Gary Dicker
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Dicker playing for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Richard Perry Dicker | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crown Legacy (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cherry Orchard | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | UCD | 69 | (5) |
| 2007 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Stockport County | 55 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2009–2013 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 129 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Rochdale | 12 | (1) |
| 2014 | Crawley Town | 11 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Carlisle United | 39 | (1) |
| 2016–2021 | Kilmarnock | 158 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 482 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024– | Crown Legacy | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gary Richard Perry Dicker (born 31 July 1986) is an Irish football coach and former professional player who is the head coach for MLS Next Pro side Crown Legacy FC, the reserve side of Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC.
He started his career with League of Ireland club UCD and went on to make more than 200 appearances in the English Football League, most notably with Brighton & Hove Albion, then spending almost five and a half years with Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock before semi-retiring in 2021 when he returned to Brighton and became a player-coach for Brighton & Hove Albion U23s. Dicker played for his country of Ireland at under-19 and under-21 level. After retiring as a player, he joined the coaching staff at Brighton, and since September 2022 has been assistant head coach of the club's U21 team.