Isaiah Osbourne

Isaiah George Osbourne (born 5 November 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nuneaton Borough. He is a former England under-16 international who started his career with Aston Villa. Osbourne had loan spells with Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday before he was released by Villa in 2011. He then signed on a free transfer for Hibernian and made 30 appearances in the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League.

Club Career

Aston Villa

Born in Birmingham, West Midlands, Osbourne started out playing football at Derby County after he and his brother, Isaac were spotted and offered a trial. The brothers went on trial at Aston Villa, which Osbourne was signed. He progressed through the club's youth system. After being given the squad number 27 shirt following Martin O'Neill's arrival as the new Aston Villa manager, he made his Premier League debut on 21 October 2006, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Steven Davis, against Fulham at Villa Park. In a follow–up match against Leicester City in the third round of the League Cup, Osbourne made his first start for the club, playing 107 minutes before being substituted, in a 3–2 win. After the match, his performance received praises, including one from manager O’Neill. Following this, he appeared a handful of first team appearances for the rest of the year, making four more starts. On 28 December 2006, Osbourne signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract, keeping him at Villa Park until the summer of 2010. By February, he lost his first team place, due to competitions and was sent to Aston Villa's reserve team for the rest of the 2006–07 season. Despite this, Osbourne went on to make thirteen appearances in all competitions.

In the 2007–08 season, Osbourne found himself behind the pecking order in the first team, due to competitions in the midfield position.

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