Full name Russell Charles Osman 1976–1985 Ipswich Town Years Team Height 1.83 m | 1975–1976 Ipswich Town Role Footballer Place of birth Repton, England Name Russell Osman Current team Ipswich Town F.C. | |
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Date of birth (1959-02-14) 14 February 1959 (age 56) | ||
Ipswich Town Legends Charity Match 2017
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.
Contents
- Ipswich Town Legends Charity Match 2017
- Playing career
- Management career
- Escape to Victory
- Honours
- References
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, 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.
Management career
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.
Escape to Victory
He played Doug Clure, one of the prisoner-of-war footballers, in the 1981 film Escape to Victory. which 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 and a Nazi German team during World War II.
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