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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(s) | 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 |
Matthew James Osman (born 29 July 1983) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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]
Osman was named in the Australia under-20 team squad for the 2002 OFC U-20 Championship in Fiji. [10]
Central Coast Mariners
Australia U-20