Ben Osborn
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Jarrod Osborn[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1994[2][3] | ||
| Place of birth | Derby, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Derby County | ||
| 2003–2012 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2012– | Nottingham Forest | 79 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | England U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015– | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2016. | |||
Benjamin Jarrod "Ben" Osborn (born 5 August 1994[2]) is an English footballer who plays for Nottingham Forest. Internationally, he has represented England at under-18 and under-19 level.[4]
Club career
Nottingham Forest
Osborn joined Nottingham Forest's youth academy at the age of nine. In his first season with the U18 squad, he was frequently used as a left back.[5] He made his first-team debut for the club in the Championship on 29 March 2014, playing in midfield for the full 90 minutes of a 1–1 away draw with Ipswich Town.[6] On 29 April 2014, he penned a five-year contract with the club.[7]
Following an impressive pre-season campaign, which included two goals against Ilkeston, Osborn became a prominent member of the first team squad under Stuart Pearce at the beginning of the 2014–15 season.[8] In the absence of injured midfielders Henri Lansbury and David Vaughan, Osborn featured as a substitute in three of Forest's first four league games and started both their first and second round games in the League Cup.[9] Osborn's first senior goal for Forest was a 92nd-minute winner from 18 yards against fierce local rivals and his hometown club Derby County at the iPro Stadium on 17 January 2015.[10]
On the 16 February 2016, having made twenty-three appearances and scored one goal for Forest during the season, Osborn won the Football League's Young Player of the Month Award for January 2016.[11] After winning the award, Osborn was praised by his manager Dougie Freedman as an "exceptional talent" and "fully committed with lots of heart". Osborn himself stated of the award:
"It was a bit of a shock. I have seen some of the players who have won it and there are some great players. It's good recognition for the way I have been playing... I have progressed and definitely got better, both physically and technically."
Career statistics
- As of 23 April 2016[12]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nottingham Forest | 2013–14 | Championship | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Championship | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 40 | 3 | ||
| 2015–16 | Championship | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 79 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 84 | 6 | |||
References
- ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 22. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- 1 2 "B. Osborn". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Ben Osborn". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "England: Men's U19s: Search: Osborn". The Football Association. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ Nelson, Grant (27 January 2012). "Nottingham Forest Academy Profiles". View from the Main Stand. James Bolton. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Ipswich 1, Nottingham Forest 1 – match report". Nottingham Post. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Ben Osborn pens five-year deal with Nottingham Forest". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ↑ "Ilkeston 0–4 Forest". Nottingham Forest F.C. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Season statistics". Nottingham Forest F.C. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ↑ "Derby 1 Nottm Forest 2". BBC Sport. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Nottingham Forest's Ben Osborn: 'Derby goal is all fan's know me for'". BBC Sport. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/players/ben-osborn/269601/
External links
- Ben Osborn profile at Soccerway
- Ben Osborn career statistics at Soccerbase
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