Dion Enrique Valle Robbins (born 22 July 1977 in

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) is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an-Australian former

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who played as a

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Club career

He played in the

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for

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in 1995. In January 1997, he became the first player signed by the newly formed United States

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club

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. He captained the club for the first quarter of the 1997 season before being released in May 1997. Back in Australia, along with

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he got two titles of the

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International career

He was a member of Chile's squads for the finals of the

1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fifth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya, and Gifu City in Japan between 21 August and 4 September 1993. Players born after 1 August 1976 were allo ...

and the

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. In addition, he took part of Chile squad in both the 1993 South American U17 Championship and the 1995 South American U20 Championship.

Personal life

Born to a Chilean father and an Australian mother, Valle came to Chile in 1991 at the age of 13 along with his brother, who dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. At the same time he was a footballer, he got a degree in

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in Sydney.

Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo *

(1):

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;Perth Glory *

(2): 1999–2000, 2001–02

International

;Chile U17 *

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Third place:

References

External links

Dion Valle
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)

1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Darwin, Northern Territory Australian people of Chilean descent Sportspeople of Chilean descent Australian men's soccer players Chilean men's footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Colo-Colo footballers Jacksonville Cyclones players Macarthur Rams FC players Perth Glory FC players Blacktown City FC players Marconi Stallions FC players Chilean Primera División players A-League (1995–2004) players National Soccer League (Australia) players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Chilean expatriate men's footballers Australian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Men's association football defenders {{Australia-footy-defender-stub