Dion Valle | |
Fullname: | Dion Enrique Valle Robbins |
Birth Date: | 1977 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Darwin, Australia |
Height: | 1.87 m |
Position: | Central defender |
Youthclubs1: | Colo-Colo |
Years1: | 1993–1995 |
Years2: | 1997 |
Years3: | 1999 |
Caps3: | 43 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 1999–2002 |
Caps4: | 37 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2002–2003 |
Caps5: | 24 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Years6: | 2004–2005 |
Nationalyears1: | 1993 |
Nationalyears2: | 1995 |
Nationalteam1: | Chile U17 |
Nationalteam2: | Chile U20 |
Dion Enrique Valle Robbins (born 22 July 1977 in Darwin, Australia) is a Chilean-Australian former footballer who played as a central defender.
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.
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.[6] In addition, he took part of Chile squad in both the 1993 South American U17 Championship and the 1995 South American U20 Championship.[7]
Born to a Chilean father and an Australian mother,[8] 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]