Claude Davis

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Claude Davis
Image:Claude Davis.png
Personal information
Full name Claude Davis
Date of birth March 6, 1979 (1979-03-06) (age 29)
Place of birth    Kingston, Jamaica
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Derby County
Number 19
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000–2002
2003–2006
2006–2007
2007–		 Portmore United
Preston North End
Sheffield United
Derby County		 0 0
94 (4)
21 (0)
19 (0)   
National team
Jamaica 47 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15:14, 29 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Claude Davis (born March 6, 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a footballer, who plays for Derby County in the Premier League.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Portmore United

Davis captained Portmore United to the Jamaican Premier League title in 2002/03.[1] He left Portmore for a trial with Preston North End in the summer of 2003.[2]

[edit] Preston North End

He signed for Preston North End from Portmore United in July 2003, initially on loan for the 2003-04 season[3] before concluding a permanent deal at Deepdale in March 2004.[1] 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,[4] including the Championship play-off final where Preston lost to West Ham.[1] 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.[1]

[edit] Sheffield United

On 14 June 14 2006, he signed on a four-year deal with Sheffield United for a club record £2.5 million, with up to £500,000 to follow based on his appearances for the Blades.[5] However, he missed the start of the Premiership season after sustaining a knee cartilage injury in a friendly against Notts County in August 2006 at Meadow Lane.[6] Later in the season, he hit the headlines for a disagreement with Ade Akinbiyi at the training ground, which was later resolved.[7] In total he made 22 league and cup appearances for the Blades.[4]

[edit] Derby County

On 6 July 2007, newly promoted Derby County agreed a £3 million transfer for Davis with Sheffield United, subject to a medical and work permit, signed a four-year contract on the same day.[8] 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.[8]

[edit] International career

Davis has made 47 international appearances for Jamaica, scoring two goals.

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Davies lands Davis", This is Derbyshire, 6 July 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
  2. ^ "Boyz' duo off to trials", Daily Gleaner, 23 July 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  3. ^ "Preston seek Davis permit", BBC Sport, 30 July 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  4. ^ a b Soccerbase: Claude Davis, Racing Post. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  5. ^ "Davis leaves Deepdale for Sheffield Utd", BBC Lancashire, 15 June 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
  6. ^ "Davis sidelined by knee injury", Jamaica Gleaner, 3 August 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  7. ^ "Akinbiyi and Davis resolve feud", BBC Sport, 27 October 2006. Received 7 July 2007
  8. ^ a b "Davis agrees £3m switch to Derby", BBC Sport, 6 July 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2007.

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Persondata
NAME Davis, Claude
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davis, Claude
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , Jamaica
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH