Itimi Dickson Edherefe is a Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 international football player who last played for Geylang United.

Club career

Previously, he played for Jurong FC

Jurong FC

Jurong Football Club was a professional football club, based in the Jurong area of Singapore. The club played in Singapore's S.League from 1997 to 2003. The team's best league finishes in this period were fifth place in both 1998 and 2001....

, Woodlands Wellington FC

Woodlands Wellington FC

Woodlands Wellington Football Club is a professional football club that plays in Singapore's professional football league, the S.League.The team's home ground is the Woodlands Stadium, which is at the northern part of Singapore...

, Young Lions

Young Lions (Singapore football team)

The Courts Young Lions are an under-23 football team from Singapore. Most of the members of the squad are players from Singapore's national under-23 team. The team comes under the direct control of the Football Association of Singapore , but is managed as a football club and has competed in...

 and Persitara Jakarta Utara

Persitara Jakarta Utara

Persitara North Jakarta or just Persitara is an Indonesian football club based in North Jakarta...

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Dickson returned to S-league to play for Home United after an unsuccessful season with Persitara Jakarta Utara

Persitara Jakarta Utara

Persitara North Jakarta or just Persitara is an Indonesian football club based in North Jakarta...

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International career

Fast and aggressive in attack, Itimi provides width and decent flair to a Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 national side midfield

Midfield

Midfield is the part of a sports pitch that lies approximately in the center. It is a term most commonly associated with football to refer to the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region, but it can be used in field hockey to describe the same area, or in...

 that lacks the technical capability. However, his consistency has been called into question and he has not been included in the national team in recent internationals.

Although he was born in Nigeria

Nigeria

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, he and fellow countryman Agu Casmir

Agu Casmir

Agu Casmir , is a professional soccer player who plays for the Persija Jakarta in the Indonesia Super League and the Singapore national football team.He took up Singapore citizenship in 2004....

, received Singapore citizenship under the Singapore Foreign Talent Scheme

Singapore Foreign Talent Scheme

The Singapore Foreign Sports Talent Scheme is a program run by the Football Association of Singapore to boost Singaporean football. Its goal is to attract foreign players in Singapore to change nationality and thus play for the Singapore national football team...

. Itimi was in the Singapore squad that won the Tiger Cup

Tiger Cup

The ASEAN Football Championship , is a biennial international association football competition organized by the ASEAN Football Federation , contested by the national teams of Southeast Asia...

 regional football championship in 2004.

He was given a 6 month ban from representing Singapore when he was absent from training with the national team. He later bounced back from the ban by playing well in league and was subsequently made part of the ASEAN Cup winning side.

Goals for Senior National Team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
	December 15, 2004	Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam... , Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...		3–0	Won	2004 Tiger Cup 2004 Tiger Cup The 2004 Tiger Cup was jointly hosted by Vietnam and Malaysia from 7 December to 16 January 2005 and participated by the national football teams of Southeast Asia....
	January 15, 2007	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... , Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...		11–0	Won	2007 ASEAN Football Championship 2007 ASEAN Football Championship The 2007 ASEAN Football Championship was the 6th ASEAN Football Championship, hosted by Singapore and Thailand....