Dion Valle
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Dion Enrique Valle Robbins (born 22 July 1977 in Darwin, Australia) is a Chilean-Australian former footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career
He played in the Chilean Primera División for Colo-Colo in 1995.[1] In January 1997, he became the first player signed by the newly formed United States A-League club Jacksonville Cyclones.[2] He captained the club for the first quarter of the 1997 season before being released in May 1997.[3][4][5] Back in Australia, along with Perth Glory he got two titles of the National Soccer League.[6]
International career
He was a member of Chile's squads for the finals of the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.[7] In addition, he took part of Chile squad in both the 1993 South American U17 Championship and the 1995 South American U20 Championship.[8]
Personal life
Born to a Chilean father and an American mother,[6] Valle came to Chile in 1991 at the age of 13 along with his brother, who dreamed of becoming a professional footballer.[9]
At the same time he was a footballer, he got a degree in Building Construction in Sydney.[9]
Honours
Club
- Colo-Colo
- Perth Glory
International
- Chile U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup Third place: 1993
References
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External links
- Dion Valle at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)
- Oz Football Stats
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Darwin, Northern Territory
- Australian people of Chilean descent
- Sportspeople of Chilean descent
- Australian men's soccer players
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's youth international footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Jacksonville Cyclones players
- Macarthur Rams FC players
- Perth Glory FC players
- Blacktown City FC players
- Marconi Stallions FC players
- Chilean Primera División players
- A-League (1995–2004) players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Australian expatriate men's soccer players
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Men's association football defenders