:Dion Malone

{{short description|Surinamese professional footballer (born 1989)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dion Malone

| image = Dion Malone.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Malone with ADO Den Haag in 2012

| fullname = Dion Omar Rudchell Malone{{Cite web |title=Suriname - D. Malone – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/dion-malone/65236/ |access-date=4 April 2022 |website=us.soccerway.com}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paramaribo, Suriname

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Midfielder, Right back

| currentclub = Karmiotissa

| clubnumber = 4

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2008–2012

| clubs1 = Almere City

| caps1 = 77

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2012–2017

| clubs2 = ADO Den Haag

| caps2 = 129

| goals2 = 5

| years3 = 2017–2018

| clubs3 = Gabala

| caps3 = 18

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2018–2020

| clubs4 = ADO Den Haag

| caps4 = 49

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2020–2022

| clubs5 = NAC Breda

| caps5 = 65

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2022–

| clubs6 = Karmiotissa

| caps6 = 85

| goals6 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2021–

| nationalteam1 = Suriname{{NFT player|pid=81903|accessdate=19 June 2021}}

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 30 January 2025

| nationalteam-update = 1 January 2023

}}

Dion Omar Rudchell Malone (born 13 February 1989) is a Surinamese professional footballer who plays for Cypriot First Division club Karmiotissa. He also holds Dutch citizenship.

Club career

Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, Malone made his professional debut for Almere City (then called FC Omniworld) in the 2008–09 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/dion-malone.htm|title=Voetbal International profile|language=Dutch|publisher=Voetbal International|access-date=18 May 2014|archive-date=27 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127033752/http://www.vi.nl/spelers/carriere/dion-malone.htm|url-status=dead}}

On 24 June 2017, Malone signed a two-year contract with Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala FK.{{cite web|title=Hollandiyalı futbolçu Qəbələ də|url=http://gabalafc.az/az/xeber/hollandiyali-futbolcu-qebele-de-3271|website=gabalafc.az|publisher=Gabala FK|accessdate=24 June 2017|language=Azerbaijani|date=24 June 2017}}

On 27 July 2018, it was announced Malone had returned to ADO Den Haag, having signed a two-year contract.[https://adodenhaag.nl/nl/nieuws/laatste-nieuws/1e-elftal/7040-dion-malone-keert-terug-bij-ado-den-haag Dion Malone keert terug bij ADO Den Haag] (Dutch). ADO Den Haag. 27 July 2018.

Malone joined Cypriot First Division club Karmiotissa on 19 July 2022, signing a one-year deal.{{cite news |last1=Blanco |first1=Yadran |title=Malone vertrokken bij NAC, verdediger tekent voor één jaar bij Cypriotische promovendus |url=https://www.bndestem.nl/nac/malone-vertrokken-bij-nac-verdediger-tekent-voor-een-jaar-bij-cypriotische-promovendus~a25e744f/ |access-date=21 July 2022 |work=BN De Stem |date=19 July 2022 |language=nl}}

International career

He made his debut for Suriname national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against the Cayman Islands.{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/match/400136220/#match-lineups|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424140847/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/match/400136220/#match-lineups|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2021|title=Suriname v Cayman Islands game report|date=24 March 2021}} On 25 June 2021, Malone was named to the Surinamese squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.{{cite tweet|author=Surinamese Football Federation|user=OfficialSVB1920|number=1408477656702664710|title=The 23 That Will Represent Us At The CONCACAF Gold Cup|date=25 June 2021|access-date=12 July 2021}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Omniworld \|2008–09 \|rowspan="4" valign="center"\|Eerste Divisie \|7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2009–10 \|14	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
rowspan="3" valign="center"\|Almere City \|2010–11 \|25	2	1	0	0	0	26	2
2011–12 \|31	0	2	1	0	0	33	1
colspan="2"\|Total !77	2	3	1	0	0	80	3
rowspan="6" valign="center"\|ADO Den Haag \|2012–13 \|rowspan="5" valign="center"\|Eredivisie \|26	0	2	0	0	0	31	3
2013–14 \|32	1	2	0	0	0	31	3
2014–15 \|33	0	1	0	0	0	31	3
2015–16 \|25	1	1	0	0	0	31	3
2016–17 \|13	3	0	0	0	0	31	3
colspan="2"\|Total !129	5	6	0	0	0	135	5
rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Gabala \|2017–18 \|Azerbaijan Premier League \|18	0	0	0	3{{efn\|Appearances in the Europa League}}	0	21	0
colspan="2"\|Total !18	0	0	0	3	0	21	0
rowspan="2" valign="center"\|ADO Den Haag \|2018–19 \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Eredivisie \|29	1	2	0	0	0	31	1
2019–20 \|14	0	1	0	0	0	15	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !267	8	12	1	3	0	282	9