Billy Dodds
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Dodds | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | New Cumnock, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Chelsea | 3 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 30 | (9) |
| 1989–1994 | Dundee | 174 | (68) |
| 1994 | St Johnstone | 20 | (6) |
| 1994–1998 | Aberdeen | 140 | (49) |
| 1998–1999 | Dundee United | 45 | (25) |
| 1999–2003 | Rangers | 65 | (21) |
| 2003–2006 | Dundee United | 68 | (14) |
| 2006 | Partick Thistle | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 547 | (192) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2001 | Scotland | 26 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William Dodds (born 5 February 1969) is a Scottish professional football player and coach.
His playing career started with English club Chelsea and the rest of his career his Scotland with Partick Thistle (two spells), Dundee, St Johnstone, Aberdeen, Dundee United (two spells) and Rangers. Dodds made 26 appearances for Scotland, scoring 7 goals.
He had coaching spells at Queen of the South and Dundee.
He is now assistant manager at Ross County.
Born in New Cumnock, Dodds first appeared on the books of English club Chelsea in 1986 but had his first taste of professional football in a successful loan period at Partick Thistle in 1987–88. After making only three appearances for the London club he was transferred to Dundee in 1989. It was during his time at Dens Park that Dodds became prolific, netting nearly 70 league goals in his 174 appearances, winning a Scottish First Division title in the 1991–92 season.
Dodds moved to St Johnstone, for a Saints club-record £400,000, in January 1994 but moved to Aberdeen within six months.
During his time at Pittodrie, he was part of the side that won the 1995–96 Scottish League Cup, scoring as The Dons beat his former club Dundee in the November 1995 final. Within a year, Dodds gained his first Scotland cap against Latvia, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute in the October 1996 World Cup Qualifier win in Riga.
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