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Travis Dodd 
Personal information Full name Travis Garth Dodd Date of birth 6 January 1980 Place of birth Adelaide, Australia Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) Playing position Winger / Striker Club information Current club Perth Glory Number 13 Youth career St. Augustines 1996 SASI Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1996–1999 Adelaide City 23 (0) 1999–2000 Newcastle Breakers 32 (2) 2000–2003 Newcastle Jets 82 (9) 2003–2004 Parramatta Power 27 (6) 2004 Johor FC 5 (2) 2004–2005 Panionios 4 (0) 2005–2011 Adelaide United 137 (24) 2011– Perth Glory 6 (1) National team‡ 1997 Australia U-17 8 (1) 2000 Australia U-20 2 (0) 2006 Australia 2 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:30, 1 November 2011 (UTC)Travis Dodd (born 6 January 1980 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)[1] is an Indigenous Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League. He plays as an attacking midfielder or winger.
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Biography
Club career
He played junior football at Elizabeth before joining the South Australian Sports Institute in 1996. He was Adelaide City’s fourth youngest National Soccer League (NSL) player of all time (16 years 281 days), and the fifth player in NSL history to score a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute (in a 4–1 win over Football Kingz in 2003).
At the conclusion of the 2003/04 NSL season he moved abroad, playing firstly with Malaysian club Johor, then Greek club Panionios NFC. During his stint with Panionios, Dodd scored in their UEFA Cup first round victory over high-profile Italian side Udinese Calcio.[2] His career at the Greek club was short lived, with a change in manager seeing him frozen out of the senior squad. He made nine appearances for the club, four in the league, and five in the UEFA Cup.
Adelaide United
Dodd returned home to Adelaide in 2005 and was apart of the Adelaide United side that won the 2005–2006 A-League Premiership. On 23 May 2007, Dodd was the first Australian player to score a hat-trick in the Asian Champions League, scoring all three in a 3–0 win against Đồng Tâm Long An.[3] After positive performances in the Asian Champions League, Dodd was linked with a move to Kashima Antlers.[4]
Dodd took the captaincy of Adelaide United in July 2008 taking over from Michael Valkanis.[5] He became Adelaide's fourth captain since its formation in 2003. During 2008 Dodd has a rich vein of form scoring 11 goals from midfield including a Captain's goal against New Zealand team Waitakere United in the FIFA Club World Cup that saw the team progress to the Quarterfinals.[6] 2008 also saw Dodd become the first Adelaide United player to play 100 competitive games in which he scored the only goal in the 1–0 win over Perth Glory in round one of the A-League 2008-09 season.[7]
Perth Glory
On 1 March 2011 it was announced that Dodd had signed a two year contract with Hyundai A-League outfit Perth Glory reportedly worth $200k per season with an option to extend the contract to a third year.[8]
International career
Dodd's debut international match for Australia was an Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait at Aussie Stadium, on 16 August 2006. He scored the opening goal for the home side in a 2–0 win. Dodd's goal marked the first ever international goal scored by an Indigenous Australian player.[3][9]
career statistics
(Correct as of 14 August 2009)
Club Season League1 Cup International2 Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Adelaide United 2005–06 23 4 3 0 0 0 26 4 2006–07 24 4 6 1 0 0 30 5 2007–08 21 5 5 1 6 4 32 10 2008–09 24 7 3 0 14 4 40 11 2009–10 23 4 0 0 3 1 26 5 2010–11 21 6 0 0 0 0 21 6 Total 136 30 17 2 23 9 176 41 1 – includes A-League final series statistics
2 – includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008–09 A-League season etc.)International goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 16 August 2006 Sydney, Australia 
Kuwait2–0 Win Asian Cup 2007 Qualification Honours
With Adelaide United:
A-League runner's up: 2005–2006
References
- ^ "Travis Dodd". ESPN Soccernet. ESPN. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/68850/travis-dodd?cc=3436. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ UEFA Udinese undone by plucky Panionios, UEFA.com, accessed 26 October 2008.
- ^ a b Dasey, J. From A-League To Asia For Dodd, ESPNsoccernet.com, 3 March 2008, accessed 27 October 2008
- ^ FourFourTwo.com.au Dodd Linked With Japan Switch, 29 September 2008, accessed 29 September 2008
- ^ Cool Dodd new Adelaide United skipper
- ^ Dodd heads Adelaide through
- ^ Wilson, M. United edges out Glory, a-League.com.au, 17 August 2008, accessed 22 December 2008
- ^ http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1046771/Glory-finally-nabs-Dodd Glory finally nabs Dodd
- ^ TheWorldGame.com.au Trailblazing Dodd, TheWorldGame.com.au, 17 August 2006, accessed 27 October 2008
External links
Perth Glory FC – current squad 1 Vukovic · 2 Mitchell · 3 van den Brink · 4 Mehmet · 6 Coyne · 7 Burns · 8 Hughes · 9 Smeltz · 10 Miller · 11 Sikora · 12 Neville · 13 Dodd · 14 McGarry · 15 Amphlett · 16 Berger · 17 Howarth · 18 Makarounas · 19 Risdon · 20 Young · 21 Sterjovski · 22 Taggart · 23 Andrezinho · Coach: Ian Ferguson
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Adelaide
- Association football wingers
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australia international soccer players
- Indigenous Australian soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
- A-League players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Adelaide City players
- Adelaide United players
- Parramatta Power players
- Panionios G.S.S. players
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