Claudio Dias
Dias with Tamworth in 2019
Personal information
Full name Claudio Franca Dias[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-10) 10 November 1994[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

Northampton Town

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

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

As of match played 3 October 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Northampton Town 2012–13[38] League Two 1000000010
2013–14[39] League Two 0000000000
Total 1000000010
Corby Town (loan) 2013–14[10] Southern League Premier Division 40———40
Banbury United (loan) 2013–14[10] Southern League Premier Division 154———154
Dunstable Town 2014–15[10] Southern League Premier Division 1000——10
Bedford Town 2014–15[10][17] Southern League Division One Central 30——1[lower-alpha 1]141
Barton Rovers 2015–16[10] Southern League Division One Central 12220—4[lower-alpha 2]1183
Brackley Town 2015–16[6] National League North 00———00
2016–17[6] National League North 1011——21
Total 1011——21
Braintree Town 2016–17[6] National League 20——1[lower-alpha 1]030
Dunstable Town 2016–17[10] Southern League Premier Division 61——0061
Potton United 2017–18[40] United Counties League Division One 103——1[lower-alpha 3]0113
Stratford Town 2018–19[30] Southern League Premier Division Central 14110—6[lower-alpha 4]0211
Tamworth 2018–19[10] Southern League Premier Division Central 130——1[lower-alpha 5]0140
Nuneaton Borough 2020–21[10] Southern League Premier Division Central 5020—2[lower-alpha 1]090
AFC Rushden & Diamonds 2021–22[10] Southern League Premier Division Central 6010—1[lower-alpha 6]080
Alvechurch 2021–22[10] Southern League Premier Division Central 113——2[lower-alpha 7]0133
Career total 10414710019213017
  1. 1 2 3 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

Potton United

References

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  3. 1 2 "Dias joins Puritans on-loan from the Cobblers". Banbury Guardian. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Lake, Jefferson (4 March 2013). "Youth-team duo sign professional contracts at Northampton Town". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Willsher, Gareth (27 April 2013). "Town condemn Barnet". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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  8. ↑ Willsher, Gareth (30 August 2013). "Dias in Corby loan". Northampton Town F.C. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Player profiles: Claudio Dias". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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  14. ↑ "Puritans hit six of the best in thriller to ensure safety". Banbury Guardian. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  15. ↑ Jones, Andrew (9 August 2014). "Match report: Bideford 1 Dunstable Town 2". North Devon Journal. Barnstaple. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Eagles boss Adams moves to make quadruple swoop". Non-League Daily. Baltic Publications. 26 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016.
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