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| fullname = Dickson Paul Etuhu
| fullname = mickson Etuhu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|8|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|6|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kano]], Nigeria
| birth_place = mexico
| height = tall as a taco
| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://origin-www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerProfile/0,,12306~19540,00.html| title = Premier League Player Profile | accessdate = 12 January 2014 | publisher = Premier League}}</ref>
| position = [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|Defensive midfielder]]
| position in life = rough
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| currentclub = [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]
he is my dog who is proud to be black
| clubnumber = 20
| years1 = 2000–2002 | clubs1 = [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2002–2006 | clubs2 = [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] | caps2 = 134 | goals2 = 17
| years3 = 2005–2006 | clubs3 = → [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] (loan) | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006–2007 | clubs4 = [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] | caps4 = 54 | goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2007–2008 | clubs5 = [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2008–2012 | clubs6 = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] | caps6 = 91 | goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2012–2014 | clubs7 = [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] | caps7 = 23 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2015– | clubs8 = [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]] | caps8 = 6 | goals8 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2007–2011 | nationalteam1 = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] | nationalcaps1 = 20 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update =7 June 2015
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'''Dickson Paul Etuhu''' (born 8 June 1982 in [[Kano]]) is a Nigerian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays for Swedish [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]] in [[Allsvenskan]]. His younger brother [[Kelvin Etuhu|Kelvin]] is also a footballer.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/big-brother-spurs-kelvin-on-1027396 | title=Big brother spurs Kelvin on | accessdate=2014-01-12}}</ref> He grew up in [[Peckham]], south London, but then, the family moved to Manchester following Dickson's pursued his professional ambitions with City. <ref>{{cite news|title=Big brother spurs Kelvin on|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/big-brother-spurs-kelvin-on-1027396|publisher=Manchester Evening News|date=15 February 2015|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref> Not only that, Dickson plays international football for the [[Nigerian national football team]].

==Club career==

===Early career===
Etuhu signed for [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]] from [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] in 2002 for £300,000. He had started just 11 league games for City. He was very much a bit-part player during Preston's successful season of 2004–2005, when the Whites reached the play-off final. Despite his side losing to [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], he attracted the attention of [[Premier League|Premiership]] clubs [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Brom]].

===Norwich City===
[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] signed him during the January transfer window for £450,000 after a loan deal initially brought him to the club. His form began to improve towards the end of the season and in the early stages of the 2006–07 campaign.

Etuhu scored his first goal for Norwich in a 2–0 win against [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]] in a League Cup match on 23 August 2006, and got his first league goal for the club in a 3–3 draw at [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]] on 12 September 2006. On 21 October 2006 he scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff]] at Carrow Road to help his new manager [[Peter Grant (footballer, born 1965)|Peter Grant]] win his first home game after replacing [[Nigel Worthington]].

It was incorrectly reported during September 2006 that following the 3–1 defeat at [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]], Etuhu and team-mate [[Youssef Safri]] traded punches on the team bus on their return journey to [[East Anglia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/FOOTBALL-CANARIES-PUNCH-UP-article57470.html | title=FOOTBALL: CANARIES' PUNCH-UP | accessdate=2014-01-12}}</ref>

===Sunderland===
Etuhu signed for newly promoted [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] in a deal worth £1.5 million in the summer of 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/6902275.stm |title=Sunderland complete Etuhu signing |date=17 July 2007 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> On 9 February 2008, Etuhu scored his first goal for Sunderland in their home match against Wigan. It came from a free kick floated in by [[Dean Whitehead]], opening the scoring in the 2–0 defeat of the Latics.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7223968.stm
|title=Sunderland 2–0 Wigan
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date=9 February 2008 |accessdate=14 September 2009}}</ref>

===Fulham===
[[File:Dickson Etuhu Fulham.jpg|thumbnail|Etuhu at [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] in 2009]]
On 29 August 2008, Etuhu announced that he was having a medical with Premier League side [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], before joining for a fee of around £1.5 million on a three-year contract at Craven Cottage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/7589293.stm |title=Fulham sign Etuhu from Sunderland |date=29 August 2008 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref> Etuhu scored his first goal for Fulham on [[Easter Sunday]] 2009 in a game against his former club [[Manchester City]] in the 59th minute to put Fulham up 2–1 after a goal from American [[Clint Dempsey]] in the 50th minute.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7978876.stm
|title=Man City 1–3 Fulham
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date=12 April 2009 |accessdate=14 September 2009}}</ref>

He scored his first goal in European Competition, and his first goal at Craven Cottage, the week after his first son was born with a header to put Fulham 1–0 up against Lithuanian team [[FK Vetra]]. On 28 August 2010, Etuhu rescued his team in a match vs. [[Blackpool]], by scoring in the 87th minute and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 draw, at [[Bloomfield Road]]. On 18 September 2010, Etuhu played the full 90 minutes against Blackburn Rovers at [[Ewood Park]] in a 1–1 draw. In September 2010, Etuhu, signed a three-year contract extension, which will see him contracted to Craven Cottage until summer 2014. He made his 50th [[Premier League]] appearance for them against [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], in a 0–0 draw on 13 November, when he replaced [[Zoltan Gera]], in the 69th minute in the game at [[St James' Park]]. Etuhu scored his fifth goal in Fulham colours when he netted the second in a 6–2 victory over [[Peterborough United]] on 8 January 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in the [[FA Cup]] 3rd round. On 5 March he started and completed the full ninety minutes in a 3–2 win over Blackburn. On 3 April, he scored on 72 minutes thanks to an assist from defender [[Brede Hangeland]] in the game against [[Blackpool]] at [[Craven Cottage]], playing the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 victory. On 9 April, he started the 2–0 defeat against [[Manchester United]] at [[Old Trafford]] but was replaced on 67 minutes by Zoltán Gera.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8186302.stm
|title=Fulham 3–0 FK Vetra (agg 6–0)
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date=6 August 2009 |accessdate=14 September 2009}}</ref>

On 3 August 2012, Fulham announced that Etuhu had left the club to join [[Danny Murphy (footballer born 1977)|Danny Murphy]] at [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2012/August/PlayerDepartures.aspx | title = Player Departures | publisher = Fulham FC | accessdate = 12 January 2014}}</ref>

===Blackburn Rovers===

On 3 August 2012, Etuhu joined Blackburn Rovers on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/rovers-seal-etuhu-deal-290547.aspx | title = Rovers seal Etuhu deal | publisher = Blackburn Rovers FC | accessdate = 12 January 2014}}</ref> He scored his first goal for Blackburn on 29 September 2012 against [[Charlton Athletic]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19684223
|title=Charlton 1–1 Blackburn
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|date=29 September 2012 |accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref>

On 1 July 2014, Etuhu had his contract with Rovers terminated by mutual consent having had his time with Rovers plagued with injuries and only managing 23 games for the club in his 2-year spell.

===AIK===

On 23 December 2014 it was announced that he was acquired by the Swedish [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]] of [[Allsvenskan]] as a free agent on a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aikfotboll.se/Article.aspx?contentID=8985 | title = AIK Fotboll värvar Dickson Etuhu | language=Swedish | publisher = AIK Fotboll | accessdate = 23 December 2014}}</ref> His first three starts came in the domestic cup [[2014–15 Svenska Cupen]], where he managed to get a yellow card in every game. He missed the start of the regular season with an injury.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fotbolldirekt.se/2015/04/03/tunga-aik-beskedet-ny-skada-stoppar-nyforvarvet/ | title = Tunga AIK-beskedet: Ny skada stoppar Etuhu i premiären | language=Swedish | publisher = Fotbolldirekt.se | accessdate = 4 June 2015}}</ref>

==International career==
It was announced in late September 2007 that Etuhu had been called up to play for his country on 14 October.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.safc.com/news/?page_id=13276|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071120141950/http://www.safc.com/news/?page_id=13276|archivedate=20 November 2007|title=Etuhu gets Nigeria call|publisher=Sunderland F.C.|date=28 September 2007|accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref> He first played in two friendlies for his country and he then made his competitive international debut in the [[African Cup of Nations]] in January 2008. Etuhu was part of the Nigeria squad for the [[2010 World Cup]] held in South Africa. He turned down a callup in August 2011 as a replacement player and stated he would not play for Nigeria coach [[Samson Siasia]], temporarily ending his international career.<ref>[http://www.kickoff.com/news/23507/dickson-etuhu-turns-down-nigerias-last-minute-call-up-against-ghana.php Etuhu turns down last minute call-up]</ref> He was however recalled in November 2011 for a pair of friendlies under new coach [[Stephen Keshi]].

==Honours==

===Club===
;'''Fulham'''
*[[UEFA Europa League]]: Runner-up [[2009-10 UEFA Europa League|2009–10]]

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|4 June 2015}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=21775 |title=Dickson Etuhu Career Stats |publisher=Soccerbase |date=17 September 2011 |accessdate=17 September 2011}}</ref>
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Season
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Division
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|[[Football League Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[Football League play-offs|Play-Offs]]
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA#Club|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[2001–02 Manchester City F.C. season|2001–02]]||[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]||rowspan="4"|[[Football League First Division|Division One]]||12||0||-||-||1||0||-||-||-||-||13||0
|-
|[[2001–02 Football League|2001–02]]||rowspan="5"|[[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]||16||3||0||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||16||3
|-
|[[2002–03 Football League|2002–03]]||39||6||1||0||4||0||-||-||-||-||44||6
|-
|[[2003–04 Football League|2003–04]]||31||4||2||1||1||0||-||-||-||-||34||4
|-
|[[2004–05 Football League|2004–05]]||rowspan="2"|[[Football League Championship|Championship]]||35||3||1||0||3||0||3||0||-||-||42||3
|-
|[[2005–06 Football League|2005–06]]||13||2||-||-||0||0||-||-||-||-||13||2
|-
!colspan="3"|Preston North End total
!134!!18!!4!!1!!8!!0!!3!!0!!-!!-!!149!!19
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[2005–06 Norwich City F.C. season|2005–06]]||[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] (loan)||rowspan="3"|[[Football League Championship|Championship]]||8||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||8||0
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]||11||0||1||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||12||0
|-
|[[2006–07 Norwich City F.C. season|2006–07]]|||43||6||4||0||3||1||-||-||-||-||50||7
|-
!colspan="3"|Norwich City total
!62!!6!!5!!0!!3!!1!!-!!-!!-!!-!!70!!7
|-
|[[2007–08 Sunderland A.F.C. season|2007–08]]||[[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]||[[Premier League]]||20||1||0||0||1||0||-||-||-||-||21||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Sunderland total
!20!!1!!0!!0!!1!!0!!-!!-!!-!!-!!21!!1
|-
|[[Fulham F.C. season 2008–09|2008–09]]||rowspan="4"|[[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]||rowspan="4"|[[Premier League]]||21||1||4||0||0||0||-||-||-||-||25||1
|-
|[[Fulham F.C. season 2009–10|2009–10]]||20||0||3||0||0||0||-||-||14||2||37||2
|-
|[[Fulham F.C. season 2010–11|2010–11]]||28||2||1||1||2||0||-||-||-||-||31||3
|-
|[[Fulham F.C. season 2011–12|2011–12]]||22||0||0||0||0||0||-||-||11||0||33||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Fulham total
!91!!3!!8!!1!!2!!0!!-!!-!!25!!2!!126!!6
|-
|[[2012–13 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season|2012–13]]||rowspan=2|[[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]||rowspan=2|[[Football League Championship|Championship]]||20||1||0||0||1||0||-||-||-||-||21||1
|-
|[[2013-14 Football League Championship|2013–14]]||3||0||0||0||0||0||-||-||-||-||3||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Blackburn Rovers total
!23!!1!!0!!0!!1!!0!!-!!-!!-!!-!!24!!1
|-
|[[2015 AIK Fotboll season|2015]]||[[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]||[[Allsvenskan]]||5||1||3||0||-||-||-||-||-||-||8||1
|-
!colspan="3"|AIK total
!5!!1!!3!!0!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!-!!8!!1
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!'''328'''||'''30'''||'''20'''||'''2'''||'''16'''||'''1'''||'''3'''||'''0'''||'''22'''||'''2'''||'''394'''||'''35'''
|}

2011–12 appearances includes match in Uefa Cup, away to Dnipro on 25 August 2011, which is currently not included on Soccerbase website. 2015 appearances includes three matches in [[2014–15 Svenska Cupen]], also not included on Soccerbase.

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
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{{AIK Fotboll squad}}
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{{Persondata
| NAME = Etuhu, Dickson
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Etuhu, Dickson Paul
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
| DATE OF BIRTH = 8 June 1982
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Kano, Nigeria
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Etuhu, Dickson}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kano]]
[[Category:Black British sportspeople]]
[[Category:English people of Nigerian descent]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Nigerian footballers]]
[[Category:Nigeria international footballers]]
[[Category:2008 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:2010 Africa Cup of Nations players]]
[[Category:Nigerian expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in England]]
[[Category:Manchester City F.C. players]]
[[Category:Preston North End F.C. players]]
[[Category:Norwich City F.C. players]]
[[Category:Sunderland A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Fulham F.C. players]]
[[Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players]]
[[Category:Premier League players]]
[[Category:AIK Fotboll players]]
[[Category:Allsvenskan players]]
[[Category:The Football League players]]
[[Category:2010 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Nigerian expatriates in England]]

Revision as of 16:57, 6 July 2015

{{Infobox football biography | name = Dickson Etuhu | image = Dickson Etuhu a 26 3841.jpg | image_size = | caption = | fullname = mickson Etuhu | birth_date = (1982-06-08) 8 June 1982 (age 42) | birth_place = mexico | height = tall as a taco | position in life = rough | he is my dog who is proud to be black

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