Seán Dillon
Dillon playing for Dundee United in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Seán Dillon | ||
| Date of birth | 30 July 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Dundee United | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| xxxx–xxxx | Cherry Orchard | ||
| 1999–2002 | Aston Villa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Longford Town | ||
| 2006 | Shelbourne | ||
| 2007– | Dundee United | 274 | (7) |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2000 | Republic of Ireland U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2007– | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:40, 24 September 2016 (UTC). |
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Seán Dillon (born 30 July 1983) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Dundee United in the Scottish Championship. He previously played for Longford Town and Shelbourne in the League of Ireland prior to joining Dundee United in January 2007. He has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-16, under-21 and B international level.
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 Shels' Intertoto Cup win in Lithuania over FK Vėtra. In January 2007, Dillon moved to Scottish side Dundee United for an undisclosed fee.
In March 2008 he collected a Scottish League Cup runners-up medal despite being an unused substitute in the final. However, on 15 May 2010, he was then a part of the Dundee United team who defeated Ross County 3–0 to lift the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park.
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