Alan Edward Davidson
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Alan Edward Davidson was an Australian football (soccer)
player. His mother is Japanese.
which had been his junior club. The following year, he transferred to South Melbourne
, where he played until the end of the 1984 season, making 155 appearances and scoring 13 goals.
He moved to England for the 1984-85 season for Nottingham Forest F.C.
and a promising start where he broke into the first team as a right-back was curtailed by illness after suffering a nasty blow to the head an having seizure during a reserve game one freezing night which sidelined him till the end of the season. He resume training and playing for the first team and suffered a serious back injury which had sidelined him for over a year which forced him into early retirement and returned home to Melbourne. He resumed playing in Australia at the end of 1986 for South Melbourne and in 1987 transferred to Melbourne Croatia, making 133 appearances and scoring 10 goals from 1987 to the end of the 1991-92 season and transferred to M-League club Pahang FA
in Malaysia during 1992 where he was voted the League's best player, guiding the team to the M-League Championship and Malaysian Cup double.
Near the end of his playing career, he guested for South Melbourne FC
for two seasons, (1994–95 and 1995–96), while with the Malaysian club, Pahang FA
in between (1992–96). His penultimate season (1996–97) he guested with the Collingwood Warriors, and his last season (1997–98) was back with the [Melbourne Knights].
He finally retired in 1998 at the age of 38 after 3 World Cup
campaigns and 1 Olympic Games
: 1988 Seoul Olympics he was the only foreign player ever to be honored and received an AMP awarded by the Sultan of Pahang FA
in 1996 and was inducted to the Football Federation Australia
Hall of Champions in 2001.
and made 10 youth appearances.
He was a defender and won 79 international caps
(54 in official FIFA
matches) between 1980 and 1991 with the Socceroos, the Australian national football team, scoring 2 goals in those appearances.
With Collingwood Warriors: NSL Cup: 1996-1997
With Melbourne Knights
: NSL Championship:Runners Up: 1990-1991, 1991–1992
With South Melbourne FC
: NSL Championship: 1984 NSL Cup: 1995-1996
With Pahang FA
: Malaysia Premier League: M-League 1992, 1995 Malaysia Cup
: 1992: Runners Up 1994, 1995 Malaysia Charity Shield: 1992, 1993 Runners Up 1995 Malaysia FA Cup
: Runners Up 1995
Personal Honours: FFA Hall of Champions
Inductee - 2001 Ahli Mahkota Pahang: 1996
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player. His mother is Japanese.
Club career
Davidson began his domestic senior football career in 1976 and 1977, playing for Altona City SCAltona City SC
Altona City are an Australian association football club from Altona, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1965 as a predominantly Scottish club. The club played in the Victorian State League from 1977–1981 but the club has not yet return to its glory days. Altona City...
which had been his junior club. The following year, he transferred to South Melbourne
South Melbourne FC
South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...
, where he played until the end of the 1984 season, making 155 appearances and scoring 13 goals.
He moved to England for the 1984-85 season for Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
and a promising start where he broke into the first team as a right-back was curtailed by illness after suffering a nasty blow to the head an having seizure during a reserve game one freezing night which sidelined him till the end of the season. He resume training and playing for the first team and suffered a serious back injury which had sidelined him for over a year which forced him into early retirement and returned home to Melbourne. He resumed playing in Australia at the end of 1986 for South Melbourne and in 1987 transferred to Melbourne Croatia, making 133 appearances and scoring 10 goals from 1987 to the end of the 1991-92 season and transferred to M-League club Pahang FA
Pahang FA
The Football Association of Pahang enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Pahang. The team is based in Kuantan, Pahang. They play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysian Super League...
in Malaysia during 1992 where he was voted the League's best player, guiding the team to the M-League Championship and Malaysian Cup double.
Near the end of his playing career, he guested for South Melbourne FC
South Melbourne FC
South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...
for two seasons, (1994–95 and 1995–96), while with the Malaysian club, Pahang FA
Pahang FA
The Football Association of Pahang enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Pahang. The team is based in Kuantan, Pahang. They play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysian Super League...
in between (1992–96). His penultimate season (1996–97) he guested with the Collingwood Warriors, and his last season (1997–98) was back with the [Melbourne Knights].
He finally retired in 1998 at the age of 38 after 3 World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
campaigns and 1 Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
: 1988 Seoul Olympics he was the only foreign player ever to be honored and received an AMP awarded by the Sultan of Pahang FA
Pahang FA
The Football Association of Pahang enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Pahang. The team is based in Kuantan, Pahang. They play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysian Super League...
in 1996 and was inducted to the Football Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia
Football Federation Australia is the governing body for the sport of football in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association , which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003...
Hall of Champions in 2001.
International career
His first Australian representative honours were in 1978-79 during the Under 19 World Youth Cup, qualifiers in New Zealand and ParaguayParaguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
and made 10 youth appearances.
He was a defender and won 79 international caps
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
(54 in official FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
matches) between 1980 and 1991 with the Socceroos, the Australian national football team, scoring 2 goals in those appearances.
Honours
With Australia:- OFC Nations CupOFC Nations CupThe OFC Nations Cup is an international association football tournament held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations. It was held every two years from 1996 to 2004; before 1996 there were two other tournaments held at irregular intervals, under the name Oceania Nations Cup...
: 19801980 OFC Nations Cup-Group B:-Third Place:-Final:-External links:* http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?sID=43&intArticleID=433&det=1* . Accessed 21 February 2010....
Merlion CupMerlion CupThe Merlion Cup is an invitational football tournament that was held in Singapore annually from 1982-1986, in 1992 and in 2009. Participants included full national sides, Olympic sides, Invitational XI's and club teams...
: Winners 1982, 1983 President's Cup South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
: Winners 1987 1988 Seoul Olympics South KoreaSouth KoreaThe Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
With Collingwood Warriors: NSL Cup: 1996-1997
With Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
: NSL Championship:Runners Up: 1990-1991, 1991–1992
- Hellenic CupHellenic CupThe Hellenic Cup is an Australian football tournament contested by Greek Australian clubs, mostly from Melbourne, Victoria . Starting in 1983, it was an attempt to formalise the previously scattered approach to holding such tournaments in the 1960s and 1970s.The Hellenic Cup Tournament trophy is...
: 1990 - Ansett Challenge Shield: 1987
- Buffalo Cup: 1987
With South Melbourne FC
South Melbourne FC
South Melbourne FC is a football club based in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Considered the most successful association football club in Australia, they have won four national championships, a string of Victorian State League titles, and represented Oceania in the 2000 FIFA Club World...
: NSL Championship: 1984 NSL Cup: 1995-1996
- Hellenic CupHellenic CupThe Hellenic Cup is an Australian football tournament contested by Greek Australian clubs, mostly from Melbourne, Victoria . Starting in 1983, it was an attempt to formalise the previously scattered approach to holding such tournaments in the 1960s and 1970s.The Hellenic Cup Tournament trophy is...
: 1984
With Pahang FA
Pahang FA
The Football Association of Pahang enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Pahang. The team is based in Kuantan, Pahang. They play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysian Super League...
: Malaysia Premier League: M-League 1992, 1995 Malaysia Cup
Malaysia Cup
The Malaysia Cup is an annual association football tournament in Malaysia. It is currently the longest-running football competition in Asia...
: 1992: Runners Up 1994, 1995 Malaysia Charity Shield: 1992, 1993 Runners Up 1995 Malaysia FA Cup
Malaysia FA Cup
The FA Cup Malaysia is a national knock-out football competition organised by the Football Association of Malaysia. The tournament was introduced during the Semi-Pro League era in 1990...
: Runners Up 1995
Personal Honours: FFA Hall of Champions
Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame
The Football Federation Australia's Football Hall of Fame was formed in 1996 as the Soccer Hall of Fame to honour outstanding services to association football in Australia....
Inductee - 2001 Ahli Mahkota Pahang: 1996
External links
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