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| Born | 30 October 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Primary school teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left Corner Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 23:01, 9 January 2018. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cian Dillon (born 30 October 1988) is an Irish hurler who plays for club side Crusheen. He usually plays as a left corner-back, but can also be deployed as a full-back. Dillon was a member of the Clare senior hurling team that won the 2013 All-Ireland Championship.
Dillon played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Crusheen club, and later became a member of the club's senior hurling team. He won back-to-back Clare Senior Hurling Championship titles with the club in 2010 and 2011.[citation needed]
Dillon first played for Clare as a member of the minor team in 2006, before later playing at full-back on Clare's All-Ireland Under-21 Championship-winning team in 2009. He made his first appearance with the Clare senior team in 2010. Dillon won an All-Ireland Championship medal in 2013, when Clare claimed the title for the first time in 16 years. He later won a National Hurling League medal as joint captain of the team in 2016. Dillon announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 9 January 2019.
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Clare | 2010 | Division 2 | 7 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 |
| 2011 | 7 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | ||
| 2012 | Division 1B | 6 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | |
| 2013 | Division 1A | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-01 | 8 | 0-01 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | 10 | 0-01 | ||
| 2015 | 6 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-00 | ||
| 2016 | Division 1B | 8 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 12 | 0-02 | |
| 2017 | Division 1A | 6 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-00 | |
| 2018 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| Total | 47 | 0-02 | 9 | 0-00 | 18 | 0-02 | 74 | 0-04 | ||