Shaun Dillon (born 24 August 1984 in

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) is a Scottish

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coach and former player, who played as a defender. He is currently co-manager of West of Scotland Football League club Kilbirnie Ladeside. He began his career with

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

in the

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and also played in the

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for Greenock Morton, Queen of the South,

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and Stirling Albion.

Playing career

Dillon began his career with

in the

(SPL). He made an early impact, winning the SPL Young Player of the Month award for December 2002, but disciplinary and weight issues led to him losing his first team place. He stayed with Kilmarnock until 2006, but made only 24 league appearances for the club. After a loan spell with Greenock Morton, Dillon left Kilmarnock in January 2006 to join Queen of the South. He then played for

and

before dropping into junior football in 2008, with

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and then Pollok. Dillon returned to senior football when he joined Stirling Albion in June 2011. He left Stirling in the 2012 close season, joining junior club Kilbirnie Ladeside. After being transfer-listed by Kilbirnie in August 2013, Dillon joined

Arthurlie Arthurlie is an area of the town of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. History of Arthurlie The lands of Arthurlie were held in medieval times by the Stewart family, a branch of the noble Stewarts of Darnley. Later the lands became the prop ...

later that month.

Coaching career

In June 2017, Dillon joined

Greenock Juniors Greenock Juniors Football Club are a Scottish football club based in Greenock, Inverclyde. They compete in and play home matches at Ravenscraig Stadium, on Auchmead Road - a five-minute walk from Branchton railway station. The club were de ...

as one of two assistants to newly-appointed manager

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. Dillon and Molloy left Greenock in August 2021 to become co-managers of Kilbirnie Ladeside. He left the club in May 2022.

Personal life

Outside of football, Dillon works as an account manager for

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. He is a close friend of actor and former Greenock Juniors player Martin Compston; through their relationship, Compston has donated money to the club and began sponsoring Dillon personally in 2020.

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* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Greenock Scottish footballers Association football defenders Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players Kilmarnock F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Stenhousemuir F.C. players Stranraer F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Stirling Albion F.C. players Irvine Meadow XI F.C. players Pollok F.C. players Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C. players Arthurlie F.C. players Kilbirnie Ladeside F.C. managers Scottish football managers {{Scotland-footy-defender-1980s-stub