Levent Osman (born 8 March 1977, in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

) is an Australian former

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player of

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...

descent. He played as a defender. He has previously played for

Trabzonspor Trabzonspor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Trabzon. Formed in 1967 through a merger of several local clubs, the men's football team has won seven Süper Lig championships. Trabzonspor also have a women's football team, ...

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FCU Politehnica Timişoara FCU may refer to: Organisations * Fission Uranium Corp. (TSX code: FCU), a Canadian mining company Education * Feng Chia University, in Taichung, Taiwan * Filamer Christian University, in Roxas, Capiz, Philippines * Fukien Christian University, ...

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Tampere United Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. The club plays in Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland. The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the end of the ...

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as well as

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, Auckland Kingz in (New Zealand) and

Gippsland Falcons Falcons 2000 Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in the regional Victorian city of Morwell. Founded in 1961 by the local Italian community, the club has participated in the Victorian state league system at multiple ...

in the Australian NSL. He has represented

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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

Levent Osman at Ozfootball.net
* 1977 births Living people Australian people of Turkish Cypriot descent Sportspeople of Turkish Cypriot descent Soccer players from Melbourne Association football defenders National Soccer League (Australia) players Veikkausliiga players Liga I players Süper Lig players Expatriate footballers in Finland Expatriate footballers in Romania Australian expatriate sportspeople in Romania FC Politehnica Timișoara players Football Kingz F.C. players Gippsland Falcons players South Melbourne FC players Tampere United players Trabzonspor footballers Dandenong Thunder SC players Australian soccer players {{Australia-footy-defender-stub