Rod Dyachenko

Rod Dyachenko

Personal information
Full name	Rodion Sergeyevich Dyachenko
Date of birth	September 22, 1983 (1983-09-22) (age 25)
Place of birth	Georgiyevsk, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Minnesota Thunder
Number	15
Youth career
2002–2005	UNLV Rebels
Senior career1
Years	Club	Apps (Gls)2
2006–2008	D.C. United	41 (1)
2009–	Minnesota Thunder	11 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 June, 2009. 2 Appearances (Goals).

Rodion Sergeyevich "Rod" Dyachenko (Russian: Родион Сергеевич Дьяченко; born September 22, 1983 in Georgiyevsk) is a Russian soccer player who currently plays for Minnesota Thunder in the USL First Division.

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 and FC Portland, 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^[1]: 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.^[2]

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