Kelvin Davis

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Kelvin Davis
Personal information
Full name	Kelvin Geoffrey Davis
Date of birth	September 29, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Bedford, England
Height	6 ft 1 in
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Southampton
Number	1
Youth clubs
	Luton Town
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1994-1999 1994 1997 1999-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Luton Town → Torquay United (loan) → Hartlepool United (loan) Wimbledon Ipswich Town Sunderland Southampton	091 (0) 002 (0) 002 (0) 131 (0) 084 (0) 033 (0) 022 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:01, 10 December 2006 (UTC).

Kelvin Davis (born Bedford, 29 September 1976) is a football goalkeeper for Southampton F.C. He was signed from Sunderland on 21 July 2006 for £1.2 million.

Davis has also played for Luton Town , Wimbledon and Ipswich Town, where he enjoyed the acclaim of Championship Goalkeeper of the year, helping steer Ipswich to 3rd in the table. (he has also had loan spells at Torquay and Hartlepool).

Davis had a difficult spell at Sunderland, being criticised by fans for some errors made during important games culminating in an angry fan invading the pitch and abusing him. One of the most obvious was when he let in a 45 yard effort from Matthew Taylor of Portsmouth against Sunderland in 2005.

In an attempt to rebuild his career after his difficult spell at Sunderland, Davis has now joined Southampton F.C. of The Championship for a fee reported to be around £1.25m. He will link up with former goalkeeping coach Malcolm Webster, who coached him during his successful spell at Ipswich.

He has become somewhat of a joke on Football Manager 2007, being valued at an astonishing £8,000,000.

[edit] External links

• Kelvin Davis career stats at Soccerbase

Southampton F.C. - Current Squad
1 Davis | 2 Östlund | 3 Pelé | 4 Sarmiento | 5 Lundekvam | 6 Powell | 7 Skácel | 8 Wright-Phillips | 9 Rasiak | 10 Wright | 11 Svensson | 12 Lička | 14 Idiakez | 15 Jones | 17 Belmadi | 18 Dyer | 19 Makin | 20 Prutton | 21 Baird | 22 Bale | 23 Viáfara | 26 Miller | 28 Białkowski | 29 Surman | 35 McGoldrick | 38 Sparv | 41 Lallana | Manager: Burley