Personal information | |||
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Full name | Claudio Franca Dias [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 10 November 1994||
Place of birth | Milton Keynes, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Banbury United | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Northampton Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2014 | Northampton Town | 1 | (0) |
2013 | → Corby Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Banbury United (loan) | 3 | (3) |
2014 | → Banbury United (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2014 | Dunstable Town | 1 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Bedford Town | 3 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Barton Rovers | 12 | (2) |
2016 | Brackley Town | 1 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Braintree Town | 2 | (0) |
2017 | Dunstable Town | 6 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Barton Rovers | ||
2018 | Potton United | 10 | (3) |
2018–2019 | Stratford Town | 14 | (1) |
2019 | Tamworth | 13 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Banbury United | 24 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Nuneaton Borough | 5 | (0) |
2021 | AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 6 | (0) |
2021–2024 | Alvechurch | 17 | (3) |
2023–2024 | → Rugby Town (dual-registration) | 3 | (0) |
2024 | Leighton Town | 2 | (1) |
2024 | Walsall Wood | 8 | (1) |
2024– | Banbury United | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:00, 27 July 2024 (UTC) |
Claudio Franca Dias (born 10 November 1994) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern League Premier Division Central club Banbury United.
Born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, [1] Dias joined Northampton Town at under-14 level and progressed through the club's youth system, [3] before signing his first professional contract along with David Moyo on 4 March 2013. [4] He made his professional debut for the club as a 76th-minute substitute for Luke Guttridge in a 2–0 win at home to Barnet on the final day of the 2012–13 season. [5] During the early months of the 2013–14 season, Dias was an unused substitute on six occasions, but failed to make an appearance. [6] He was subsequently released at the end of the season. [7]
On 30 August 2013, Dias joined Southern League Premier Division club Corby Town on a one-month loan. [8] He made his debut for the club a day later as a first half substitute for Tom James in a 1–0 away defeat to St Albans City. [9] He made three further league appearances during his loan spell. [10]
On 13 December 2013, Dias joined Southern League Premier Division club Banbury United on a one-month loan. [3] He made his debut for the club as a 66th-minute substitute in a 4–2 away defeat to former club Corby Town five days later. [10] In Banbury's next match away to Hemel Hempstead Town, Dias came on as a half-time substitute, before scoring a second half hat-trick in a 5–3 defeat. [11] His loan spell concluded having made three league appearances for the club. [10] [12]
On 7 March 2014, Dias rejoined Banbury United on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season. [12] [13] He made a further 12 league appearances, [10] including one goal in a 6–4 win at home to Biggleswade Town on 8 April 2014 to ensure Banbury's survival in the Southern League Premier Division. [14]
Following his release by Northampton Town, Dias began training with newly promoted Southern League Premier Division club Dunstable Town, for whom he made one appearance as a 63rd-minute substitute in a 2–1 away win at Bideford on the opening day of the 2014–15 season. [10] [15] Thereafter, Dias signed for Southern League Division One Central club Bedford Town on an undisclosed length contract. [16] He made his debut for the club as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 away defeat to Marlow on 25 October 2014. [17] Dias scored his first goal for the club two minutes after coming on as an 86th-minute substitute in a 4–0 win at home to Brightlingsea Regent in the FA Trophy first qualifying round one week later. [10] However, after making his third appearance for Bedford, Dias was ruled out through injury, [18] before returning in a 3–3 draw with Godalming Town as a 67th-minute substitute on 16 December 2014, his final appearance for the club. [10]
Dias moved to Southern League Division One Central club Barton Rovers shortly before the start of the 2015–16 season and made his debut for the club as a substitute in the FA Cup preliminary round, a 3–1 win at home to Berkhamsted on 29 August 2015. [10] He scored his first goal for the club, a 49th-minute equaliser from 30-yards in a 2–2 draw with Northwood one week later. [10] [19] Dias later scored the final goal in a 3–1 win at home North Greenford United on 21 November 2015 to help Barton end a run of four consecutive league defeats. [10] [20] He went on to make a total of 18 appearances in all competitions and scored three goals. [10]
Dias moved up two divisions after he was signed by new Brackley Town manager Kevin Wilkin in the build-up to the 2016–17 season as part of a reshape of the squad. [21] He came on as an 87th-minute substitute for Shane Byrne to make his debut appearance for Brackley in a 4–2 away win at Stockport County. [6] His second and final appearance was in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round when he came off the bench as an 87th-minute substitute to score a stoppage time goal in a 5–0 away win at Beaconsfield SYCOB to help Brackley earn a first round match away to Gillingham. [22]
Dias moved up another division to sign for National League club Braintree Town on 21 October 2016. [23]
He re-signed for Barton Rovers ahead of 2017–18 following a second spell with Dunstable Town. [24] Dias signed for United Counties League Division One club Potton United on 19 February 2018. [25] He made his debut five days later, starting in a 3–0 away win over Burton Park Wanderers. [26] Dias scored his first two goals in a 3–1 away victory over Harrowby United on 17 March. [27]
Dias signed for Southern League Premier Division Central club Stratford Town on 4 July 2018. [28] He left the club on 10 January 2019, having made 21 appearances and scored one goal. [29] [30] A day later, he joined Stratford's divisional rivals Tamworth [31] and made his debut against his previous club as a 68th-minute substitute in a 1–0 home defeat the following day. [32]
On 5 June 2019, Dias rejoined Banbury United on a one-year contract. [33] He made 34 appearances and scored one goal in all competitions [10] before the 2019–20 season was abandoned and results expunged because of the COVID-19 pandemic in England. [34]
Dias signed for another Southern League Premier Division Central club, Nuneaton Borough, on 15 June 2020. [35] He only played five games for the club before the season was again curtailed due to COVID-19 and subsequently signed for fellow Southern Premier League Central club AFC Rushden & Diamonds in August 2021. Two months later he was on the move when he transferred to divisional rivals Alverchurch on 24 October, making his bow in a 2–1 win over Barwell. [36]
In November 2023, he joined Rugby Town on a dual-registration basis. [37]
In July 2024, Dias joined Banbury United, a fourth spell with the club having finished the previous season with Walsall Wood. [38]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Northampton Town | 2012–13 [39] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2013–14 [40] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Corby Town (loan) | 2013–14 [10] | Southern League Premier Division | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Banbury United (loan) | 2013–14 [10] | Southern League Premier Division | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | 15 | 4 | |||
Dunstable Town | 2014–15 [10] | Southern League Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Bedford Town | 2014–15 [10] [17] | Southern League Division One Central | 3 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
Barton Rovers | 2015–16 [10] | Southern League Division One Central | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 18 | 3 | |
Brackley Town | 2015–16 [6] | National League North | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2016–17 [6] | National League North | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||||
Braintree Town | 2016–17 [6] | National League | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Dunstable Town | 2016–17 [10] | Southern League Premier Division | 6 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
Potton United | 2017–18 [41] | United Counties League Division One | 10 | 3 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 11 | 3 | ||
Stratford Town | 2018–19 [30] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
Tamworth | 2018–19 [10] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 13 | 0 | — | — | 1 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Nuneaton Borough | 2020–21 [10] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
AFC Rushden & Diamonds | 2021–22 [10] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Alvechurch | 2021–22 [10] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 11 | 3 | — | — | 2 [lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
Career total | 104 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 130 | 17 |
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