Cian Dillon
{{short description|Irish hurler|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2020}}
{{infobox Gaelic games player
|image =
|name = Cian Dillon
|irish = Cian Ó Diolún
|nickname =
|occupation = Primary school teacher
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|30|df=yes}}
|height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|sport = Hurling
|code = Hurling
|county = Clare
|province = Munster
|club = Crusheen
|clyears = 2006–
|clposition = Full Back
|clapps(points) =
|clcounty = 2
|clprovince =
|clallireland =
|colleges = NUI Galway
|colyears =
|fitz =
|counties = Clare
|icyears = 2010–2018
|icposition = Left Corner Back
|icapps(points) = 74 (0-4)
|icprovince =
|icallireland = 1
|nhl = 1
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|clupdate =
|icupdate = 23:01, 9 January 2018
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Cian Dillon (born 30 October 1988) is an Irish hurler who plays for club side Crusheen. He usually plays as a left corner-back, but can also be deployed as a full-back. Dillon was a member of the Clare senior hurling team that won the 2013 All-Ireland Championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/clare-bridge-16year-gap-after-shane-odonnell-becomes-hattrick-hero-29617992.html|title=Clare bridge 16-year gap after Shane O'Donnell becomes hat-trick hero|publisher=Irish Independent|date=28 September 2013|accessdate=9 January 2019}}
Career
Dillon played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Crusheen club, and later became a member of the club's senior hurling team. He won back-to-back Clare Senior Hurling Championship titles with the club in 2010 and 2011.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Dillon first played for Clare as a member of the minor team in 2006, before later playing at full-back on Clare's All-Ireland Under-21 Championship-winning team in 2009. He made his first appearance with the Clare senior team in 2010. Dillon won an All-Ireland Championship medal in 2013, when Clare claimed the title for the first time in 16 years. He later won a National Hurling League medal as joint captain of the team in 2016. Dillon announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 9 January 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/another-clare-allireland-winner-retires-as-corner-back-dillon-steps-away-from-intercounty-hurling-37697352.html|title=Another Clare All-Ireland winner retires as corner back Dillon steps away from inter-county hurling|publisher=Irish Independent|date=9 January 2019|accessdate=9 January 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0109/1022280-clare-hurler-dillon-opts-to-retire-from-inter-county/|title=Clare hurler Dillon opts to retire from inter-county|publisher=RTÉ News|date=9 January 2019|accessdate=9 January 2019}}
Career statistics
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| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="3"|National League !colspan="2"|Munster !colspan="2"|All-Ireland !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| rowspan="9"|Clare
|2010 |rowspan="2"|Division 2 |7 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | |
| 2011
|7 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | |
| 2012
|rowspan="1"|Division 1B |6 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | |
| 2013
|rowspan="3"|Division 1A |0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-01 | 8 | 0-01 | |
| 2014
|7 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | 10 | 0-01 | |
| 2015
|6 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | |
| 2016
|rowspan="1"|Division 1B |8 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 12 | 0-02 | |
| 2017
|rowspan="2"|Division 1A |6 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-00 | |
| 2018
|0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| colspan="3"|Total
|47||0-02||9||0-00||18||0-02||74||0-04 |
Honours
References
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{{Clare Under-21 Hurling Team 2009}}
{{Clare Hurling Team 2013}}
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