Jason Davidson

Jason Davidson

Personal information
Full name	Jason Alan Davidson
Date of birth	(1991-06-29) 29 June 1991
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left Back / Center Back / Def Midfield
Club information
Current club	Heracles Almelo
Number	29
Youth career
2005–2008	Seiritsu Gakuen
2009	Paços de Ferreira
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009	Hume City	16	(2)
2009–2011	Paços de Ferreira	5	(0)
2011	→ Sporting Covilhã (loan)	14	(0)
2012–	Heracles Almelo	35	(1)
National team‡
2009–2011	Australia U-20	6	(0)
2012–	Australia	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 22 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Jason Davidson (born 29 June 1991 in Melbourne), is an Australian football (soccer) player. The left-footed defender has had contracts with Hume City and Portuguese Liga Sagres club Paços de Ferreira. Davidson currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie football club Heracles Almelo. His father Alan was also a former Professional and International football player.

Club career

Hume City

On 26 January 2009, he signed with Victorian Premier League club, Hume City being the youngest starting member in the VPL at the age of 17. After having spent three years in the Japanese football development system. He garnered attention from several A-League clubs after being called up the Australian U-20 squad on 17 March 2009.^[1][2] In June 2009 he left Hume City to pursue several overseas trials.^[3]

Paços de Ferreira

In September 2009 he signed with Portuguese club, Paços de Ferreira before being voted 2009 Victorian Premier League – Under 21 Player of the Year. Among serious interest from clubs such as European heavyweights VfB Stuttgart and Sporting CP, along with Turkish club Ankaragucu, Davidson also immediately received contract offers from A-League club, Newcastle Jets and another Turkey Super League club in Diyarbakirspor before signing for Paços .^[4][5]

On 16 January 2010, Davidson made his senior debut for Paços de Ferreira in the Portuguese Liga, coming on as a substitute against F.C. Porto being the youngest player registered in the Portuguese Liga Sagres at 18 in 2009-2010 Season.^[6]

Davidson suffered an ankle injury upon return from the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship and on 3 February 2011, was subsequently loaned to Liga de Honra outfit Sporting Covilhã for the remainder of the 2010-11 season for much needed game time after the long injury lay-off.^[7] Davidson made his debut for Covilhã on 7 February 2011 in a 1-0 win with an outstanding performance and creating the goal against Leixões.

Heracles Almelo

Davidson joined Heracles Almelo after a trial period of two weeks that started 5 December 2011. He signed a contract with the Dutch Eredivisie: club within the January transfer window for the rest of the 2011-2012 season, with an option for another two year contract. The leftback first joined the selection for practice as a 'Heraclied' on 3 January 2012 and immediately earned himself a starting position as a defensive midfielder and central defender in Heracles' second squad. On 25 March 2012 Davidson started, in his first team debut as a central defender, winning 3-1 against FC Utrecht.

International career

He was called up to Australia U-20 squad on 17 March 2009 to compete in the Under 20 World Cup held in Egypt in September 2009. He was also called into Australia's initial 50 man squad prior to the 2011 Asian Cup, he was cut however from the final squad.^[8][9]

He received his first call-up to the Australia senior squad in August 2012, when he was selected for the friendly match against Scotland. Jason made his first full international debut on 15 August 2012 against Scotland in Edinburgh, coming on as a substitution just after half time and scoring an own goal after trying to header clear in defense.^[10]

Honours

• AFC U-19 Championship: 2010 (Runners-Up)

• KNVB Cup: 2011-12 (Runners-Up)

References