Leon Osman

Leon Osman
Leon Osman (2011)
Personnel
birthday	May 17, 1981
place of birth	Billinge ,  England
size	173 cm
position	midfield player
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2000-2016	Everton FC	352 (43)
2002-2003	→  Carlisle United  (loan)	12 0(1)
2004	→  Derby County  (loan)	17 0(3)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1996-1997	England pupil	7 0(2)
1997	England U-16	5 0(0)
2012-2013	England	2 0(0)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 6, 2017

Leon Osman (born May 17, 1981 in Billinge ) is a former English football player .

Career

The midfielder began his football career in the youth of Everton FC . In 1998 he won the FA Youth Cup with the Everton FC youth team . Osman suffered a serious knee injury and was out for the next season. In October 2002 he was awarded to Carlisle United and won the Player of the Month trophy there. He returned to Everton in January 2003 and contributed a hat trick to the reserve team's 4-1 win over Manchester United's reserve team . In 2004 he was awarded again because he could not play in the first team, this time to Derby County . Upon his return, Osman made his debut for Everton against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the age of 23 and scored after just three minutes. In the 4-1 win over Fulham on December 14, 2013, Leon Osman scored his 40th Premier League goal in the 300th league game.

Everton manager David Moyes brought Osman up for discussion after his impressive start to the 2006/07 season for the English national football team .

Osman's father is from Northern Cyprus .

Web links

Commons : Leon Osman  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Leon Osman in the database of weltfussball.de
• Leon Osman in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Leon Osman in the database of soccerbase.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gavin Willacy / English Schools Football Association: England Schoolboys, International Players records 1907-99 . Redwood Books Ltd., Trowbridge 1999, p. 59 .