Graham Dugoni

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Graham Dugoni
Personal information
Full name Graham Andrew Dugoni
Date of birth (1986-11-24) November 24, 1986 (age 35)
Place of birth Portland, Oregon, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2005–2008 Duke Blue Devils
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Portland Timbers U23s 12 (0)
2010 Mjøndalen 8 (1)
2011 Charleston Battery 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 9, 2011

Graham Andrew Dugoni (born November 24, 1986 in Portland, Oregon) is the founder of Yondr, a mobile phone device company. He had previously played collegiate and semi-professional soccer.[1][2][3][4][5]

Personal life[]

Dugoni was born in Portland, Oregon his father was a physician and his mother a homemaker.Dugoni did B.A. in political science from Duke University in 2009.He taught English in Vietnam ,played Football in USA and Norway, worked in investment companies in Portland and Atlanta before starting Yondr.[6]

Career[]

College and amateur[]

Dugoni attended Jesuit High School, where he played both soccer and American football (as a placekicker). He was a member of the 2004 NSCAA Youth and EA Sports All-America teams, was named to the All-Star team at the prestigious adidas Elite Soccer Program (ESP), and was a member of the Region IV Olympic Development Program and Super-Y Regional Olympic Development Program teams before going in to play four years of college soccer at Duke University. He played 56 games in his career, tallying three goals and an assists for seven points.

During his college years Dugoni also played with Portland Timbers U23s in the USL Premier Development League, helping them win the PDL National Championship in 2010.[7]

Professional[]

Dugoni turned professional in 2010 when he signed for Norwegian club Mjøndalen of the Adeccoligaen.[8] He made his professional debut, and scored his first professional goal, on November 7, 2010 in a game against Nybergsund.

Dugoni returned to the United States in 2011. After impressing at open tryouts, Dugoni was invited into camp by Charleston Battery of the USL Professional Division, and played in the Carolina Challenge Cup. He signed for the team on March 23, 2011.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Tara Bahrampour (5 February 2018). "This simple solution to smartphone addiction is now used in over 600 U.S. schools". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Phone Locks in a Time of Cancel Culture". Wall Street Journal. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ Lyanne Melendez (22 August 2019). "Yondr founder shares origins of locking device for phones". ABC7news. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ Jay Cridlin (4 November 2016). "Founder of Yondr talks locking up your cellphone at concerts". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Turn off, tune in: Theater, concert fans forced to go phone-free". The Jakarta Post. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ^ Janet Morrissey (15 October 2016). "Your Phone's on Lockdown. Enjoy the Show". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. ^ 2010 Portland Timbers U23s stats Archived 2013-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ U-23 Defender Graham Dugoni Joins Mjøndalen
  9. ^ Battery Adds Dykstra, Dugoni & Bah

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