Travis Dodd

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Personal information
Travis Dodd
Full name	Travis Garth Dodd
Date of birth	January 6, 1980 (1980-01-06) (age 28)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Right Winger, Striker
Club information
Current club	Adelaide United
Number	13
Youth clubs
	Elizabeth SASI
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1999 1999–2001 2001–2003 2003–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–present	Adelaide City Force Newcastle Breakers Newcastle United Parramatta Power Johor FC Panionios Adelaide United	37 0(0) 58 0(3) 56 0(8) 27 0(6) 64 (12)
National team²
2006	Australia U-17 Australia U-20 Australia	02 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 18 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Travis Dodd (born January 6, 1980 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) is an Indigenous Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a right midfielder for Adelaide United in the A-League.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 A-League career statistics
4 Honours
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Club career

He played junior soccer 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 Travis moved abroad, playing firstly with Malaysian club Johor, then Greek club Panionios NFC. During his stint with Panionios, Travis scored in their UEFA Cup first round victory over high-profile Italian side Udinese Calcio.

On May 23, 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 Dong Tam Long An ^[1].

Dodd's experience and maturity has been acknowledged with him being named vice-captain for Adelaide United's upcoming season ^[2]. Dodd will deputise for captain Michael Valkanis, a player with whom they both made their international debuts against Bahrain in 2006.

[edit] International career

Dodd's debut international match for Australia was an Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait at Aussie Stadium, on August 16, 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]

[edit] A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 26 January 2008)

Club	Season	League			Finals			Asia			Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Adelaide United	2005–06	20	3	2	3	1	0	-	-	-	23	4	2
	2006–07	20	3	1	4	1	0	6	4	0	30	8	1
	2007–08	21	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	5	3
Total											74	17	6