Curt Dizon
Personal information
Full name Curt-Jordan Perez Dizon[1]
Date of birth (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth London, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Winger, forward
Youth career
Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Gimnástica Segoviana 1 (0)
2014–2015 Global
2015–2017 Meralco Manila[a] 28 (7)
2018 Global Cebu 6 (0)
2018–2019 Ceres–Negros 7 (5)
2019 Chonburi 2 (0)
2020 Azkals Development Team 0 (0)
2020–2021 Ratchaburi Mitr Phol 0 (0)
2021–2023 United City 9 (2)
2023 Penang 1 (0)
2023–2024 Kaya F.C.–Iloilo 0 (0)
International career‡
2015–2018 Philippines U23 4 (0)
2014– Philippines 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:04, 17 March 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:30; 10 September 2022

Curt-Jordan Perez Dizon (born 4 February 1994) is a professional footballer who recently played as a winger or a forward for Malaysia Super League club Penang. Born in England, he plays for the Philippines national team.[2]

Early life

Curt Dizon is the son of two Filipino parents, Cris Dizon and Joy Perez. He was born and raised in London.[3]

Club career

Before heading to the Philippines, his football career started off in a local team where he was spotted by Brunswick, which soon became his next club. After a long run at Brunswick, Dizon was scouted and signed for Crystal Palace F.C. and played for the Under-16s team. He then continued with his passion for football alongside his education and attended Queen's Academy in Watford. The school is known for its highly immersive sports facility which conjoint with education. He left with three A-Levels and more knowledge of football.

Dizon then played for Gimnástica Segoviana CF in Spain when he was 19. After being called up to the national team in early 2014, Dizon signed for Global F.C. of the United Football League.[4] The following year, Global and Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C. came to an agreement to transfer Dizon in exchange of Loyola's midfielder Matthew Hartmann.[5] Loyola changed its name to F.C. Meralco Manila when it joined the Philippines Football League in 2017.[citation needed]

On 6 May 2017, Dizon became the first-ever scorer of the newly inaugurated Philippines Football League (PFL), converting Alvin Sarmiento's pass in the 9th minute against Stallion Laguna.[6] He was left without a club after Meralco Manila was disbanded in January 2018.[7]

In January 2018, Dizon's former club, Global, now known as Global Cebu F.C., signed him after Meralco Manila's disbandment.[8] The signing was announced through the club's official social media pages.

He was released by Global and signed by Ceres–Negros F.C. in July 2018.[9] The team went on to win the Philippines Football League that year.

In July 2019, Dizon joined Chonburi in the Thai League 1.[10]

In February 2020, Philippines national team manager Dan Palami announced that Dizon would join the Azkals Development Team (ADT), a new team that was set to participate in the 2020 season of the Philippines Football League.[11] However, when the season began in October, he was not in the squad.

In December 2020, Dizon and OJ Porteria were signed by Ratchaburi Mitr Phol in the Thai League 1.[12]

In 22 December 2022, Dizon was announced that he will signed for Penang.[13] On 10 May 2023, Dizon was announced he has reached an agreement with the club to terminate his current contract and leave Penang.[14]

International career

Dizon scored in his debut with the Philippines on 11 April 2014 in a 3-0 home win against Nepal.[15]

On 20 March 2015, it was announced that Dizon was called up to the Philippines U-23 team for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification phase in Thailand.[16]

International goals

Scores and results list the Philippines' goal tally first.[15]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
2014
1. 11 April 2014 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha    Nepal
1–0
3–0
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Honours

Global

Notes

  1. ^ Goals and appearances counted starting 2017 season of PFL.

References

  1. ^ "[2016 AFF Suzuki Cup] Final Round Group Competition Group A - Final Registration of Officials and Players - Team: Philippines" (PDF). ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Philippines - C. Dizon - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  3. ^ Henson, Joaquin (17 August 2012). "UK-born Pinoy seeks Azkals tryout". PhilStar. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. ^ "UFL: Thursday goalfest as Socceroo edges Stallion, Global buries Army-GTI". GMA News. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Loyola ships Hartmann to Global for Dizon". Rappler. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  6. ^ "DIZON SCORES HISTORIC FIRST GOAL TO LIFT MANILA MERALCO; KAYA MAKATI SALVAGES POINT AGAINST CERES NEGROS". Philippines Football League. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  7. ^ Go, Beatrice (8 January 2018). "PH football club Meralco Manila ceases operations". Rappler. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  8. ^ Diaz, Ray Charlie (19 January 2018). "Global Cebu beefs up lineup with two new fierce attackers". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  9. ^ Co, Adrian Stewart (19 July 2018). "Ceres lets Uesato go, gets 5 new players". Panay News. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  10. ^ Tupas, Cedelf (30 July 2019). "Filipino booters doing well in Thailand". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  11. ^ Tupas, Cedelf (16 February 2020). "Gayoso, SEA Games standouts join Azkals cadet squad". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  12. ^ Terrado, Reuben (23 December 2020). "OJ Porteria, Curt Dizon officially join Ratchaburi in Thai league". SPIN.ph. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  13. ^ Penang F.C. [@officialpenangfc] (22 December 2022). "Curt Dizon Kini Harimau Kumbang..!" [Curt Dizon is now a Black Panther..!] (in Malay). Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via Instagram.
  14. ^ Penang F.C. [@officialpenangfc] (10 May 2023). "Thank You Curt Dizon..!". Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via Instagram.
  15. ^ a b "Philippines vs. Nepal (3:0)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  16. ^ "Squad list for AFC U23 Championship qualifiers in Bangkok". Filipino Football. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

External links

Penang F.C. – current squad
Philippines squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup
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