Louis Dodds
Dodds playing for Port Vale in September 2010.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Louis Bartholomew Dodds | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Shrewsbury Town | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2006 | Leicester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Leicester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Northwich Victoria (loan) | 6 | (3) |
| 2007 | → Rochdale (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 41 | (9) |
| 2008–2016 | Port Vale | 289 | (51) |
| 2016– | Shrewsbury Town | 38 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:58, 17 April 2017 (UTC). |
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Louis Bartholomew Dodds (born 8 October 1986) is an English footballer who plays for EFL League One side Shrewsbury Town. He can play either as a midfielder or as a striker.
After many years at the Leicester City Academy, he turned professional at the club in 2006. He spent the 2006–07 season on loan at Conference side Northwich Victoria and League Two club Rochdale. He then spent the entirety of the 2007–08 campaign on loan at Lincoln City. He turned down a new deal with Leicester to sign for Port Vale in July 2008. He helped the club to secure promotion out of League Two in 2012–13 with seven goals in 36 matches. He ended his eight-year spell at Port Vale when he joined league rivals Shrewsbury Town in May 2016.
Louids Dodds was born Sheffield, though moved with his family to Leicester when he just five years old, where he joined the Leicester City youth academy at the age of ten. He joined Leicester after being spotted by a talent scout while playing for Ratby & Groby, and whilst there earned himself a call-up to the England under-18 squad. He finished the 2005–06 season with a hat-trick in the final of the Westerby Challenge Cup, and also picked up the Academy Player of the Year trophy having scored 65 goals in three seasons for the Academy and reserves. Dodds was described by the Leicester management as "the most natural finisher at the club".
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