Simon Osborn

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Simon Osborn
Personal information
Date of birth	19 January 1972 (1972-01-19) (age 36)
Place of birth	Croydon, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bromley
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–2001 2001 2001 2001–2003 2003–2006 2006 2006–	Crystal Palace Reading Queens Park Rangers Wolverhampton Wanderers → Tranmere Rovers (loan) Port Vale Gillingham Walsall Hereford United Bromley	055 0(5) 032 0(5) 009 0(1) 162 (11) 009 0(1) 007 0(0) 046 0(5) 113 0(5) 001 0(0) 072 0(3)
Teams managed
2004–2005 2008–	Walsall (assistant manager) Bromley
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:55, 3 February 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Simon Osborn (born 19 January 1972 in Croydon, England) is a professional footballer with Bromley.

A central midfielder, he started his career as a trainee at Crystal Palace before playing for Reading, where he formed a vital part of the team that finished second in the First Division in the 1994–95 season, losing 4-3 to Bolton Wanderers in the Playoff Final that was necessary due to the Premier League reducing in size and allowing only one automatic promotion place.

As a result of Reading's failure to secure promotion, Osborn decided to move elsewhere in order to gain Premier League experience, and was sold to Queens Park Rangers, where he lasted just six months before moving back down a division and signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers. He remained at Wolves until 2001, and towards the end of his time at the Molineux, he was loaned to Tranmere Rovers for three months.

After leaving Wolves, he played for Port Vale and then Gillingham.

After Gillingham, Osborn signed for Walsall, where he was assistant to manager Paul Merson for a short time. Osborn started the 2006–07 with Hereford United, who had just won promotion back to the Football League after nine years in the Conference, before moving to Bromley in September 2006. He was appointed manager of Bromley in January 2008, but resigned towards the end of the season.

[edit] External links

• Simon Osborn career stats at Soccerbase

Persondata
NAME	Osborn, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	19 January 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Croydon, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH