Personal information | |||
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Full name | Levent Osman | ||
Date of birth | 8 March 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1996 | VIS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1996 | Albion Redsox | 60 | (4) |
1996–1998 | Gippsland Falcons | 34 | (4) |
1998 | Green Gully | 14 | (3) |
1998–1999 | Gippsland Falcons | 24 | (3) |
1999–2002 | Auckland Kingz | 61 | (4) |
2002 | Tampere United | 18 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Trabzonspor | 12 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Politehnica Timişoara | 17 | (0) |
2003–2004 | South Melbourne | 16 | (0) |
2004–2007 | Altona Magic | 63 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Dandenong Thunder | 68 | (0) |
Total | 387 | (18) | |
International career | |||
1997 | Australia U20 | 14 | (1) |
1997–1999 | Australia U23 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2012 |
Levent Osman (born 8 March 1977, in Melbourne) is an Australian former association football player of Turkish Cypriot descent. [1] He played as a defender.
He has previously played for Trabzonspor in Turkey, FCU Politehnica Timişoara in Romania, Tampere United in Finland as well as South Melbourne, Auckland Kingz in (New Zealand) and Gippsland Falcons in the Australian NSL.
He has represented Australia at under-20 level and in the Olympic team between 1997 and 1999.
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