Simon Osborn

Infobox Football biography
playername = Simon Osborn


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|1|19|df=yes
cityofbirth = Croydon
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=10
position = Midfielder
currentclub = unattached
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1989–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–2001
2001
2001
2001–2003
2003–2006
2006
2006–2008
2008-
clubs = Crystal Palace
Reading
Queens Park Rangers
Wolverhampton Wanderers
→ Tranmere Rovers (loan)
Port Vale
Gillingham
Walsall
Hereford United
Bromley
Croydon
caps(goals) = 087 0(10)
032 0(5)
009 0(1)
162 (11)
009 0(1)
007 0(0)
036 0(5)
117 0(5)
000 0(0)
072 0(3)
? (?)
manageryears = 2004–2005
2008
managerclubs = Walsall (assistant manager)
Bromley
pcupdate = 21:55, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Simon Osborn (born 19 January 1972 in Croydon) is an English footballer currently playing for Croydon.

Career

A central midfielder, Osborn started his career as a trainee at Crystal Palace before playing for Reading, where he formed a vital part of the team that finished second in the First Division in the 1994–95 season, losing 4-3 to Bolton Wanderers in the Playoff Final that was necessary due to the Premier League reducing in size and allowing only one automatic promotion place.

As a result of Reading's failure to secure promotion, Osborn decided to move elsewhere in order to gain Premier League experience, and was sold to Queens Park Rangers, where he lasted just six months before moving back down a division and signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers. He remained at Wolves until 2001, and towards the end of his time at the Molineux, he was loaned to Tranmere Rovers for three months.

After leaving Wolves, he played for Port Vale and then Gillingham.

After Gillingham, Osborn signed for Walsall, where he was assistant to manager Paul Merson for a short time. Osborn started the 2006–07 with Hereford United, who had just won promotion back to the Football League after nine years in the Conference, before moving to Bromley in September 2006. He was appointed manager of Bromley in January 2008, but resigned towards the end of the season.

External links

*soccerbase|6025|Simon Osborn

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NAME=Osborn, Simon
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH=19 January 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH=Croydon, England
DATE OF DEATH=
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