1. Osian Roberts was born on 18 August 1965 and is a Welsh football coach and former player who is the head of development of Italian Serie A club Como.
12 Facts About Osian Roberts
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Osian Roberts was a central midfielder, and captained the Welsh Schools side.
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Osian Roberts played in north Wales for Bangor City, Bethesda Athletic and Llangefni Town, before moving to the United States at the age of 19 after receiving a scholarship to attend Furman University.
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Osian Roberts later played in the American Professional Soccer League for the New Mexico Chiles, where he was player-manager.
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In June 2007, Osian Roberts resigned as manager of Porthmadog to take up the position of Football Association of Wales technical director.
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Osian Roberts has coached the Wales under-16, Wales under-18 and Wales B teams, as well as helping coach the women's under-17 team.
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In 2014, he was the subject of documentary series called Byd Pel-droed Osian Roberts; it was shown on S4C.
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On 21 July 2015, Osian Roberts was promoted to assistant manager of the Wales national team under team manager Chris Coleman.
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Coleman resigned the manager role in November 2017 and Osian Roberts stated that he wished to become the new national team manager.
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Osian Roberts was retained as assistant manager following the appointment of Ryan Giggs as Wales manager.
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On 1 August 2019, it was announced that Osian Roberts had become technical director of the Morocco national team.
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Osian Roberts eventually guided the club to promotion to Serie A after 21 years by finishing in second place.