Rod Dyachenko

{{family name hatnote|Sergeyevich|Dyachenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rod Dyachenko

| image = RodDyachenko.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| fullname = Rodion Sergeyevich Dyachenko

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|9|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Georgiyevsk, Soviet Union

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| collegeyears1 = 2002–2005

| college1 = UNLV Rebels

| years1 = 2006–2008

| clubs1 = D.C. United

| caps1 = 41

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2009

| clubs2 = Minnesota Thunder

| caps2 = 27

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = Real Maryland Monarchs

| caps3 = 6

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2011

| clubs4 = Samut Songkhram

| caps4 = 1

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2012–2013

| clubs5 = Pattaya United

| caps5 = 30

| goals5 = 8

| years6 = 2014

| clubs6 = Samut Songkhram

| caps6 = 11

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = Putrajaya SPA

| caps7 = 10

| goals7 = 3

| years8 = 2016

| clubs8 = Than Quang Ninh

| caps8 = 24

| goals8 = 12

| years9 = 2017

| clubs9 = Ho Chi Minh City

| caps9 = 11

| goals9 = 4

| years10 = 2017

| clubs10 = Than Quang Ninh

| caps10 = 12

| goals10 = 12

| years11 = 2018

| clubs11 = Can Tho FC

| caps11 = 2

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2019

| clubs12 = Than Quang Ninh

| caps12 = 21

| goals12 = 10

| pcupdate = 23 October 2019

}}

Rodion Sergeyevich Dyachenko ({{lang|ru|Родион Сергеевич Дьяченко}}; born 22 September 1983 in Georgiyevsk) is a Russian former footballer who played as a forward.

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:{{cite web |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2007/02/rods_wild_ride.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527145804/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2007/02/rods_wild_ride.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2012 |title=Rod's Wild Ride |first=Steve |last=Goff |date=February 1, 2007 |website=The Washington Post}} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/transactions/309377.html |title=Thunder sign Dyachenko, Costanzo |access-date=2009-04-06 |archive-date=2012-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311135423/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/transactions/309377.html/ |url-status=dead }} 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

Than Quang Ninh

Vietnamese Cup: 2016

References

External links

[http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/player/rod-dyachenko/ KL SPA player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617142709/http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/player/rod-dyachenko/ |date=2016-06-17 }}
[http://www.mnthunder.com/igsbase/igstemplate.cfm?SRC=MD008&SRCN=biodetail&GnavID=5&SnavID=90&TnavID=&StaffBioID=169 Minnesota Thunder bio]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
[http://www.baltimoreblast.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=24 Baltimore Blast bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312070957/http://www.baltimoreblast.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=24 |date=2017-03-12 }}
[http://www.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t103&player=dyachenko_r MLS player profile]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Georgiyevsk

Category:Russian men's footballers

Category:Russian expatriate men's footballers

Category:Russian expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia

Category:Russian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam

Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States

Category:Baltimore Blast (2008–2014 MISL) players

Category:D.C. United players

Category:Major League Soccer players

Category:Minnesota Thunder players