| Davie Dodds | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | David Dodds | |
| Date of birth | September 23, 1958 | |
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1967–1971 1971–1975 |
Celtic Boys Club Dundee United |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1975–1986 1977–1978 1986 1986–1989 1989–92 |
Dundee United Arbroath (loan) Neuchâtel Xamax Aberdeen Rangers |
243 (102) 6 (1) 73 (17) 17 (4) |
| National team | ||
| 1983 | Scotland | 2 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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David Dodds (born September 23, 1958) is a former Scottish football player who played for Dundee United, Aberdeen and Rangers in the 1980s. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons, The Reds and The Dandies) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. During his playing career, he scored over 100 League goals, and earned two Scotland caps. Founding members The Scottish League's first season of competition was in 1890-91. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. A cap is an appearance for a select team such as a school county or international team in sports
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Early life and career
Dodds was born and brought up in Dundee and started his playing career at Celtic Boys Club, aged 9. Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council The Celtic Boys Club is a youth and feeder club for Celtic FC in Glasgow. [1] However, at the age of 14 he signed schoolboy forms with local club Dundee United. Developing into a promising striker, he turned professional with United in 1975, but was initially part-time while also serving an apprenticeship as a painter and decorator. Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Apprenticeship is a system of Training a new generation of practitioners of a skill A painter and decorator is a Tradesman responsible for the painting and decorating of buildings and is also known as a decorator or house painter He made his first team debut for United against Arbroath in 1976, but it would take several years for Dodds to fully establish himself as a first team regular. Arbroath FC are a Scottish Association football club currently playing in the Scottish Football League. During the 1977-78 season, he played several games for Arbroath on loan, and shortly afterwards he signed a full time contract with Dundee United.
Success with United
Dundee United at this time were developing into one of the strongest sides in Scotland. Despite playing in some of the earlier rounds, Dodds missed out on the Scottish League Cup final in 1979 when the club lifted their first ever major trophy, but the following year he was part of the side that defeated city rivals Dundee in the final to retain the cup. The Scottish Football League Cup is an Association football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893 are a football team based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. He scored United's first goal in a 3-0 victory at Dundee's Dens Park ground. Dens Park is a football Stadium located on Dens Road in the Scottish city of Dundee.
By this time Dodds was featuring regularly in the side and forming a profitable attacking partnership, as a "target man" alongside the diminutive Paul Sturrock. Paul Whitehead Sturrock (born 10 October 1956 in Ellon Aberdeenshire, Scotland) is a Scottish football manager. In 1982-83 they were part of the United side that lifted the Scottish League title for the first, and to date only, time, with Dodds contributing 22 goals. The following season saw Dodds star in the club's run to the European Cup semi-finals and score on his international debut against Uruguay. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol.
Despite this run of success, Dodds was becoming unsettled at Dundee United. Despite the efforts of manager Jim McLean to keep the player at Tannadice, he left the club at the end of his contract in 1986. James (Jim Yuille McLean (born 1937 is a Scottish former football player and manager.
Later career
In 1986, Davie Dodds joined Swiss club Neuchâtel Xamax, whom he had played against for Dundee United in the previous season's UEFA Cup campaign. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Neuchâtel Xamax Football Club is a Swiss football club based in Neuchâtel. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. United received a fee of £180,000. However, personal problems led to the player seeking a move back to Scotland within months, and he was soon signed for Aberdeen by Alex Ferguson. Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE, (born 31 December 1941 in Govan, Glasgow) is a Scottish football manager As he moved into his thirties, he was featuring in the Dons' first team only infrequently, but then he was signed for Rangers, reigning Scottish champions and Dodds' boyhood favourites. The move was surprising given that Rangers manager Graeme Souness had previously likened Dodds to a basketball player when he played against them for Aberdeen. Graeme James Souness (ˈsuːnɨs (born 6 May, 1953 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager
Having been brought to Ibrox primarily as squad cover, Dodds played only a small number of first team matches, sometimes filling in in defence or midfield, before retiring from playing in 1991. Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is the Stadium of Rangers F He was appointed to Rangers' coaching staff, and continued to be employed there until 1997. After parting company with the club he decided not to seek further employment in football coaching, but returned to his family's decorating business.
Honours
- Scottish League Premier Division: 1982-83
- Scottish League Cup: 1980-81
- Scottish Cup runners up 1981/82, 1984/85
References
- ^ EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: former Rangers star Davie Dodds takes a trip down his memory lane, Evening Times, 17 January 2003. The Scottish Premier League, currently known as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League for sponsorship reasons and often known as the Premier League or SPL The Scottish Football League Cup is an Association football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national football cup competition of Scotland Accessed 24 August 2006
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