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Dalian Atkinson

Passionate about football, Dalian's natural talent was spotted at an early age and he soon progressed through the ranks of school and county football to become a prolific striker. Still highly regarded in the UK as part of Aston Villa's "deadly duo" in the 90's, he is probably best remembered for his magnificent solo goal against Wimbledon which won a BBC Match of the Day Goal of the Season competition and was also voted in the top 10 of 10,000 premier league goals.

Dalian is also renowned in Turkey as the ONLY foreign player in history to score a hat trick for Fenerbahce against Galatasary in their local derby. It is also credited as the clubs fastest hat trick with all three goals scored within 19 minutes. Fenerbahce went on to win the Turkish Championship the same season.

With a long playing history both in the UK and abroad, his experience of the transfer market and of playing football at the highest level makes him the perfect consultant for the young players of today.

His playing credentials include:

• 85 to 89 - Ipswich Town
• 89 to 90 - Sheffield Wednesday
• 90 to 91 - Real Socidad, Spain where Dalian was joint top striker
• 91 to 95 - Aston Villa - league cup winners and Premier League runners up during Dalians time at the club
• 95 to 96 - Fenerbahce, Turkey - Championship winners
• 97 to 97 - Manchester City
• 98 to 99 - Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia - Championship, Asian Cup, Federation Cup and Gulf Cup winners
• 00 to 01 - Taejon Citizen and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC, South Korea