Dion Valle


Dion Enrique Valle Robbins is a Chilean-Australian former footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Valle was born in Darwin, Australia. He played in the Chilean Primera División for Colo-Colo in 1995. In January 1997, he became the first player signed by the newly formed United States A-League club Jacksonville Cyclones. He captained the club for the first quarter of the 1997 season before being released in May 1997. Back in Australia, along with Perth Glory he got two titles of the National Soccer League.

International career

Valle 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. 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 American 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 Building Construction in Sydney.

Honours

Colo-Colo
Perth Glory
Chile U17