Christian Dibble
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Christian Dibble (born 11 May 1994) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League North club Kidderminster Harriers.
Early and personal life
Dibble was born in Wilmslow, England. His father is Welsh former footballer Andy Dibble who played for Manchester City. The Dibble family are all Manchester City supporters.
Club career
Dibble has played for Bury, Barnsley, Stockport County, Nuneaton Town, Chelmsford City, Boston United, Chorley and Wrexham.
Throughout his Wrexham career Dibble served as backup to first-choice goalkeeper Rob Lainton, speaking about it in July 2018, January 2019, April 2019, and again in April 2021.
In August 2019 he was said by local media to have "impressed after being handed starting role", and in October 2021 he was praised by Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson after appearing as a substitute after 13 minutes in a match, following a head injury to Lainton.
In April 2022, he spoke about Wrexham's support. In May 2022 he played for Wrexham in the 2022 FA Trophy final having appeared in the competition following further injury to Lainton. He left Wrexham by mutual consent in January 2023.
He signed for Kidderminster Harriers on 27 January 2023. On 26 May 2023, Dibble signed a new one year deal with Kidderminster Harriers. Kidderminster earned promotion via the play-offs with Dibble starting in the play-off final win against Brackley Town.
International career
Dibble has played for Wales at youth level up to and including under-21.
Career statistics
As of match played 21 September 2024
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bury | 2012–13 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barnsley | 2013–14 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stockport County (loan) | 2013–14 | Conference North | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Nuneaton Town (loan) | 2014–15 | Football Conference | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Nuneaton Town (loan) | 2014–15 | Football Conference | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Chelmsford City (loan) | 2015–16 | National League North | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Chelmsford City | 2015–16 | National League North | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Boston United | 2016–17 | National League North | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Nuneaton Town | 2016–17 | National League North | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Chorley | 2016–17 | National League North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wrexham | 2017–18 | National League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | National League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | National League | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | National League | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | National League | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 72 | 0 | |||
| Kidderminster Harriers | 2022–23 | National League North | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | National League | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | National League North | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 69 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 73 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 201 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 220 | 0 |
Honours
Wrexham
Kidderminster Harriers
- National League North play-offs: 2023