Matthew Osman

Matthew Osman
Personal information
Full name	Matthew James Osman
Date of birth	29 July 1983 (age 41)
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
2002–2003	Northern Spirit
2003	Manly United
2003–2004	Northern Spirit
2004–2005	Penrith United
2005–2009	Central Coast Mariners
2009–2011	Gold Coast United
2011	Parramatta Eagles
2012–	Lions FC
International career
2002	Australia U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Matthew James Osman (born 29 July 1983) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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

References

^ Mariners lose Osman for season
^ "Mrdja and Osman return to the fold". Football NSW. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ Gumprecht and Osman re-sign for season four assault Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ ""The Office" Dream Team - Season 5 Episode 20". IMDb. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "A-League featured in the Office???". reddit. 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "New Year's special puts Mariners top". Central Coast Mariners. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "A-League 2008/09 Rd 18 - Mariners v Glory". Getty Images. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ Six more names confirmed for United Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Parramatta FC snap up Osman and Mooy". Football NSW. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ Cockerill, Michael (7 November 2002). "NSL players win most squad spots". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

External links

Matthew Osman at Soccerway
Oz Football profile

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[1] Mariners lose Osman for season

[2] "Mrdja and Osman return to the fold". Football NSW. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

[3] Gumprecht and Osman re-sign for season four assault Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[4] ""The Office" Dream Team - Season 5 Episode 20". IMDb. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[5] "A-League featured in the Office???". reddit. 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[6] "New Year's special puts Mariners top". Central Coast Mariners. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[7] "A-League 2008/09 Rd 18 - Mariners v Glory". Getty Images. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[8] Six more names confirmed for United Archived 2 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[9] "Parramatta FC snap up Osman and Mooy". Football NSW. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

[10] Cockerill, Michael (7 November 2002). "NSL players win most squad spots". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

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