Danny Dichio
Dichio in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniele Salvatore Ernest Dichio | ||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Notting Hill, London, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1993 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | Queens Park Rangers | 75 | (20) |
| 1993 | → Welling United (loan) | 3 | (8) |
| 1994 | → Barnet (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 1997–1998 | Sampdoria | 2 | (2) |
| 1997 | → Lecce (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 1998–2001 | Sunderland | 76 | (17) |
| 2001 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 3 | (4) |
| 2001–2004 | West Bromwich Albion | 63 | (16) |
| 2003 | → Derby County (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2004 | → Millwall (loan) | 5 | (5) |
| 2004–2005 | Millwall | 41 | (12) |
| 2005–2007 | Preston North End | 63 | (9) |
| 2007–2009 | Toronto FC | 59 | (14) |
| Total | 415 | (112) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010– | Toronto FC Academy | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Daniele Salvatore Ernest “Danny” Dichio ([ˈdikjo]; born 19 October 1974) is an English retired footballer. He last played for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer as a forward, and is now the head coach of the Toronto FC Academy U19 team, as well as an analyst for Sportsnet and Fox Soccer News.
Dichio had the honour of scoring the first goal in Toronto FC history against the Chicago Fire on 12 May 2007. Later in that same game he became the first player in club history to be red-carded.
Born in Hammersmith, London, to an English mother and an Italian father, Dichio began his career at Queens Park Rangers, joining as an apprentice in June 1991 and turning professional in May 1993. The sale of Les Ferdinand to Newcastle United in the summer of 1995 provided Dichio with the opportunity to break into QPR's first team in the 1995–96 Premier League season. He scored on his league debut for QPR against Aston Villa, and forged a strike partnership with Kevin Gallen throughout the remainder of the season. Prior to his QPR debut, he played on loan at Barnet and Welling United. Dichio moved to Italy's Serie A with Sampdoria in the close season of 1996, and soon after had a loan spell at Lecce. He returned to England to join Sunderland in 1998, helping them win promotion to the Premiership as Division One champions with 105 points in his first season, and finish seventh in the Premiership in the next two seasons.
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