Travis Major

Travis Major
Personal information
Full name	Travis Paul Major
Date of birth	18 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker / Winger
Team information
Current team	Blacktown City
Youth career
2005–2009	Blacktown City
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2014	Blacktown City
2015	Central Coast Mariners
2015–2016	Blacktown City
2016–2019	Pegasus
2019–2020	Southern
2021	Blacktown City
2021–2022	RoundGlass Punjab
2022–	Blacktown City
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2023

Travis Paul Major (born 18 February 1990) is an Australian professional soccer player who as a forward for National Premier Leagues NSW club Blacktown City.

Career

On 3 January 2015, he signed for A-League side Central Coast Mariners. He scored his first and only goal in a 5–1 defeat to Sydney FC.^[2]

Major spent the 2016–17 season with Hong Kong club Pegasus. He was released by the club following the season.^[3] In August 2017, Major re-joined Pegasus during their pre-season training camp in Thailand. After almost three years at the club, Major left again on 22 April 2019 because of family reasons.^[4]

On 31 May 2019, Southern announced via Facebook that Major had signed for the 2019–20 season.^[5] On 19 April 2020, due to circumstances brought on by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Southern bought out the remainder of Major's contract.^[6]

On 12 February 2021, Major returned to Blacktown City whom he had last played for in 2016.^[7]

On September 3, 2021, it was announced that Major was signed by the I-League side RoundGlass Punjab for a season.^[8] Major would play the season deployed as a midfielder and go on to lead the league in assists (8).

On June 24, 2022, Major would return to Blacktown city in the mid season transfer window,^[9] his return led to Blacktown being crowned NSW NPL champions in a 2-0 victory over Manly United, where Major was announced man of the match and received the Robbie Slater medal. Major would also score his 100th goal for the club in the final, the first player in the clubs history to reach this milestone.^[10]

Honours

Blacktown City

National Premier Leagues: 2015
National Premier Leagues NSW Championship: 2010, 2014, 2016, 2022
National premier leagues NSW Championship runner-up: 2015
National Premier Leagues NSW Premiership: 2015
Waratah Cup: 2014
Waratah Cup runner-up: 2015

Individual

National Premier Leagues NSW Team of The Year: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Player of the year NPL NSW: 2014^[11]
Robbie Slater Medalist: 2022

References

^ "Travis Major". HKFA. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ "Mariners Announce Major Signing". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
^ "飛馬搵西班牙援兵鎮中後場". Upower. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2017. (in Chinese)
^ Gao, Si Kei (21 April 2019). "菁英盃決賽前元朗人事變動飛馬前鋒查維斯提早回鄉". Hk01. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2019. (in Chinese)
^ "查維斯加盟". Facebook. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2019. (in Chinese)
^ Tsang, Ngan Ping. "贊助縮皮外援離隊南區減薪三成續戰港超". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020. (in Chinese)
^ Stavroulakis, Mark (12 February 2021). "Major and Rooney set to spearhead Blacktown City's attack". NPLSW. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2 September 2021). "RoundGlass Punjab FC sign striker Travis Major!". Arunava about Football. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ Stavroulakis, Mark (24 June 2022). "Blacktown City boosted by Major signing". NPL NSW Men's.
^ "Blacktown City crowned 2022 NPL NSW Men's Champions". MyFootball. 29 August 2022.
^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/soccer-boss-at-blacktown-city-exits-after-premiership-win-to-lead-central-coast-mariners/story-fngr8j33-1227059920846 ^{[dead link]}

External links

Travis Major at Soccerway
Travis Major on Instagram

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[1] "Travis Major". HKFA. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[2] "Mariners Announce Major Signing". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

[3] "飛馬搵西班牙援兵鎮中後場". Upower. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2017. (in Chinese)

[4] Gao, Si Kei (21 April 2019). "菁英盃決賽前元朗人事變動飛馬前鋒查維斯提早回鄉". Hk01. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2019. (in Chinese)

[5] "查維斯加盟". Facebook. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2019. (in Chinese)

[6] Tsang, Ngan Ping. "贊助縮皮外援離隊南區減薪三成續戰港超". Apple Daily. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020. (in Chinese)

[7] Stavroulakis, Mark (12 February 2021). "Major and Rooney set to spearhead Blacktown City's attack". NPLSW. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[8] Chaudhuri, Arunava (2 September 2021). "RoundGlass Punjab FC sign striker Travis Major!". Arunava about Football. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[9] Stavroulakis, Mark (24 June 2022). "Blacktown City boosted by Major signing". NPL NSW Men's.

[10] "Blacktown City crowned 2022 NPL NSW Men's Champions". MyFootball. 29 August 2022.

[11] ttp://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/soccer-boss-at-blacktown-city-exits-after-premiership-win-to-lead-central-coast-mariners/story-fngr8j33-1227059920846 ^{[dead link]}

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