| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Seán Dillon | ||
| Date of birth | July 30, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Dundee United | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Longford Town | 114 | (5) |
| 2006 | Shelbourne | ||
| 2007– | Dundee United | 135 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | Republic of Ireland under-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007– | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Seán 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. He has a fiancee called Michelle.
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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 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]
On 15 May 2010, he was part of the Dundee United team who defeated Ross County 3–0 to lift the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park.
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