Itimi Dickson

Itimi Dickson Edherefe is a Singapore international former football player.

Itimi Dickson
Personal information
Full name Itimi Dickson Edherefe
Date of birth (1983-11-14) 14 November 1983
Place of birth Nigeria
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder / Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Jurong 26 (9)
2002–2003 Woodlands Wellington 49 (23)
2004–2005 Young Lions 51 (15)
2006 Woodlands Wellington 26 (3)
2007–2009 Persitara Jakarta Utara 17 (2)
2009 Home United 24 (1)
2010 Geylang United 30 (1)
2011– 2012 Persidafon Dafonsoro 10 (0)
National team‡
2004–2009 Singapore 33 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 8, 2012
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 25, 2010

Club career

Previously, he played for Jurong FC, Woodlands Wellington FC, Young Lions and Persitara Jakarta Utara.

In 2001, Dickson was suspended for three months and fined S$1,000 for punching Home United's Harun Juma'at. He fell out with head coach V. Sundramoorthy after serving out his ban and was transferred to Woodlands Wellington in 2002.[1]

Dickson returned to S-league to play for Home United after an unsuccessful season with Persitara Jakarta Utara. The final club he played was for Persidafon Dafonsoro.

After his retirement in 2012, he becomes a coaching staff at private league ESPZEN.[2]

International career

Fast and aggressive in attack, Itimi provides width and decent flair to a Singapore national side midfield that lacks the technical capability.

Although he was born in Nigeria, he received Singapore citizenship under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in 2004.[1] Itimi was in the Singapore squad that won the Tiger Cup regional football championship in 2004.

He was given a 6-month ban from representing Singapore when he was absent from training with the national team in 2007.[2] He later bounced back from the ban by playing well in league and was subsequently made part of the AFF Championship winning side.

National team career statistics

Goals for Senior National Team
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
December 15, 2004Hanoi, Vietnam Cambodia3–0Won2004 Tiger Cup
January 15, 2007Singapore, Singapore Laos11–0Won2007 ASEAN Football Championship

Honours

International
Singapore
  • ASEAN Football Championship: 2004, 2007
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gollark: Also not-very-expressiveness.
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References
  1. "Iti lands home". FAS. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. "Five Singapore imports who didn't just come and go". FourFourTwo. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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