Billy Dodds

Quick Facts

Full Name	Billy Dodds
Occupation	Scottish Football Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1969(1969-02-05)
Age	55
Birthplace	New Cumnock
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Scotland
Horoscope	Aquarius

Billy Dodds Biography

Billy Dodds is one of the most popular and richest Scottish football player who was born on February 5, 1969 in New Cumnock, Scotland, United Kingdom. William Dodds (born 5 February 1969) is a Scottish professional footballer and coach.

Dodds earned his debut Scotland cap on the 5th October 1996 in Latvia when he was playing for Aberdeen and was selected as an 59th-minute substitute during the 1998 FIFA World Cup Qualifier win in Riga. He was part of the starting squad for the next game with Estonia in Tallinn the following day, but a scheduling disagreement caused the home team to not respect a rapidly- rearranged evening kick-off time and the game was abandoned after kick-off and no caps given to the Scotland players. The game was then rescheduled for the following February, however Dodds was not included in the squad.

His form at Dundee United attracted the attentions of Scotland coach Craig Brown, who restored Dodds to the Scotland squad after a twelve-month absence. During his time with United, he featured in ten competitive international matches, including the UEFA Euro 2000 play-off matches against England, scoring four times during the qualifying, with his first two goals for Scotland coming against Estonia at Tynecastle Park, and a long-range winning goal away to Bosnia.

He continued to be selected whilst at Rangers, with his 26th and final cap coming in September 2001 against Belgium, a match which Scotland lost 2-0 meaning they would not qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He scored three times in the group taking his goals total to seven, all in competitive matches.

Dodds made the move from St Johnstone, for a record-setting transfer fee of PS400,000 in January 1994, but he resigned and transferred into Aberdeen after just six months.

Billy Dodds Net Worth

Billy Dodds is one of the richest Scottish Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Billy Dodds 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The native of New Cumnock, Dodds began his professional career at English team Chelsea at the age of 1986. He made his debut for the senior team as a loan player for Partick Thistle in 1987-88. After just three games for Chelsea and then being transferred into Dundee during the year 1989. In all, he scored 68 league goals over 174 games for Dundee and was awarded a Scottish First Division title in the 1991-92 campaign and scoring a hat-trick during the 90 Scottish Challenge Cup Final.

Dodds was the record signing for Aberdeen at a price of $800,000. In his time at Pittodrie and scored crucial goals to stop the club from relegation in 1994-95. He also played in the team which was crowned champions of the 1995-96 Scottish League Cup, scoring at the time that The Dons beat his former club Dundee in the final in November 1995. He had scored both goal in their semi- final win in the month prior. Dodds continued to play for Aberdeen up to September which was when Manager Alex Miller used him – together with PS700,000.00 – as part of a deal to transfer Robbie Winters to Pittodrie Stadium from Dundee United.

In December 1999, less than fifteen months after joining United, 30-year-old Dodds was signed for Rangers (the club he supported in childhood) by manager Dick Advocaat for £1.3m, following injuries to forwards Michael Mols and Jonatan Johansson. Dodds proved an instant success at Ibrox, scoring goals domestically and in European competition. Dodds was part of the squad that won a League and Scottish Cup double in 2000, and a cup double in 2002. He has described his time with Rangers as “the pinnacle of my career”. First team opportunities dried up later in his stay, leading to his departure in January 2003.

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On 9 September 2014, Dodds become assistant manager to Jim McIntyre at Ross County. He left the club on 25 September 2017 when both he and McIntyre were sacked. When McIntyre was appointed Dundee manager in October 2018, Dodds was linked with the assistant position there. This move did not proceed as Dundee fans objected to Dodds due to his vote against the CVA, and Jimmy Boyle was appointed assistant instead.

Facts & Trivia

Billy Ranked on the list of most popular Scottish football player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Billy Dodds celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.