Travis Paul Major (born 18 February 1990) is an Australian professional

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player. He plays as a

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for

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club

Blacktown City Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blacktow ...

Career

On 3 January 2015, he signed for

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side

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. He scored his first and only goal in a 5–1 defeat to

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. Major spent the 2016–17 season with Hong Kong club

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. He was released by the club following the season. 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. On 31 May 2019,

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announced via Facebook that Major had signed for the 2019–20 season. On 19 April 2020, due to circumstances brought on by the

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, Southern bought out the remainder of Major's contract. On 12 February 2021, Major returned to

whom he had last played for in 2016. On September 3, 2021, it was announced that Major was signed by the

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side

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for a season. 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, 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.

Honours

Blacktown City *

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: 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 *

NSW Team of The Year: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 *Player of the year NPL NSW: 2014http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/west/soccer-boss-at-blacktown-city-exits-after-premiership-win-to-lead-central-coast-mariners/story-fngr8j33-1227059920846 *Robbie Slater Medalist: 2022

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* * Living people Australian soccer players Men's association football forwards Central Coast Mariners FC players Blacktown City FC players A-League Men players National Premier Leagues players Hong Kong Premier League players Hong Kong Pegasus FC players Southern District FC players 1990 births Hong Kong League XI representative players RoundGlass Punjab FC players Expatriate footballers in India I-League players Australian expatriate sportspeople in India Soccer players from Sydney {{Australia-footy-forward-stub