Paul Dixon (soccer player, 1986)

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Paul Dixon
Personnel
Surname Paul Andrew Dixon
birthday November 22, 1986
place of birth Aberdeen ,  Scotland
size 175 cm
position left full-back
Juniors
Years station
000? –2005 Dundee FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005-2008 Dundee FC 91 (2)
2008–2012 Dundee United 121 (4)
2012-2015 Huddersfield Town 85 (0)
2015-2017 Dundee United 60 (0)
2017-2018 Grimsby Town 29 (0)
2018– FC Falkirk 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2007 Scotland U-21 2 (0)
2012 Scotland 3 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 28, 2018

Paul Andrew Dixon (born November 22, 1986 in Aberdeen ) is a Scottish football player who has been under contract with the Scottish second division club FC Falkirk since 2018 .

Career

In the club

Paul Dixon was born in Aberdeen and played for Dundee FC in his youth . He made his professional debut in July 2005 in the Challenge Cup against East Stirlingshire FC . For the traditional Scottish club, which was playing in the second division at the time, he made his league game debut for a week. In January 2006 Dixon was able to achieve the first professional goal of his career in the game against Brechin City . In his first season there were 29 games at the end of the season that he had played in the First Division . In three seasons that he spent as a professional with his youth club, he completed a total of 91 league games. In June 2008, the 21-year-old left-back signed a three-year deal with more ambitious city rivals Dundee United . Under Craig Levein, who made him a national player in his further career, he was quickly established in United's starting XI in the first 2005/06 season . In the following seasons he was still used as a regular player. Even when a new coach was responsible for United in Peter Houston . In 2010 , Dixon and his team won the Scottish Cup final against Ross County . Shortly thereafter, Dixon extended his contract prematurely by another year until 2012. After the contract expired, Dixon moved to England to the local second division club Huddersfield Town . For this he played 37 games in the first two seasons of 2012/13 and 2013/14 before losing his regular place in the first half of the 2014/15 season . He prematurely terminated the contract in Huddersfield and moved back to Dundee United in February 2015. After two years in Dundee, Dixon moved to the English fourth division club Grimsby Town . The contract was terminated in November 2018. Dixon then signed a contract with FC Falkirk .

National team

Paul Dixon played two international matches for the Scottish U-21s against the Czech Republic and the Netherlands in 2007 . In 2012 followed three appearances for the senior national team under coach Craig Levein against Serbia , Macedonia and Luxembourg .

successes

with Dundee United:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dixon delights in Dundee Utd. move Luxembourg. BBC Sport, June 23, 2008, accessed September 28, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Scotland 1: 0 (1: 0) Czech Republic. scottishfa.co.uk, August 21, 2007, accessed September 28, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Netherlands 4: 0 (1: 0) Scotland. scottishfa.co.uk, October 16, 2007, accessed September 28, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Scotland 0-0 Serbia. scottishfa.co.uk, September 8, 2012, accessed September 28, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Scotland 1: 1 (1: 1) Macedonia. scottishfa.co.uk, September 11, 2012, accessed September 28, 2015 .
  6. ^ Rhodes seals victory in Luxembourg. scottishfa.co.uk, November 14, 2012, accessed September 28, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Dixon, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dixon, Paul Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Aberdeen , Scotland