Sean Dillon (footballer)

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Sean Dillon
Personal information
Full name	Sean Dillon
Date of birth	July 30, 1983 (1983-07-30) (age 24)
Place of birth	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Right-back
Club information
Current club	Dundee United
Number	2
Youth clubs
1999–2002	Aston Villa
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Longford Town Shelbourne Dundee United	29 (0) 46 (2)
National team2
2004 2007	Republic of Ireland under-21 Republic of Ireland B	01 (0) 01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:22, 28 April 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 2007-11-20. * Appearances (Goals)

Sean Dillon (born July 30, 1983, in Dublin) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays as a right-back for Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League.

Contents 1 Career 2 Honours 2.1 Longford Town 2.2 Shelbourne 2.3 Dundee United 3 References 4 External links 5 See also

[edit] Career

Dillon was a youth player with Aston Villa but moved back to Ireland in 2002 with Longford Town, where he won two FAI Cups and a Football League of Ireland Cup during his four years at Flancare Park. In 2006, he moved to Shelbourne and helped them to their thirteenth league championship win, also scoring the only goal of the game in Shel's Intertoto Cup win in Lithuania over FK Vėtra. In January 2007, Dillon moved to Scottish side Dundee United for an undisclosed fee.^[1]

Dillon is a former Republic of Ireland under-21 international who represented his country at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, appearing as a substitute in the second round exit. Dillon also represented the Republic of Ireland under-21 team on one occasion^[2] and played alongside United teammate Noel Hunt for the Ireland B team in October 2007 in a match against Scotland who included team mate Darren Dods.^[3]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Longford Town

• FAI Cup: 2
  

2002-03, 2003-04

• Football League of Ireland Cup: 1
  

2003-04

[edit] Shelbourne

• League of Ireland: 1
  

2005-06

[edit] Dundee United

• Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1
  

2007-08

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website profile
• Sean Dillon career stats at Soccerbase

[edit] See also

• Dundee United F.C. season 2006-07
• Dundee United F.C. season 2007-08

v • d • e Dundee United F.C. – current squad 1 Załuska • 2 Dillon • 4 Wilkie • 5 Dods • 7 Kerr • 8 Grainger • 9 Daly • 10 Hunt • 12 D. Robertson • 15 Conway • 16 Gomis • 17 Cameron • 18 Kenneth • 20 Buaben • 22 De Vries • 23 Swanson • 24 Kovačevič • 26 Goodwillie • 27 Watson • 28 Andreoni • 29 McCord • 30 Russell • 32 Milligan • 50 Smith • – S. Robertson • Manager: Levein

Persondata
NAME	Dillon, Sean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	30 July 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dublin, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH