Dioni


Dionisio Emanuel Villalba Rojano, commonly known as Dioni, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa as a striker.

Club career

Born in Málaga, Andalusia, Dioni joined Deportivo de La Coruña in 2010 at the age of 20, being assigned to the reserves initially. He only made five competitive appearances with the first team during his tenure, his La Liga debut coming on 23 September 2010 when he came on as a second-half substitute for Adrián López in a 0–1 away loss against Villarreal CF.
In the summer of 2012, Dioni signed with Udinese Calcio, being consecutively loaned to CD Leganés, Hércules CF and Cádiz CF and failing to play any official matches with the Italians. He met the same fate at his next club Granada CF, having temporary spells at Leganés, Real Oviedo and Racing de Santander – all sides competed in division three.
On 6 July 2016, Dioni moved to CF Fuenlabrada on a three-year contract, netting 24 times in his first season in an eventual elimination in the third tier promotion play-offs. On 10 December 2017, early into the following campaign, he scored five goals in the 7–0 home rout of Coruxo FC.
On 1 August 2018, 28-year-old Dioni moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a two-year deal with Polish club Lech Poznań. The following transfer window, however, he returned to his homeland and agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract at third-division Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.

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