell Osman career appearances". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Russell Osman career appearances". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Russell Osman Ipswich Town appearances". prideofanglia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  16. ↑ Russell Osman at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  17. ↑ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 143.
  18. ↑ King, Elvin (9 April 2011). "Sir Alf Ramsey inducted into Ipswich Town Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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