Rod Dyachenko

Rod Dyachenko

Personal information
Full name	Rodion Sergeyevich Dyachenko
Date of birth	(1983-09-22) 22 September 1983
Place of birth	Georgiyevsk, Russia
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Than Quảng Ninh F.C.
Number	83
Youth career
2002–2005	UNLV Rebels
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	D.C. United	41	(1)
2009	Minnesota Thunder	27	(2)
2009–2010	Baltimore Blast (indoor)	18	(6)
2010	Real Maryland Monarchs	6	(0)
2011	Samut Songkhram	1	(0)
2012–2013	Pattaya United	30	(8)
2014	Samut Songkhram	11	(0)
2015	Putrajaya SPA	10	(3)
2015–2016	Than Quảng Ninh F.C.	24	(12)
2016–2017	Hồ Chí Minh City F.C.	11	(4)
2017–2018	Than Quảng Ninh F.C.	12	(12)
2018–2019	XSKT Cần Thơ F.C.	2	(0)
2019–	Than Quảng Ninh F.C.	15	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2019

Rodion Sergeyevich "Rod" Dyachenko (Родион Сергеевич Дьяченко; born 22 September 1983 in Georgiyevsk) is a Russian footballer who currently plays in Vietnam for Than Quảng Ninh F.C.

Career

Youth and college

Dyachenko was born in the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union prior to the breakup of the country in the early 1990s. After moving with his family to the United States as a child, Dyachenko attended Mountain View High School in Vancouver, Washington, played club soccer with West Villa Thunder, FC Portland and Westside Metros and played college soccer with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2002 to 2005, scoring 23 goals in those four years.

Professional

Dyachenko was selected in the third round (31st overall) in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United, but did not play regularly with the team in his first year in the league, He was selected in the 2006 MLS Expansion Draft by Toronto FC, but was re-acquired by D.C. in February 2007 in a trade for a first round pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, after he ran into difficulty obtaining permission to work in Canada: Dyachenko holds a U.S. green card, allowing him to be counted as an American domestic player under MLS roster rules, but no passport from any country. Dyachenko was released by D.C. in January 2009 after playing 41 games and scoring one goal for the team.

On February 26, 2009, the Minnesota Thunder announced the signing of Dyachenko to a two-year contract. He played 27 games and scored 2 goals for the team in his debut season, but along with the rest of the Minnesota Thunder team had his contract terminated in December 2009.

In November 2009 Dyachenko signed to play professional indoor soccer for Baltimore Blast in the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 2009/10 USL-1 offseason.

Honors

D.C. United

• Major League Soccer Supporter's Shield: 2007
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2008

External links

• KL SPA player profile
• Minnesota Thunder bio
• Baltimore Blast bio
• MLS player profile