Russell Osman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Russell Charles Osman | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Repton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1980 | England U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1980 | England B | 2 | (1) |
| 1980–1983 | England | 11 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1994 | Bristol City | ||
| 1995 | Plymouth Argyle (caretaker) | ||
| 1996 | Cardiff City | ||
| 2004 | Bristol Rovers (caretaker) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
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. Russell Osman played nearly 400 games for Ipswich Town and represented his country 11 times.[1][2] 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.[3]
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[4] before later managing Cardiff City. He had a brief role as joint caretaker manager of Bristol Rovers in 2004.[1] In November 2007, he was appointed as assistant manager to Paul Tisdale at Exeter City.[5] In February 2011 he was appointed coach of the Ipswich Town Under 18's.[6] He left the role in August 2013.[7] 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.[8]
Escape to Victory
He played Doug Clure, one of the prisoner-of-war footballers, in the 1981 film Escape to Victory. which also included soccer legend Pelé, American actor Sylvester Stallone, British actor Michael Caine and ex-soccer player Ossie Ardiles. The film was based on a game between an Allied team and a Nazi German team during World War II.
Honours
References
- 1 2 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 18's coach
- ↑ Osman leaves Ipswich
- ↑ Newport County part company with manager Terry Butcher
External links
- Russell Osman management career statistics at Soccerbase
- Russell Osman England profile at Englandstats