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Dion Dublin

ディオン・ダブリン　/　でぃおん・だぶりん

Association football player from United Kingdom

April 22, 1969 (age 57)　・　Leicester, United Kingdom

association football player
sports commentator
broadcaster

My Take

What I admire most about Dion Dublin is not the goals he scored for Manchester United, Coventry City, or Aston Villa, but the seamlessness of his second act. Plenty of strikers drift into nostalgia circuits after retirement; Dublin rebuilt himself as a genuinely watchable broadcaster and then went further, taking on a director's role at Cambridge United. That journey from penalty box to boardroom suggests a curiosity most athletes never develop. At 188 cm he was built for the old-fashioned target-man role, yet his career keeps proving he was never one-dimensional. I find that reinvention quietly inspiring.

Overview

Dion Dublin (born 22 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer, television presenter and pundit. He is a club director of Cambridge United. As a player he was a centre-forward, notably playing in the Premier League for Manchester United, Coventry City and Aston Villa.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Dion Dublin
Name (Japanese): ディオン・ダブリン
Reading: でぃおん・だぶりん
Born: April 22, 1969 (age 57)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Rooster
Origin: Leicester, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: 188 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / sports commentator / broadcaster

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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