Travis Dodd
{{short description|Australian football player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Travis Dodd
| image = Dodd warming up.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Dodd warming-up for Adelaide United in 2008
| fullname = Travis Garth Dodd
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|1|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Adelaide, Australia
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = St. Augustines
| youthyears2 = 1996
| youthclubs2 = SASI
| years1 = 1995–1997
| clubs1 = Adelaide City
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 1996–1999
| clubs2 = Adelaide City Force
| caps2 = 32
| goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1999–2000
| clubs3 = Newcastle Breakers
| caps3 = 32
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2000–2003
| clubs4 = Newcastle Jets
| caps4 = 82
| goals4 = 9
| years5 = 2003–2004
| clubs5 = Parramatta Power
| caps5 = 27
| goals5 = 6
| years6 = 2004
| clubs6 = Johor FC
| caps6 = 5
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2004–2005
| clubs7 = Panionios
| caps7 = 4
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2005–2011
| clubs8 = Adelaide United
| caps8 = 137
| goals8 = 30
| years9 = 2011–2014
| clubs9 = Perth Glory
| caps9 = 48
| goals9 = 9
| years10 = 2016–2017
| clubs10 = MetroStars
| caps10 = 14
| goals10 = 3
| totalcaps = 381
| totalgoals = 68
| nationalyears1 = 1997
| nationalteam1 = Australia U-17
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2000
| nationalteam2 = Australia U-20
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2006
| nationalteam3 = Australia
| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2015
| managerclubs1 = Bayswater City (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2017–2020
| managerclubs2 = MetroStars (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2017–2020, 2024/25
| managerclubs3 = Adelaide United (W-League) (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2020–2024
| managerclubs4 = Croydon FCthe team was known as Croydon Kings prior to 2022
| pcupdate = 9 January 2016
}}
Travis Dodd (born 6 January 1980) is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former football (soccer) player who last played for North Eastern MetroStars SC in the National Premier League - South Australia competition. He played as an attacking midfielder or winger and also played as a striker. He was the first Indigenous Australian to score for the Australian national team.
Domestic career
Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia,{{cite web|title=Travis Dodd|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/68850/travis-dodd?cc=3436 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024164351/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/68850/travis-dodd?cc=3436 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2012 |publisher=ESPN FC | access-date = 8 December 2013}} 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.{{cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/79608--panionios-vs-udinese/ | title = Udinese undone by plucky Panionios | publisher = UEFA | date = 17 September 2004 | access-date = 8 December 2013}} 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 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.{{cite web | url = http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=513141&root=global&cc=3436 | title = From A-League To Asia For Dodd | publisher = ESPN FC | date = 3 March 2008 | access-date = 8 December 2013 | first = Jason | last = Dasey | archive-date = 23 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023065354/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=513141&root=global&cc=3436 | url-status = dead }} After positive performances in the Asian Champions League, Dodd was linked with a move to Kashima Antlers.{{cite web | url = http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/85626,dodd-linked-with-japan-switch.aspx | title = Dodd Linked With Japan Switch | work = FourFourTwo Australia | publisher = FourFourTwo.com.au | date = 29 September 2008 | access-date = 8 December 2013}}
Dodd took the captaincy of Adelaide United in July 2008 taking over from Michael Valkanis.{{cite web | url = http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/archive/sport/cool-dodd-new-adelaide-united-skipper/story-e6frectc-1111117070438 | title = Cool Dodd new Adelaide United skipper | publisher = adelaidenow.com.au | date = 30 July 2008 | access-date = 8 December 2013 | first = Daniel | last = Brettig}} He became Adelaide's fourth captain since its formation in 2003. During 2008 Dodd had a rich vein of form scoring 11 goals from midfield including a goal against New Zealand team Waitakere United in the FIFA Club World Cup that saw the team progress to the Quarterfinals.{{cite web|url=http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=25429 |title=Dodd heads Adelaide through |publisher=a-league.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306115719/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay |archive-date=6 March 2011 }} 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 2008–09 A-League season.{{cite web | url = http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=23247&pageid=2773 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110616210321/http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=23247&pageid=2773 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 16 June 2011 | title = United edges out Glory | publisher = a-League.com.au | date = 17 August 2008 | access-date = 22 December 2008 | first = M. | last = Wilson}}
=Perth Glory=
On 1 March 2011, it was announced that Dodd had signed a two-year contract with A-League club Perth Glory reportedly worth $200,000 per season with an option to extend the contract to a third year.{{cite web | url = http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1046771/Glory-finally-nabs-Dodd | title = Glory finally nabs Dodd | publisher = theworldgame.sbs.com.au | date = 1 March 2011 | access-date = 8 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212235208/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1046771/Glory-finally-nabs-Dodd | archive-date = 12 December 2013 | url-status = dead}}
On 23 March 2013, Dodd tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a league match against Melbourne Victory potentially sidelining him for 12 months.{{cite web|url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/dodd-feared-for-career/64024 |title=Dodd feared for career |publisher=footballaustralia.com.au |date=28 March 2013 |access-date=8 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216152129/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/dodd-feared-for-career/64024 |archive-date=16 December 2013}}
On 4 April 2014, with Dodd still unable to play after more than a year of recovery, Perth Glory announced that his contract would not be renewed,{{cite web | url = http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/perthglory/news-display/player-announcement--travis-dodd/89381 | title = Player announcement: Travis Dodd | publisher = footballaustralia.com.au | date = 4 April 2014 | access-date = 6 April 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092827/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/perthglory/news-display/player-announcement--travis-dodd/89381 | archive-date = 7 April 2014 | url-status = dead}} thus leaving Dodd's further playing career in doubt.
=MetroStars=
On 7 February 2016, Dodd signed with South Australian club North Eastern MetroStars in the National Premier League. He again tore his ACL during the last game of the regular season, and has foreshadowed a move into coaching for 2017.{{cite web | url = http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/08/27/dodd-philosophical-about-horror-end-his-comeback | title = Dodd philosophical about horror end to his comeback | publisher = theworldgame.sbs.com.au | date = 27 August 2016 | access-date = 27 August 2016 }}
International career
Dodd's debut international match for Australia was an AFC Cup qualifier against Kuwait at Allianz 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.theworldgame.com.au/socceroos/index.php?pid=st&cid=74215 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060821173834/http://www.theworldgame.com.au/socceroos/index.php?pid=st&cid=74215 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 21 August 2006 | title = Trailblazing Dodd | publisher = TheWorldGame.com.au | date = 17 August 2006 | access-date = 27 October 2008}}
Managerial career
Dodd joined W-League team Adelaide United during the 2017–18 Season as an assistant coach.{{cite web |url = https://www.w-league.com.au/news/travis-dodd-returns-home-reds |title = Reds legend joins Westfield W-League coaching staff |publisher = Football Federation Australia |date = 16 December 2017 |access-date = 17 December 2017}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=aufc_playerprofile_item&pid=689 Adelaide United profile]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/D/DO.html Oz Football profile]
{{2008–09 A-League PFA Team of the Year}}
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Category:Soccer players from Adelaide
Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Australian expatriate men's soccer players
Category:Australia men's international soccer players
Category:Indigenous Australian soccer players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia
Category:National Premier Leagues players
Category:National Soccer League (Australia) players
Category:Adelaide City FC players
Category:Adelaide United FC players
Category:Perth Glory FC players
Category:Parramatta Power SC players
Category:Panionios F.C. players
Category:North Eastern MetroStars SC players