{{short description|Singaporean footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2009}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Itimi Dickson | image = | fullname = Itimi Dickson Edherefe | height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Lagos, Nigeria | position = Midfielder, striker | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 2001 | years2 = 2002–2003 | years3 = 2004–2005 | years4 = 2006 | years5 = 2007–2009 | years6 = 2009 | years7 = 2010 | years8 = 2011– 2012 | clubs1 = Jurong | clubs2 = Woodlands Wellington | clubs3 = Young Lions | clubs4 = Woodlands Wellington | clubs5 = Persitara North Jakarta | clubs6 = Home United | clubs7 = Geylang United | clubs8 = Persidafon Dafonsoro | caps1 = 26 | caps2 = 49 | caps3 = 51 | caps4 = 26 | caps5 = 17 | caps6 = 24 | caps7 = 30 | caps8 = 10 | goals1 = 9 | goals2 = 23 | goals3 = 15 | goals4 = 3 | goals5 = 2 | goals6 = 1 | goals7 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2004–2009 | nationalteam1 = Singapore | nationalcaps1 = 33 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | pcupdate = 8 May 2012 | ntupdate = 25 December 2010 }}
'''Itimi Dickson Edherefe''' is a former football player. Born in Nigeria, he represented the Singapore national team.
==Club career== Previously, Dickson played for Jurong FC, Woodlands Wellington FC, Young Lions and Persitara Jakarta Utara.
In 2001, Dickson was suspended for three months and fined S$1,000 for punching Home United's Harun Juma'at. He fell out with head coach V. Sundramoorthy after serving out his ban and was transferred to Woodlands Wellington in 2002.<ref name=sg>{{cite web| url=http://www.fas.org.sg/news/iti-lands-home| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324231421/http://www.fas.org.sg/news/iti-lands-home| url-status=dead| archive-date=24 March 2014| title=Iti lands home| publisher=FAS| accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref>
Dickson returned to S-league to play for Home United after an unsuccessful season with Persitara Jakarta Utara. The final club he played was for Persidafon Dafonsoro.
After his retirement in 2012, Dickson joined the coaching staff at the private league ESPZEN.<ref name="fourfourtwo">{{cite web | url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/five-singapore-imports-who-didnt-just-come-and-go | title=Five Singapore imports who didn't just come and go | date=7 December 2017 | website=FourFourTwo | access-date=17 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117190905/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/features/five-singapore-imports-who-didnt-just-come-and-go | archive-date=17 January 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==International career== Fast and aggressive in attack, Dickson provides width and decent flair to a Singapore national side midfield that lacks technical capability.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
Although he was born in Nigeria, Dickson received Singapore citizenship under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in 2004.<ref name=sg /> He was on the Singapore squad that won the Tiger Cup regional football championship in 2004.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
Dickson was given a 6-month ban from representing Singapore when he was absent from training with the national team in 2007.<ref name="fourfourtwo" /> He later bounced back from the ban by playing well in league and was subsequently made part of the AFF Championship winning side.{{fact|date=November 2025}}
==National team career statistics==
===Goals for Senior National Team=== {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | || 15 December 2004 || Hanoi, Vietnam || {{fb|CAM}} || 3–0 || Won || 2004 Tiger Cup |- | || 15 January 2007 || Singapore, Singapore || {{fb|LAO}} || 11–0 || Won || 2007 ASEAN Football Championship |}
==Honours==
'''Singapore''' *ASEAN Football Championship: 2004, 2007
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|8575}} *{{Soccerway|itimi-dickson/73452}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dickson, Itimi}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Singaporean men's footballers Category:Singapore men's international footballers Category:Geylang International FC players Category:Woodlands Wellington FC players Category:Lion City Sailors FC players Category:Singapore Premier League players Category:Nigerian emigrants to Singapore Category:Naturalised citizens of Singapore Category:Singaporean expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Category:Singaporean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Category:Persitara North Jakarta players Category:Persidafon Dafonsoro players Category:Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Jurong FC players Category:Young Lions FC players Category:21st-century Singaporean sportsmen Category:Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Asian Games footballers for Singapore Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen Category:Naturalised association football players