Itimi Dickson

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 Midfielder / Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Jurong 26 (9)
2002 Woodlands Wellington 19 (6)
2003 Woodlands Wellington 30 (17)
2004 Young Lions 24 (8)
2005 Young Lions 27 (7)
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

Itimi Dickson Edherefe is a Singapore international football player who last played for Persidafon Dafonsoro.

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.

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. 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

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
December 15, 2004 Hanoi, Vietnam  Cambodia 3–0 Won 2004 Tiger Cup
January 15, 2007 Singapore, Singapore  Laos 11–0 Won 2007 ASEAN Football Championship

Honours

International

Singapore

References

  1. 1 2 "Iti lands home". FAS. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
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