Claudio Dias

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Claudio Dias
Dias with Tamworth in 2019
Personal information
Full name Claudio Franca Dias[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Milton Keynes, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rugby Town
(dual-registration from Alvechurch)
Youth career
0000–2013 Northampton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Northampton Town 1 (0)
2013 → Corby Town (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2014 → Banbury United (loan) 3 (3)
2014 → Banbury United (loan) 12 (1)
2014 Dunstable Town 1 (0)
2014–2015 Bedford Town 3 (0)
2015–2016 Barton Rovers 12 (2)
2016 Brackley Town 1 (0)
2016–2017 Braintree Town 2 (0)
2017 Dunstable Town 6 (1)
2017–2018 Barton Rovers
2018 Potton United 10 (3)
2018–2019 Stratford Town 14 (1)
2019 Tamworth 13 (0)
2019–2020 Banbury United 24 (1)
2020–2021 Nuneaton Borough 5 (0)
2021 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 6 (0)
2021– Alvechurch 11 (3)
2023– → Rugby Town (dual-registration) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:10, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Claudio Franca Dias (born 10 November 1994) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rugby Town on a dual-registration basis from Southern League Premier Division Central club Alvechurch.

Career[edit]

Northampton Town[edit]

Born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire,[1] Dias joined Northampton Town at under-14 level and progressed through the club's youth system,[3] before signing his first professional contract along with David Moyo on 4 March 2013.[4] He made his professional debut for the club as a 76th-minute substitute for Luke Guttridge in a 2–0 win at home to Barnet on the final day of the 2012–13 season.[5] During the early months of the 2013–14 season, Dias was an unused substitute on six occasions, but failed to make an appearance.[6] He was subsequently released at the end of the season.[7]

On 30 August 2013, Dias joined Southern League Premier Division club Corby Town on a one-month loan.[8] He made his debut for the club a day later as a first half substitute for Tom James in a 1–0 away defeat to St Albans City.[9] He made three further league appearances during his loan spell.[10]

On 13 December 2013, Dias joined Southern League Premier Division club Banbury United on a one-month loan.[3] He made his debut for the club as a 66th-minute substitute in a 4–2 away defeat to former club Corby Town five days later.[10] In Banbury's next match away to Hemel Hempstead Town, Dias came on as a half-time substitute, before scoring a second half hat-trick in a 5–3 defeat.[11] His loan spell concluded having made three league appearances for the club.[10][12]

On 7 March 2014, Dias rejoined Banbury United on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season.[12][13] He made a further 12 league appearances,[10] including one goal in a 6–4 win at home to Biggleswade Town on 8 April 2014 to ensure Banbury's survival in the Southern League Premier Division.[14]

Non-League[edit]

Following his release by Northampton Town, Dias began training with newly promoted Southern League Premier Division club Dunstable Town, for whom he made one appearance as a 63rd-minute substitute in a 2–1 away win at Bideford on the opening day of the 2014–15 season.[10][15] Thereafter, Dias signed for Southern League Division One Central club Bedford Town on an undisclosed length contract.[16] He made his debut for the club as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 away defeat to Marlow on 25 October 2014.[17] Dias scored his first goal for the club two minutes after coming on as an 86th-minute substitute in a 4–0 win at home to Brightlingsea Regent in the FA Trophy first qualifying round one week later.[10] However, after making his third appearance for Bedford, Dias was ruled out through injury,[18] before returning in a 3–3 draw with Godalming Town as a 67th-minute substitute on 16 December 2014, his final appearance for the club.[10]

Dias moved to Southern League Division One Central club Barton Rovers shortly before the start of the 2015–16 season and made his debut for the club as a substitute in the FA Cup preliminary round, a 3–1 win at home to Berkhamsted on 29 August 2015.[10] He scored his first goal for the club, a 49th-minute equaliser from 30-yards in a 2–2 draw with Northwood one week later.[10][19] Dias later scored the final goal in a 3–1 win at home North Greenford United on 21 November 2015 to help Barton end a run of four consecutive league defeats.[10][20] He went on to make a total of 18 appearances in all competitions and scored three goals.[10]

Dias moved up two divisions after he was signed by new Brackley Town manager Kevin Wilkin in the build-up to the 2016–17 season as part of a reshape of the squad.[21] He came on as an 87th-minute substitute for Shane Byrne to make his debut appearance for Brackley in a 4–2 away win at Stockport County.[6] His second and final appearance was in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round when he came off the bench as an 87th-minute substitute to score a stoppage time goal in a 5–0 away win at Beaconsfield SYCOB to help Brackley earn a first round match away to Gillingham.[22]

Dias moved up another division to sign for National League club Braintree Town on 21 October 2016.[23]

He re-signed for Barton Rovers ahead of 2017–18 following a second spell with Dunstable Town.[24] Dias signed for United Counties League Division One club Potton United on 19 February 2018.[25] He made his debut five days later, starting in a 3–0 away win over Burton Park Wanderers.[26] Dias scored his first two goals in a 3–1 away victory over Harrowby United on 17 March.[27]

Dias signed for Southern League Premier Division Central club Stratford Town on 4 July 2018.[28] He left the club on 10 January 2019, having made 21 appearances and scored one goal.[29][30] A day later, he joined Stratford's divisional rivals Tamworth[31] and made his debut against his previous club as a 68th-minute substitute in a 1–0 home defeat the following day.[32]

On 5 June 2019, Dias rejoined Banbury United on a one-year contract.[33] He made 34 appearances and scored one goal in all competitions[10] before the 2019–20 season was abandoned and results expunged because of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.[34]

Dias signed for another Southern League Premier Division Central club, Nuneaton Borough, on 15 June 2020.[35] He only played five games for the club before the season was again curtailed due to COVID-19 and subsequently signed for fellow Southern Premier League Central club AFC Rushden & Diamonds in August 2021. Two months later he was on the move when he transferred to divisional rivals Alverchurch on 24 October, making his bow in a 2–1 win over Barwell.[36]

In November 2023, he joined Rugby Town on a dual-registration basis.[37]

Career statistics[edit]

As of match played 3 October 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Northampton Town 2012–13[38] League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2013–14[39] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Corby Town (loan) 2013–14[10] Southern League Premier Division 4 0 — — — 4 0
Banbury United (loan) 2013–14[10] Southern League Premier Division 15 4 — — — 15 4
Dunstable Town 2014–15[10] Southern League Premier Division 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Bedford Town 2014–15[10][17] Southern League Division One Central 3 0 — — 1[a] 1 4 1
Barton Rovers 2015–16[10] Southern League Division One Central 12 2 2 0 — 4[b] 1 18 3
Brackley Town 2015–16[6] National League North 0 0 — — — 0 0
2016–17[6] National League North 1 0 1 1 — — 2 1
Total 1 0 1 1 — — 2 1
Braintree Town 2016–17[6] National League 2 0 — — 1[a] 0 3 0
Dunstable Town 2016–17[10] Southern League Premier Division 6 1 — — 0 0 6 1
Potton United 2017–18[40] United Counties League Division One 10 3 — — 1[c] 0 11 3
Stratford Town 2018–19[30] Southern League Premier Division Central 14 1 1 0 — 6[d] 0 21 1
Tamworth 2018–19[10] Southern League Premier Division Central 13 0 — — 1[e] 0 14 0
Nuneaton Borough 2020–21[10] Southern League Premier Division Central 5 0 2 0 — 2[a] 0 9 0
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 2021–22[10] Southern League Premier Division Central 6 0 1 0 — 1[f] 0 8 0
Alvechurch 2021–22[10] Southern League Premier Division Central 11 3 — — 2[g] 0 13 3
Career total 104 14 7 1 0 0 19 2 130 17
  1. ^ a b c Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ^ Two appearances in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in Bedfordshire Senior Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in North Bedfordshire Charity Cup
  4. ^ Two appearances in Birmingham Senior Cup, two in Southern League Cup, two in FA Trophy
  5. ^ Appearance in Staffordshire Senior Cup
  6. ^ Appearance in Southern League Cup
  7. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, one in Birmingham Senior Cup

Honours[edit]

Potton United

References[edit]

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  27. ^ Darrington, Matt (21 March 2018). "Potton continue promotion push with Harrowby win". Biggleswade Chronicle. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  28. ^ King, Martin (4 July 2018). "Stratford Town complete double swoop for Claudio Dias and Chris Cox". Stratford-upon-Avon Herald. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  29. ^ Chilton, Andy (10 January 2019). "Four players depart the club". Stratford Town F.C. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via Pitchero.
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  34. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  35. ^ Brown, Kev (15 June 2020). "Buenos días Claudio". Nuneaton Borough F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2020 – via Pitchero.
  36. ^ Whitney, Steve (24 October 2021). "Much-Travelled Midfielder Checks Into Lye Meadow". Southern Football League. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  37. ^ @RugbyTown_FC (10 November 2023). "🖋️ We have signed @Alvechurch1st midfielder Claudio Dias on a dual registration basis. The 29-year-old lists @AFCRD, @BanburyUnitedFC, @StratfordTownFC and @tamworthfc among his former clubs. #utv @NorthernPremLge" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 November 2023 – via Twitter.
  38. ^ "Games played by Claudio Dias in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  39. ^ "Games played by Claudio Dias in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  40. ^ "The team: Claudio Dias: 2017/18 season". Potton United F.C. Retrieved 5 May 2018 – via Pitchero.
  41. ^ Westhorp, Nigel (2 May 2018). "Promotion party begins as Potton win back place in Premier". Biggleswade Chronicle. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

External links[edit]

  • Profile at the Nuneaton Borough F.C. website
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