John Oster

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Oster
Personal information
Full name	John Oster
Date of birth	December 8, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	11
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1994-1997 1997-1999 1999-2005 2001 2002-2003 2004-2005 2005 2005-	Grimsby Town Everton Sunderland →Barnsley (loan) →Grimsby Town (loan) →Leeds United (loan) Burnley Reading	23 (3) 40 (1) 70 (5) 2 (0) 17 (6) 8 (1) 15 (1) 34 (1)
National team**
1997-	Wales	13 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:15, 17 October 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 19:49, 18 May 2006 (UTC).

John Oster (born 8 December 1978 in Boston, Lincolnshire) is a Welsh international footballer, currently playing for Reading in the FA Premier League.

Contents 1 Club career 2 Honours 2.1 Grimsby Town 2.2 Reading FC 3 External links

[edit] Club career

Oster made his debut for Reading against Brighton & Hove Albion on 9 August 2005 as a substitute.

He began his career at Grimsby Town before moving to Everton for £1.5 million aged only 18 and having played only 25 matches. He was widely regarded as a highly promising talent, but proved difficult to manage and never achieved his potential with the Toffees.

He moved to Sunderland for a fee in excess of £1 million, but achieved little in his time at the club other than to frustrate supporters and end the career of reserve player Mark Maley by shooting him in the eye with an air rifle. Since then he has failed to settle for long periods at any club, and was disciplined by Leeds United twice in one month, first for being arrested in Durham then also for some unclear "misconduct" at the club's Christmas party. (Unconfirmed reports allege that he and a fellow reveller - and player - attending said festivities were guilty of wantonly displaying their genitalia in a place and in a fashion injurious to the public good.)

[edit] Honours

[edit] Grimsby Town

• Supporters Young Player of the Year: 1997

[edit] Reading FC

• Football Championship Winner 2006

[edit] External links

• John Oster profile at readingfc.co.uk
• John Oster career stats at Soccerbase

Reading F.C. - Current Squad
1 Hahnemann | 2 Murty | 3 Shorey | 4 Sidwell | 5 Sonko | 6 Gunnarsson | 7 Little | 8 Lita | 9 Doyle | 10 Hunt | 11 Oster | 12 Kitson | 14 Halls | 15 Harper | 16 Ingimarsson | 17 Convey | 18 Sodje | 19 Seol | 22 Bikey | 23 de la Cruz | 24 Long | 27 Brown | 32 Federici | 33 Golbourne | 34 Henry | 35 Pearce | 36 Joseph-Dubois | 47 Máté | Manager: Coppell

Persondata
NAME	Oster, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	8 December 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boston, Lincolnshire
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH