Aidan Davison
Aidan John Davison (born 11 May 1968) is a football coach and former professional footballer who is goalkeeping coach of League 2 side Wrexham.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aidan John Davison | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Sedgefield, England | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Wrexham (Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Newcastle United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Billingham Synthonia | 33 | (1) |
| 1988–1989 | Notts County | 1 | (0) |
| 1989 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1989 | → Bury (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Bury | 0 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Chester City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Blackpool (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Millwall | 34 | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | Bolton Wanderers | 37 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | → Hull City (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1997 | Bradford City | 10 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Grimsby Town | 76 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Sheffield United | 2 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Bradford City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Bradford City | 46 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Grimsby Town | 32 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Colchester United | 99 | (0) |
| 2010 | Hull City | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 384 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–1997 | Northern Ireland | 3 | (0) |
| 1996 | Northern Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2011 | Hull City (Reserves) | ||
| 2011–2012 | FC JAX Destroyers | ||
| 2015–2017 | FC Arizona | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sporting Arizona FC | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, he played as a goalkeeper from 1987 until 2008. Having started his career with non-league side Billingham Synthonia, he moved on to Notts County and subsequently spent loan spells with Leyton Orient and Bury before joining the latter on a permanent deal. He went on to play for Chester City, Blackpool and Millwall before earning his biggest break yet by signing for Bolton Wanderers and in 1995 gaining promotion to the Premier League. Loan spells with Ipswich Town and Hull City followed before joining Bradford City permanently. In 1997, he signed for Grimsby Town where he arguably played some of his best football having won promotion and a domestic cup in his two years at the club. He went on to Sheffield United and then returned to Premier League football when he re-joined Bradford City in 2000. In 2003, he returned to Grimsby Town for a year before finishing his career with a four-year spell at Colchester United. In his career, he was capped three times by Northern Ireland.
In 2009 following his retirement he joined the coaching staff of Premier League Hull City and became the club's reserve team manager. In 2010, he briefly came out of retirement and signed as a player to add to the club's goalkeeping cover, however he only made the substitute bench for the reserve team he managed. In 2011, he became head coach of American side FC Jax Destroyers.