Nixon Dias

Nixon Dias (born 2 September 1979 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch retired footballer. He works as a DJ and football coach.

Football career Dias made his Eredivisie league debut with Sparta Rotterdam during the 1996-1997 season. He then played for ADO Den Haag during the 2000-2001 season.

Dias continued to play for amateur sides Excelsior Maassluis, DOTO, ASWH, Noordwijk, SC Feyenoord, and Neptunus. A contract with RBC did not materialize as the club wasn't ready yet to restart after bankruptcy. Instead, he tried to join XerxesDZB but this was blocked by the KNVB. Dias played for the United Soccer League club Dayton Dutch Lions in 2012.

Back in the Netherlands, Dias played for Zwaluwen Vlaardingen. Dias retired from playing in 2017 at Zwarte Pijl, where he doubled as coach. He is a youth coach at VOC Rotterdam since 2016.

International career Dias was capped twice by the Netherlands national under-19 football team

Personal life Nixon's son, Jasaja Dias, played at Excelsior Maassluis youth, Westlandia, Sliedrecht, HBSS, and from 2023 at ASWH. Of these, Maassluis and ASWH are shared with the father.