Claude Davis

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Claude Davis
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Personal information
Full name Claude Davis[1]
Date of birth 6 March 1979 (1979-03-06) (age 32)
Place of birth Kingston, Jamaica
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Crawley Town
Number 28
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2000–2003 Portmore United ? (?)
2003–2006 Preston North End 94 (4)
2006–2007 Sheffield United 21 (0)
2007–2009 Derby County 27 (0)
2009 → Crystal Palace (loan) 7 (0)
2009–2011 Crystal Palace 45 (0)
2011– Crawley Town 12 (2)
National team‡
1999– Jamaica 64 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:35, 10 December 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 November 2009

Claude Davis (born 6 March 1979) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a centre back. He currently plays for Crawley Town F.C. in English League Two.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Portmore United

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Davis captained Portmore United to the Jamaican National Premier League title in 2002/03.[2] He left Portmore for a trial with Preston North End in the summer of 2003.[3]

[edit] Preston North End

He signed for Preston North End from Portmore United in July 2003, initially on loan for the 2003–04 season[4] before concluding a permanent deal at Deepdale in March 2004.[2] During the 2004/05 season he provided Chris Lucketti and Youl Mawene with real competition for centre half positions and made 38 appearances for Preston,[5] including the Championship play-off final where Preston lost to West Ham.[2] In the 2005–06 season, Davis established himself as the mainstay of the Preston defence, contributing to 24 clean sheets and swept the board at the club's Player of the Season awards, named both the Player's Player and fans Player of the Season, as Preston reached the play-offs again.[2]

[edit] Sheffield United

On 14 June 2006, he signed on a four-year deal with Sheffield United for a club record £3 million, with up to £500,000 to follow based on his appearances for the Blades.[6] However, he missed the start of the Premier League season after sustaining a knee cartilage injury in a friendly against Notts County in August 2006 at Meadow Lane.[7] Later in the season, he hit the headlines for a disagreement with Ade Akinbiyi at the training ground, which was later resolved.[8] In total he made 22 league and cup appearances for the Blades.[5]

[edit] Derby County

On 6 July 2007, newly promoted Derby County agreed a £3million transfer for Davis with Sheffield United, subject to a medical and work permit, signed a four-year contract on the same day.[9] Davis was not officially registered as a Derby County player until 25 July 2007, after a delay with his work permit, the reason behind this delay was that Davis had not played enough international games over the two years previous to his move to automatically get a permit, he missed a percentage of these games due to injury.[9] In 18 months with the club Davis, during which Derby were relegated from the Premier League after just one season, Davis played only 27 league games and was eventually freed from his contract despite it having two years left to run. Upon leaving he was described by one commentator as the club's "worst major signing" in its history[10]

[edit] Crystal Palace

Davis reunited with former Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock by signing a loan deal to play for Crystal Palace. During a match against Cardiff City he was involved in a challenge with Roger Johnson that left the latter in hospital, resulting in a three match ban for violent conduct, ending his loan spell at the Eagles.[11]

That summer, Davis was expected to move to Palace on a permanent basis, but unfortunately for both him and the club, The Football League placed a transfer embargo onto the club due to unpaid bonuses to former players, and Davis remained a Derby player until the end of August (when the embargo was lifted), joining the Eagles on a two-year contract on the final day of the transfer window.

[edit] Crawley Town

On 15 September 2011, Davis signed for League Two side Crawley Town, where he was allocated squad number 28.

[edit] Club career statistics

(correct as of 7 May 2011)
Club Season League Cup[12] Europe Play-Offs Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Portmore 2000–01 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Portmore 2001–02 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Portmore 2002–03 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Total 2000–2002 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Preston (loan) 2003–04 22 1 0 2 0 0 - - - - - - 24 1 0
Preston 2004–05 32 0 1 3 0 0 - - - - - - 38 0 1
Preston 2005–06 40 3 1 4 0 0 - - - - - - 46 3 1
Total 2003–2006 94 4 2 9 0 0 - - - - - - 103 4 2
Sheffield United 2006–07 21 0 0 1 0 0 - - - - - - 22 0 0
Total 2006–2007 21 0 0 1 0 0 - - - - - - 22 0 0
Derby 2007–08 19 0 0 2 0 0 - - - - - - 21 0 0
Derby 2008–09 8 0 0 2 0 0 - - - - - - 10 0 0
Total 2007–2009 27 0 0 4 0 0 - - - - - - 31 0 0
Crystal Palace (loan) 2008–09 7 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 7 0 0
Crystal Palace 2009–10 21 0 0 5 0 0 - - - - - - 26 0 0
Crystal Palace 2010–11 24 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 24 0 0
Total 2009–present 52 0 0 5 0 0 - - - - - - 57 0 0
Career totals 194 4 2 18 0 0 - - - - - - 212 4 2

[edit] Honours

[edit] International career

Davis has made 62 international appearances for Jamaica, scoring two goals.

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 161. ISBN 1852916656. 
  2. ^ a b c d "Davies lands Davis", This is Derbyshire, 6 July 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
  3. ^ "Boyz' duo off to trials", Daily Gleaner, 23 July 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  4. ^ "Preston seek Davis permit", BBC Sport, 30 July 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  5. ^ a b Soccerbase: Claude Davis, Racing Post. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  6. ^ "Davis leaves Deepdale for Sheffield Utd", BBC Lancashire, 15 June 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
  7. ^ "Davis sidelined by knee injury", Jamaica Gleaner, 3 August 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  8. ^ "Akinbiyi and Davis resolve feud", BBC Sport, 27 October 2006. Received 7 July 2007
  9. ^ a b "Davis agrees £3m switch to Derby", BBC Sport, 6 July 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  10. ^ "Gerald Mortimer: No sad farewell to Davis". therams.co.uk. 2 September 2009. http://www.therams.co.uk/news/Gerald-Mortimer-sad-farewell-Davis/article-1301648-detail/article.html. Retrieved 3 September 2009. 
  11. ^ "Davis guilty of violent conduct". BBC News. 17 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/crystal_palace/8000837.stm. Retrieved 30 April 2010. 
  12. ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield

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