Osian Roberts

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Osian Roberts
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Roberts in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-08-18) 18 August 1965 (age 59) [1]
Place of birth Anglesey, Wales
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Como (head of development)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988 Furman Paladins
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Bangor City
1984–1985 Bethesda Athletic
Llangefni Town
1989–1990 New Mexico Chiles
Managerial career
1990 New Mexico Chiles
1996–1999 Wales U16
1996–1999 Wales U18
1999 Wales B
1999–2007 Porthmadog
2015–2019 Wales (assistant coach)
2021–2023 Crystal Palace (assistant coach)
2023–2024 Como (interim head coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Osian Roberts (born 18 August 1965) is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the head of development of Italian Serie A club Como. In 2014, he was described in the media as "the most influential man in Welsh football". [2]

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Early life

Roberts was born in Anglesey, [2] and was brought up in Bodffordd on the island. [3]

Career

Roberts was a central midfielder, [2] and captained the Welsh Schools side. [3] He played in north Wales for Bangor City, Bethesda Athletic and Llangefni Town, [2] [4] before moving to the United States at the age of 19 after receiving a scholarship to attend Furman University. [2] At Furman, he was named Southern Conference player of the year in 1986 and 1988. [5] He later played in the American Professional Soccer League for the New Mexico Chiles, where he was player-manager. [3]

After returning to Wales, he became Anglesey Football Development Officer in 1991. [2]

In June 2007, Roberts resigned as manager of Porthmadog to take up the position of Football Association of Wales technical director. [2] He has also coached the Wales under-16, Wales under-18 and Wales B teams, as well as helping coach the women's under-17 team. [2] In 2014, he was the subject of documentary series called Byd Pêl-droed Osian Roberts; it was shown on S4C. [3] [6]

On 21 July 2015, Roberts was promoted to assistant manager of the Wales national team under team manager Chris Coleman. [7] Coleman resigned the manager role in November 2017 and Roberts stated that he wished to become the new national team manager. [8] Roberts was retained as assistant manager following the appointment of Ryan Giggs as Wales manager. [9]

On 1 August 2019, it was announced that Roberts had become technical director of the Morocco national team. [10] [11] He resigned in July 2021. [12]

In August 2021, he became assistant manager to Patrick Vieira at Crystal Palace. [13] [14] Vieira was sacked by Crystal Palace in March 2023 with Roberts and other coaching staff also being released. [15]

In December 2023, Italian club Como announced the appointment of Roberts as their new caretaker coach until the end of the 2023–24 Serie B season, replacing Cesc Fàbregas, who had also been caretaker; Roberts also served as head of development for the club. [16] [17] [18] [19] He eventually guided the club to promotion to Serie A after 21 years by finishing in second place. [20] [21] [22] Fàbregas returned to the role in July 2024. [23]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 10 May 2024 [24]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Como (caretaker)20 December 202315 July 2024211263057.14
Total211263057.14

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Osian's a football power in Wales". Wales Online. 24 June 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Byd Pêl-droed Osian Roberts". S4C. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Wales Assistant manager Osian Roberts awarded Honorary Fellowship". University of Wales Trinity Saint David. 12 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Furman University media guide (2012)" (pdf). Furman University. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Osian Roberts - On TV". Football Association of Wales. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ↑ "Cardiff City coach Paul Trollope joins Wales set-up". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Osian Roberts hopes to succeed Chris Coleman as Wales boss". BBC Sport. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Wales football: Ryan Giggs to keep Roberts on Wales staff". BBC Sport. 23 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Osian Roberts: Wales assistant manager appointed Morocco's Technical Director". BBC Sport. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Osian Roberts has 'fallen in love' with Morocco" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ↑ @Osian_Roberts (27 July 2021). "I can confirm that I have resigned from the @FRMF I have had a fantastic 2 years working in a truly beautiful count…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "Osian Roberts appointed Vieira's assistant - News". Crystal Palace F.C.
  14. ↑ "Osian Roberts delighted after being appointed Crystal Palace assistant manager". BT.com.
  15. ↑ "Palace sack manager Vieira after winless run" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ↑ "Como 1907 Appoints Osian Roberts as Caretaker Manager". Como 1907. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Cesc Fàbregas to step down as Como coach". ESPN.com. 21 December 2023.
  18. ↑ Stockdale, Ollie (20 December 2023). "Osian Roberts lands big Italian football job alongside Cesc Fàbregas". Wales Online.
  19. ↑ "'That Thierry Henry thought of me means a lot'" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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