Rod Dyachenko

Personal information
Rod Dyachenko

Full name	Rodion Sergeyevich Dyachenko
Date of birth	September 22, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Georgievsk, Russia
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Toronto FC
Youth clubs
2002-05	UNLV
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2006 2007—	D.C. United Toronto FC	9 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2006.

Rodion (Rod) Sergeyevich Dyachenko (born September 22, 1983) is an Russian soccer player, who currently plays midfield for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.

Dyachenko played college soccer with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2002 to 2005, scoring 23 goals in those four years.

He was selected in the third round 31st overall in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United.

Despite not playing regularly with the team in league, Dyachenko has played in Open Cup play and in exhibition against Real Madrid.

Dyachenko was selected in the 2006 MLS Expansion Draft and will be featured in Canada next year playing for Toronto FC.

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Toronto FC - Current Squad
Expansion team; to begin in 2007. - Braz \| - Brennan \| - Buddle \| - Cancela \| - Dyachenko \| - Kotschau \| - Nagamura \| - O'Brien \| - Pozniak \| - Reda \| Coach: Johnston