Russell Osman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Ipswich Town (coach) | ||
| 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1980 | England U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1980 | England B | 2 | (1) |
| 1980–1983 | England | 11 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1994 | Bristol City | ||
| 1995 | Plymouth Argyle (caretaker) | ||
| 1996 | Cardiff City | ||
| 2004 | Bristol Rovers (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Russell Charles Osman (born 14 February 1959) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Southampton, Bristol City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cardiff City. He was a centre back. Osman played senior international football for England, for whom he received eleven caps.
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, winning the 1980–81 UEFA Cup. Osman also represented his country 11 times. 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.
Later in his playing career he was player-manager of Bristol City, and had a brief spell as caretaker manager of Plymouth Argyle before later managing Cardiff City. He had a brief role as joint caretaker manager of Bristol Rovers in 2004. In November 2007, he was appointed as assistant manager to Paul Tisdale at Exeter City. In February 2011 he was appointed coach of the Ipswich Town Under 18's. He left the role in August 2013. In July 2015 Osman joined Newport County as assistant manager to Terry Butcher. 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.
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