Levent Osman

Levent Osman
Personal information
Full name Levent Osman
Date of birth (1977-03-08) 8 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–1996 VIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Albion Redsox 60 (4)
1996–1998 Gippsland Falcons 34 (4)
1998 Green Gully 14 (3)
1998–1999 Gippsland Falcons 24 (3)
1999–2002 Auckland Kingz 61 (4)
2002 Tampere United 18 (0)
2002–2003 Trabzonspor 12 (0)
2002–2003 Politehnica Timişoara 17 (0)
2003–2004 South Melbourne 16 (0)
2004–2007 Altona Magic 63 (0)
2008–2010 Dandenong Thunder 68 (0)
Total 387 (18)
International career
1997 Australia U20 14 (1)
1997–1999 Australia U23 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2012

Levent Osman (born 8 March 1977 in Melbourne) is an Australian former association football player of Turkish Cypriot descent.[1] He played as a defender.

Career

He has previously played for Trabzonspor in Turkey, FCU Politehnica Timişoara in Romania, Tampere United in Finland as well as South Melbourne, Auckland Kingz in (New Zealand) and Gippsland Falcons in the Australian NSL.

He has represented Australia at under-20 level and in the Olympic team between 1997 and 1999.

He was awarded Youth Player of the Year 1997. He was also the winner of the Jimmy Rooney Medal(Man of the Match) in the 2004 Premier League Grand Final.

References

  1. ^ Hüssein, Serkan (2007). Yesterday and Today: Turkish Cypriots of Australia. p. 139. ISBN 9780646477831.


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