Great to see UK Cypriot Leon Osman appears on the Match of the day FA Cup panel recently
Leon Osman is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent almost all of his career at Everton, making 433 appearances and scoring 57 goals. Earlier in his career he spent time on loan at Football League clubs Carlisle United and Derby County. Leon was also the first UK Cypriot to represent England at International level.
Osman was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester, to a Turkish Cypriot father and a British mother, and raised in Skelmersdale, Lancashire He attended Up Holland High School and Winstanley College. He is also of Somali descent through his paternal grandfather.
