Dodd warming-up for Adelaide United in 2008
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Personal information | |||
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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 team
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MetroStars | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
St. Augustines | |||
1996 | SASI | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Adelaide City | 14 | (5) |
1996–1999 | Adelaide City Force | 32 | (5) |
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 | (30) |
2011–2014 | Perth Glory | 48 | (9) |
2016– | MetroStars | 14 | (3) |
Total | 381 | (68) | |
National team | |||
1997 | Australia U-17 | 8 | (1) |
2000 | Australia U-20 | 2 | (0) |
2006 | Australia | 2 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2015 | Bayswater City (asst.) | ||
2017– | MetroStars (asst.) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 January 2016. |
Travis Dodd (born 6 January 1980) is an Indigenous Australian football (soccer) player who plays for North Eastern MetroStars SC in the National Premier League - South Australia competition. He plays as an attacking midfielder or winger and can also play as a striker.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 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. 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.
Dodd returned home to Adelaide in 2005 and was a part of the Adelaide United side that won the 2005–06 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. After positive performances in the Asian Champions League, Dodd was linked with a move to Kashima Antlers.