Kelvin Davis

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Personal information
Kelvin Davis
Full name	Kelvin Geoffrey Davis
Date of birth	September 29, 1976 (1976-09-29) (age 31)
Place of birth	Bedford, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Southampton
Number	1
Youth clubs
1991–1994	Luton Town
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
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) 073 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:13, 12 April 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kelvin Geoffrey Davis (born Bedford, 29 September 1976) is an English footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently playing for Southampton.

1 Club career
2 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

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.

[edit] Sunderland

Davis joined Sunderland in June 2005 for a fee of £1.25m and played in most of their Premier League games in the 2005–06 season, as Sunderland were relegated with a points total of only 15. Davis had a difficult time 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 in October 2005.[1]

[edit] Southampton

In an attempt to rebuild his career after his difficult spell at Sunderland, Davis joined Southampton in July 2006 for a fee reported to be around £1m. He linked up with former goalkeeping coach Malcolm Webster, who coached him during his spell at Ipswich. At Southampton, he was first choice goalkeeper for most of the 2006–07 season until a three-match ban relegated him to the bench where he remained after the return of Bartosz Białkowski. He was suspended for three games after kicking out at Stoke City's striker Jon Parkin on March 10, 2007. His current contract with the Saints runs out in 2009.[2]