Matthew Osman
Australian soccer player
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Matthew James Osman (born 29 July 1983) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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| Full name | Matthew James Osman | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Parramatta Eagles | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Northern Spirit | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Manly United | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Northern Spirit | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Penrith United | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Central Coast Mariners | 58 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Gold Coast United | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Parramatta Eagles | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Lions FC | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Australia U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
On 12 October 2007, Osman was injured during training and as a result he sat out the remainder of the 2007–08 A-League season.[1] He was forced to have an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, returning to training in May 2008.[2] In July 2008 he re-signed with the Mariners for the 2008–09 season.[3]
Osman appeared in a Season 5 episode of the U.S. TV series The Office.[4] As described by reddit user kiasam111,[5] new boss Charles (Idris Elba) walks out of his office to find Andy (Ed Helms) looking at what appears to be a screen-saver with a series of photos of football. A photo appears of two players, taken from an A-League (soccer) game between Central Coast Mariners and Perth Glory, played at Central Coast Stadium in Gosford, Australia, on 31 December 2008.[6] The players in the photo (taken by Corey Davis of Getty Images)[7] are Marc Anthony (Perth) and Osman (Central Coast).
On 3 December 2008, Osman was signed by Gold Coast United for their inaugural A-league season.[8] He signed for Parramatta Eagles in summer of 2011.[9]
International career
Osman was named in the Australia under-20 team squad for the 2002 OFC U-20 Championship in Fiji.[10]
Honours
Central Coast Mariners
Australia U-20
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