Russell Osman
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Russell Osman | ||
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) | |
Playing position | Central defender | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Exeter City (Assistant Manager) |
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Youth clubs | ||
1975-1976 | Ipswich Town | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1976-1985 1985-1988 1988-1991 1991-1994 1995 1995 1995-1996 1996 |
Ipswich Town Leicester City Southampton Bristol City Sudbury Town Plymouth Argyle Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Total |
294 108 (8) 96 (6) 70 (3) 0 (0) 12 (0) 15 (0) 595 (34) |
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National team | ||
1980 1980-1983 |
England U21 England B England |
2 (1) 11 (0) |
7 (0)
Teams managed | ||
1993-1994 1996-1998 2004 |
Bristol City Cardiff City Bristol Rovers (caretaker) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Russell Charles Osman (born 14 February 1959) is an English former international footballer.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Management career
Later in his playing career he was player-manager of Bristol City (1993–94), and later managed Cardiff City (1996–98). He had a brief role as joint caretaker manager of Bristol Rovers in 2004.
On 2 November 2007, he was appointed as assistant manager at Exeter City, replacing Joe Gallen. This appointment was initially only temporary until the beginning of January 2008 with Osman citing TV commitments (with British Eurosport) during the Africa Cup of Nations for his reasons but on 7 January 2008 it was confirmed that Osman would now commit himself to Exeter until the end of the 2007-08 season and would commence his role as Assistant Manager to Manager Paul Tisdale upon returning from the Africa Cup of Nations.
[edit] "Escape to Victory"
He also played one of the prisoner-of-war footballers in Escape to Victory. The 1981 film 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 against a Nazi German team during World War II.
[edit] Honours
- UEFA Cup winner 1981
[edit] External links
- Russell Osman management career stats at Soccerbase
- Russell Osman England profile at Englandstats
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