Christian Dibble

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Christian Dibble
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-11) 11 May 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Wilmslow, England
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Kidderminster Harriers
Number 21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Bury 0 (0)
2013–2016 Barnsley 0 (0)
2014Stockport County (loan) 4 (0)
2014Nuneaton Town (loan) 5 (0)
2015Nuneaton Town (loan) 5 (0)
2015Chelmsford City (loan) 13 (0)
2016 Chelmsford City 15 (0)
2016 Boston United 7 (0)
2016–2017 Nuneaton Town 20 (0)
2017 Chorley 2 (0)
2017–2023 Wrexham 61 (0)
2023– Kidderminster Harriers 60 (0)
International career
Wales U16
Wales U17
Wales U19
Wales U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:05, 28 April 2024 (UTC)

Christian Dibble (born 11 May 1994) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League club Kidderminster Harriers.

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Early and personal life

Dibble was born in Wilmslow, England. [1] His father is Welsh former footballer Andy Dibble who played for Manchester City. [2] [3] The Dibble family are all Manchester City supporters. [2]

Club career

Dibble has played for Bury, Barnsley, Stockport County, Nuneaton Town, Chelmsford City, Boston United, Chorley and Wrexham. [1]

Throughout his Wrexham career Dibble has served as backup to first-choice goalkeeper Rob Lainton, speaking about it in July 2018, [4] January 2019, [5] April 2019, [6] and again in April 2021. [7]

In August 2019 he was said by local media to have "impressed after being handed starting role", [8] and in October 2021 he was praised by Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson after appearing as a substitute after 13 minutes in a match, following a head injury to Lainton. [9]

In April 2022, he spoke about Wrexham's support. [10] In May 2022 he played for Wrexham in the 2022 FA Trophy final having appeared in the competition following further injury to Lainton. [2] [3] He left Wrexham by mutual consent in January 2023. [11]

He signed for Kidderminster Harriers on 27 January 2023. [12] On 26 May 2023, Dibble signed a new one year deal with Kidderminster Harriers. [13] Kidderminster earned promotion via the play-offs with Dibble starting in the play-off final win against Brackley Town. [14] [15]

International career

Dibble has played for Wales at youth level up to and including under-21. [16]

Honours

Wrexham

Kidderminster Harriers

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  10. "Wrexham AFC goalkeeper Christian Dibble praises "unbelievable" supporters ahead of Woking test". The Leader.
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  13. https://harriers.co.uk/news/2023/05/26/dibble-inks-new-harriers-deal/ [ bare URL ]
  14. 1 2 "Brackley Town vs. Kidderminster Harriers". Soccerway. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  15. "Kidderminster Harriers: National League promotion is 'mind-boggling'". BBC Sport. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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