Early life
Roberts was born in Anglesey, and was brought up in Bodffordd on the island.Career
Roberts was a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder, and captained the Welsh Schools side. He played in North Wales for Bangor City F.C., Bangor City, Bethesda Athletic F.C., Bethesda Athletic and Llangefni Town F.C., Llangefni Town, before moving to the United States at the age of 19 after receiving a scholarship to attend Furman University. At Furman Paladins men's soccer, Furman, he was named Southern Conference player of the year in 1986 and 1988. He later played in the American Professional Soccer League for the New Mexico Chiles, where he was player-manager. After returning to Wales, he became Anglesey Football Development Officer in 1991. In June 2007 Roberts resigned as manager of Porthmadog F.C., Porthmadog to take up the position of Football Association of Wales technical director. He has also coached the Wales national under-16 football team, Wales under-16, Wales national under-18 football team, Wales under-18 and Wales national football B team, Wales B teams, as well as helping coach the Wales women's national under-17 football team, women's under-17 team. In 2014, he was the subject of documentary series called ''Byd Pêl-droed Osian Roberts''; it was shown on S4C. On 21 July 2015, Roberts was promoted to assistant manager of the Wales national football team, Wales national team under team manager Chris Coleman (footballer), Chris Coleman. Coleman resigned the manager role in November 2017 and Roberts stated that he wished to become the new national team manager. Roberts was retained as assistant manager following the appointment of Ryan Giggs as Wales manager On 1 August 2019 it was announced that Roberts had become technical director of the Morocco national football team, Morocco national team. He resigned in July 2021. In August 2021 he became assistant manager to Patrick Viera at Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace. Viera was sacked by Crystal Palace in March 2023 with Roberts and other coaching staff also being released.References
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