Rodion Sergeyevich "Rod" Dyachenko (; born 22 September 1983 in

Georgiyevsk Georgiyevsk (russian: Гео́ргиевск) ( os, Гуым) is a historical town in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located in the North Caucasus on submontane tableland on the right bank of the Podkumok River (a tributary of the Kuma River), southe ...

) is a retired Russian

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who played in

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for Than Quảng Ninh.

Career

Youth and college

Dyachenko was born in the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

in the Soviet Union prior to the breakup of the country in the early 1990s. After moving with his family to the United States as a child, Dyachenko attended Mountain View High School in

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, played club soccer with West Villa Thunder, FC Portland and Westside Metros and played

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with the

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from 2002 to 2005, scoring 23 goals in those four years.

Professional

Dyachenko was selected in the third round (31st overall) in the

2006 MLS SuperDraft The 2006 MLS SuperDraft, held in Philadelphia on January 20, 2006, was the seventh incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection originally belonged to Chivas USA, but they traded it to the MetroStars for the fift ...

D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...

, but did not play regularly with the team in his first year in the league, He was selected in the

2006 MLS Expansion Draft The 2006 MLS Expansion Draft, held on November 17, 2006 was a special draft for MLS expansion team Toronto FC. Toronto FC selected 10 players from a pool of players from current MLS clubs. Format * Only one player could be selected from each team. ...

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, but was re-acquired by D.C. in February 2007 in a trade for a first round pick in the

2008 MLS SuperDraft The 2008 MLS SuperDraft took place on January 18, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the ninth annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection was made by the Kansas City Wizards, after acquiring the selection from the expansion San ...

, after he ran into difficulty obtaining permission to work in Canada: Dyachenko holds a U.S.

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, allowing him to be counted as an American domestic player under MLS roster rules, but no passport from any country. Dyachenko was released by D.C. in January 2009 after playing 41 games and scoring one goal for the team. On February 26, 2009, the

Minnesota Thunder Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its hom ...

announced the signing of Dyachenko to a two-year contract.Thunder sign Dyachenko, Costanzo
/ref> He played 27 games and scored 2 goals for the team in his debut season, but along with the rest of the Minnesota Thunder team had his contract terminated in December 2009. In November 2009 Dyachenko signed to play professional indoor soccer for

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in the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 2009/10 USL-1 offseason.

Honors

;D.C. United *

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Supporter's Shield:

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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

References

External links

KL SPA player profile

Minnesota Thunder bio

MLS player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dyachenko, Rod 1983 births Living people People from Georgiyevsk Russian footballers Russian expatriate footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate soccer players in the United States Baltimore Blast (2008–2014 MISL) players D.C. United players Major League Soccer players Minnesota Thunder players Real Maryland F.C. players Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United States UNLV Rebels men's soccer players USL First Division players USL Second Division players Russian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand

Rod Dyachenko Rodion Sergeyevich "Rod" Dyachenko (; born 22 September 1983 in Georgiyevsk) is a retired Russian footballer who played in Vietnam for Than Quảng Ninh. Career Youth and college Dyachenko was born in the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union pri ...

D.C. United draft picks Expatriate footballers in Thailand Expatriate footballers in Vietnam Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Association football midfielders Soccer players from Washington (state) Sportspeople from Vancouver, Washington Major Indoor Soccer League (2008–2014) players Sportspeople from Stavropol Krai Than Quang Ninh FC players Ho Chi Minh City FC players Can Tho FC players