Jason Davidson
Davidson with the Australia U-20 football team in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jason Alan Davidson | ||
| Date of birth | 29 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Groningen (on loan from Huddersfield Town) | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| 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) |
| 2010–2011 | → Sporting Covilhã (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Heracles Almelo | 51 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | (0) |
| 2015– | Huddersfield Town | 30 | (1) |
| 2016– | → FC Groningen (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Australia U-20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012– | Australia | 22 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2015 |
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Jason Alan Davidson (born 29 June 1991) is an Australian international association football player, who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie side FC Groningen on loan from English Championship side Huddersfield Town; and the Australian national football team. The left-footed defender has had contracts with Hume City; Portuguese Liga Sagres club Paços de Ferreira; Dutch Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo; and English Premier League football club West Bromwich Albion. His father, Alan, was also a former professional and international football player.
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. In June 2009 he left Hume City to pursue several overseas trials.
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 .
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