Russell Osman

Russell Osman

Personal information
Full name	Russell Charles Osman
Date of birth	(1959-02-14) 14 February 1959 (age 65)
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
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 professional footballer who played as a centre back in the Football League for Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Southampton, Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cardiff City. Osman played senior international football for England, for whom he received eleven caps. He is now a football pundit in the Indian Super League. ^[1]

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. Osman played nearly 400 games for Ipswich Town, winning the 1980–81 UEFA Cup. Osman also contributed to Ipswich's victorious 1977–78 FA Cup campaign, making four appearances during the run. ^[2] However he wasn't part of the squad for the final itself. Osman also represented his country 11 times. ^{[3] [4]} 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. ^[5]

Managerial career

Later in his playing career he was player-manager of Bristol City, and had a brief spell as caretaker manager of Plymouth Argyle ^[6] before later managing Cardiff City. He had a brief role as joint caretaker manager of Bristol Rovers in 2004. ^[3] In November 2007, he was appointed as assistant manager to Paul Tisdale at Exeter 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 joined Newport County as assistant manager to Terry 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]

Escape to Victory

He played Doug Clure, one of the prisoner-of-war footballers, in the 1981 film Escape to Victory , which also included American actor Sylvester Stallone, British actor Michael Caine, Swedish actor Max von Sydow, and football stars Pelé, Ossie Ardiles, and Kazimierz Deyna. The film was based on a game between an Allied team and a Nazi German team during the Second World War.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^{[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

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 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		38	0
	1978–79	First Division	39	2	5	0	1	0	6 [lower-alpha 2]	0	1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	52	2
	1979–80	First Division	42	2	4	0	2	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		52	2
	1980–81	First Division	42	1	7	0	5	2	12 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		66	3
	1981–82	First Division	39	2	3	0	7	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	—		51	2
	1982–83	First Division	38	4	3	1	2	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	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 [lower-alpha 4]	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 [lower-alpha 4]	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 [lower-alpha 4]	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 [lower-alpha 5]	0	—		38	0
	1993–94	First Division	5	1	0	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 5]	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 [lower-alpha 6]	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

1. Appearances in Europa League
2. Appearances in Cup Winners' Cup
3. Appearances in Charity Shield
4. Appearances in Full Members' Cup
5. Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
6. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Ipswich Town

• UEFA Cup: 1981

Individual

• Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year: 1980–81 ^[17]
• Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2011 ^[18]

References

1. Heath, Mark (20 February 2019). "From Town glory to discovering Tyrone Mings and working in India - Osman's fascinating journey". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
2. "Games played by Russell Osman in 1977-78". prideofanglia.com. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
3. Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. pp. 119–120. ISBN   1-85983-515-5.
4. "Russell Osman". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
5. "Russell Osman – England". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
6. Argyle Managers Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Greens on Screen. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
7. "Exeter hand Osman assistant role". BBC Sport. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
8. Osman Ispwich U1nder 18s coach
9. Osman leaves Ipswich
10. "League Managers Association - RUSSELL OSMAN". www.leaguemanagers.com. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
11. Newport County part company with manager Terry Butcher
12. "Russell Osman career appearances". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
13. "Russell Osman career appearances". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
14. "Russell Osman career appearances". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
15. "Russell Osman Ipswich Town appearances". prideofanglia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
16. Russell Osman at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
17. Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 143.
18. King, Elvin (9 April 2011). "Sir Alf Ramsey inducted into Ipswich Town Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.

External links

• Russell Osman management career statistics at Soccerbase
• Russell Osman at Englandstats.com