| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Russell Charles Osman | ||
| Date of birth | (1959-02-14)14 February 1959 (age 66) | ||
| 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* | |||
| 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) | |
| 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 professionalfootballer who played as acentre back inthe Football League forIpswich Town,Leicester City,Southampton,Bristol City,Brighton & Hove Albion andCardiff City. Osman played senior international football forEngland, for whom he received elevencaps. He is now a football pundit in theIndian Super League.[1]
Osman was born inRepton,Derbyshire, the son of Rex Osman who played a handful of games forDerby County in the early 1950s. Osman played nearly 400 games forIpswich Town, winning the1980–81 UEFA Cup. Osman also contributed to Ipswich's victorious1977–78 FA Cup campaign, making four appearances during the run.[2] However he wasn't part of the squad for thefinal itself. Osman also represented his country 11 times.[3][4] His first England cap came againstAustralia in a friendly on 31 May 1980, his last on 21 September 1983 in England's 1–0Euro 84 qualifying match defeat toDenmark.[5]
Later in his playing career he was player-manager ofBristol City, and had a brief spell as caretaker manager ofPlymouth Argyle[6] before later managingCardiff City. He had a brief role as joint caretaker manager ofBristol Rovers in 2004.[3] In November 2007, he was appointed as assistant manager toPaul Tisdale atExeter 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 joinedNewport County as assistant manager toTerry 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]
He played Doug Clure, one of the prisoner-of-war footballers, in the 1981 filmEscape to Victory, which also included American actorSylvester Stallone, British actorMichael Caine, Swedish actorMax von Sydow, and football starsPelé,Ossie Ardiles, andKazimierz Deyna. The film was based on a game between an Allied team and a Nazi German team during theSecond World War.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ipswich Town | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–78 | First Division | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||
| 1978–79 | First Division | 39 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 52 | 2 | |
| 1979–80 | First Division | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | — | 52 | 2 | ||
| 1980–81 | First Division | 42 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12[a] | 0 | — | 66 | 3 | ||
| 1981–82 | First Division | 39 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 51 | 2 | ||
| 1982–83 | First Division | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 45 | 5 | ||
| 1983–84 | First Division | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 3 | |||
| 1984–85 | First Division | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 39 | 4 | |||
| Total | 294 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 385 | 21 | ||
| Leicester City | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–86 | First Division | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 0 | |||
| 1986–87 | First Division | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 3 | |||
| 1987–88 | Second Division | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 44 | 5 | ||
| Total | 108 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 8 | ||
| Southampton | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–89 | First Division | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 1989–90 | First Division | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 5 | |||
| 1990–91 | First Division | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 1991–92 | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 96 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 124 | 6 | ||
| Bristol City | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–92 | Second Division | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| 1992–93 | First Division | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||
| 1993–94 | First Division | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| Total | 70 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3 | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1995–96 | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[f] | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Cardiff City | 1995–96 | Third Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 595 | 34 | 48 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 742 | 38 | ||
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