Callum Davidson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Callum Iain Davidson | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1998 | St Johnstone | 43 | (4) |
| 1998–2000 | Blackburn Rovers | 66 | (1) |
| 2000–2004 | Leicester City | 101 | (2) |
| 2004–2011 | Preston North End | 166 | (21) |
| 2011–2014 | St Johnstone | 47 | (1) |
| Total | 423 | (29) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2009 | Scotland | 26 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014 | St Johnstone (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Callum Iain Davidson (born 25 June 1976 in Stirling) is a Scottish professional football player and coach. Davidson played as a left back for St Johnstone, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Preston North End between 1994 and 2014. At international level, Davidson represented Scotland on 19 occasions between 1998 and 2009. Since retiring as a player, Davidson has become a football coach. He is currently the assistant manager to Tommy Wright at St Johnstone.
Davidson grew up in Dunblane and attended Dunblane High School from 1988-1994 where he captained the School football team. Impressive performances for the School team led to being scouted and watched. Davidson also played Basketball, Golf, Tennis and Athletics at Dunblane. He was part of the Tennis team that won the Scottish Schools Championship where he was coached under Judy Murray and also represented Scotland in Golf.
He was soon scouted and subsequently signed by St Johnstone. His impressive performances for the Perth club attracted interest from Premiership clubs, resulting in a move to Blackburn Rovers in February 1998 for £1.75m, a St Johnstone club record. He spent two years at Ewood Park, making 66 League appearances and scoring once against West Ham United.
Davidson joined Leicester City in July 2000, for a fee of £2.75m, and he remained with the Foxes for four years, making over 100 appearances. He was signed by Preston North End in 2004 on a free transfer and was later appointed club captain. His time at Deepdale was dominated by recurring injury problems, but he still managed to make over 160 appearances for Preston.
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