Jonjo Dickman (born 22 September 1981) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. Dickman’s brothers, Elliot and Lewis, are coaches. They also originated from the academy.
Career
Dickman was born in
Hexham
Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden, Northumberland, Warden nearby, and ...
, Northumberland.
[ He started his career at ]Sunderland
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, signing a professional contract in November 1998 after progressing through the club's youth system.[ He made one first-team appearance, as a half-time substitute in a 3–0 away defeat to ]Manchester City
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on 21 April 2003.
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1981 births
Living people
Footballers from Hexham
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Sunderland A.F.C. players
York City F.C. players
Darlington F.C. players
Premier League players
English Football League players