Osama Malik
Malik with North Queensland Fury in 2009
Personal information
Full name Osama Malik[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-30) 30 September 1990 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth Adelaide, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Youth career
0000–2003 Croydon Kings
2003–2005 West Adelaide
2006–2008 Adelaide Raiders
2008–2009 Adelaide United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Croydon Kings 6 (0)
2007–2008 Adelaide Raiders 37 (12)
2008–2009 Adelaide United 0 (0)
2009 Adelaide Galaxy 4 (1)
2009–2011 North Queensland Fury 23 (0)
2011–2016 Adelaide United 95 (2)
2016–2019 Melbourne City 57 (0)
2019 Al-Batin 8 (0)
2019–2022 Perth Glory 34 (0)
2022–2023 Odisha 15 (0)
International career‡
2009 Australia U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2010

Osama "Ozzie" Malik (Arabic: أسامة ملك; born 30 September 1990) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back.

Club career

Malik signed for Adelaide United's youth squad at the commencement of the A-League 2008–09 season. Prior to this he had been plying his trade for local clubs Croydon Kings and Adelaide Raiders where he made his senior debut at the age of 17. In early 2008, Malik spent two weeks on trial at Italian club Torino.

Adelaide United manager Aurelio Vidmar called up Osama to the first team squad as a replacement for injured striker Paul Agostino for the FIFA Club World Cup. There, Malik made his professional debut on 14 December 2008 in the match against Gamba Osaka, replacing Cristiano in the 77th minute.[2]

On 3 June 2009, Malik signed a one-year deal with the North Queensland Fury as an under-21 player after playing most of the last year at Adelaide Galaxy.[3]

For the 2011–12 season, Malik signed with Adelaide United and manager Rini Coolen.[4] However, on 17 May 2011 Adelaide United approached North Queensland Fury asking for an early release, which was granted, allowing Malik to play for Adelaide United for the remainder of the 2010–11 Season.[5]

Malik was signed by Melbourne City in January 2016.[6]

Odisha

In June 2022, it was announced that Indian Super League club Odisha have signed Malik on a year-long deal.[7] On 23 August, he made his debut for the club against Kerala Blasters in the Durand Cup, in a 2–0 win.[8][9]

Personal life

Born in Australia, Malik is of Sudanese descent.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 April 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup AFC Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Adelaide United 2008–09 A-League 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
North Queensland Fury 2009–10 A-League 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
2010–11 17 0 0 0 — 17 0
Total 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Adelaide United 2010–11 A-League 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2011–12 23 0 0 0 — 23 0
2012–13 20 0 0 0 7[b] 0 27 0
2013–14 26 2 0 0 — 26 2
2014–15 18 0 2[c] 0 — 20 0
2015–16 7 0 2[c] 0 — 9 0
Total 95 2 4 0 7 0 106 2
Melbourne City 2015–16 A-League 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
2016–17 18 0 3[c] 0 — 21 0
2017–18 20 0 2[c] 0 — 22 0
2018–19 5 0 2[c] 0 — 7 0
Total 57 0 7 0 0 0 64 0
Al-Batin 2018–19 Saudi Professional League 8 0 0 0 "|— 8 0
Perth Glory 2019–20 A-League 11 0 0 0 3[b] 0 14 0
2020–21 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
2021–22 9 0 0 0 — 9 0
Total 34 0 0 0 3 0 37 0
Odisha 2022–23 Indian Super League 15 0 8[d][e] 0 1[f] 0 24 0
Career total 232 2 19 0 13 0 264 2
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
  3. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in FFA Cup
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in Durand Cup
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Super Cup
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in Qualification for the AFC Cup group stage

Honours

Adelaide United

Melbourne City

Odisha

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 Presented By TOYOTA — List Of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Adelaide United – Gamba Osaka Match Report". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ "FourFourTwo.au Fury Sign Osama (No, Not That One...)". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  4. ^ "AdelaideUnited.com.au Reds Bring Malik Home".
  5. ^ "AdelaideUnited.com.au Malik's early arrival a bonus for Reds".
  6. ^ "City, Reds in player swap". Football Federation Australia. 23 January 2016.
  7. ^ "sama Malik signs for the Juggernauts". odishafc.com. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Odisha FC beat Kerala Blasters, extend winning run". khelnow.com. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Odisha 2 – 0 Kerala Blasters". the-aiff.com. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Special feature: The record cohort giving 'millions of us' a new perspective on Australia". 16 January 2022.
  11. ^ Osama Malik at Soccerway

External links

Perth Glory FC – current squad
2013–14 A-League PFA Team of the Season
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