Osama Malik

Osama Malik

Personal information
Full name	Osama Malik
Date of birth	30 September 1990 (1990-09-30) (age 21)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Adelaide United
Number	2
Youth career
00 0 –2003	Croydon Kings
2003–2005	West Adelaide
2006–2008	Adelaide Raiders
2008–2009	Adelaide United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006	Croydon Kings	6	(0)
2007–2008	Adelaide Raiders	37	(12)
2008–2009	Adelaide United	0	(0)
2009	Adelaide Galaxy	4	(1)
2009–2011	North Queensland Fury	23	(0)
2011–	Adelaide United	3	(0)
National team‡
2009	Australia U-20	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Osama "Ozzie" Malik (born 30 September 1990) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Adelaide United.

Club career

Malik signed for Adelaide United's youth squad at the commencement of the A-League 2008–09 season. Prior to this he had been plying his trade for local clubs Croydon Kings and Adelaide Raiders where he made his senior debut at the age of 17. In early 2008, Malik spent two weeks on trial at Italian club Torino.

Adelaide United manager Aurelio Vidmar recently called up Osama to the first team squad as a replacement for injured striker Paul Agostino for the FIFA Club World Cup where Malik made his professional debut on 14 December 2008 in the Club World Cup against Gamba Osaka replacing Brazilian, Cristiano in the 77th minute.^[1]

On 3 June 2009, Malik signed a one-year deal with the North Queensland Fury as an under-21 player after playing most of last year at Adelaide Galaxy.^[2]

For the 2011-12 Season, Malik has resigned with Adelaide United, under manager Rini Coolen.^[3] However, on 17 May 2011 Adelaide United approached North Queensland Fury asking for an early release which was granted allowing the player to play for his new club for the remainder of the 2010-11 Season.^[4]

His older bother Zaki Malik is also a footballer who plays in the FFSA Super League. His sister is a physiotherapist currently studying medicine at James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland.

Career statistics

(Correct as of 7 March 2011)

Club	Season	League		Finals		International1		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Adelaide United	2008–09	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
North Queensland Fury	2009–10	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2010–11	17	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
Adelaide United	2010–11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total		24	0	0	0	2	0	26	0

¹ - includes Club World Cup statistics; Asian Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008-09 A-League season etc.

References

1. ^ Adelaide United - Gamba Osaka Match Report
2. ^ FourFourTwo.au Fury Sign Osama (No, Not That One...)
3. ^ AdelaideUnited.com.au Reds Bring Malik Home
4. ^ AdelaideUnited.com.au Malik's early arrival a bonus for Reds

External links

• Adelaide United profile

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Name	Malik, Osama
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Date of birth	30 September 1990
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
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