Steve Davis (footballer, born 1968)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Mark Davis | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Hexham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1987 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | Southampton | 6 | (0) |
| 1989 | → Burnley (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Notts County (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1991–1995 | Burnley | 162 | (22) |
| 1995–1998 | Luton Town | 139 | (21) |
| 1998–2003 | Burnley | 156 | (21) |
| 2003–2004 | Blackpool | 29 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | York City | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 518 | (65) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007 | Burnley (caretaker) | ||
| 2010 | Burnley (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen Mark Davis (born 30 October 1968 ) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He had three spells with Burnley, and has subsequently coached for them. He was the first team coach for Npower Championship side Bolton Wanderers but was sacked along with Owen Coyle on 9 October.
Davis was born in Hexham, but started his career as a trainee with Southampton in August 1986, turning professional in July 1987. He was a virtual ever-present in the reserve team in both the 1987–88 and 1988–89 seasons, making 35 appearances each time. Despite this, he failed to break through into the first team.
In November 1989 he went on loan to Burnley (who already had a player called Steve Davis) and returned to The Dell in February 1990. He made his Southampton debut in a 4–1 victory over Norwich City on 27 February 1990 (in which game Matthew Le Tissier scored a hat-trick). After a run of four games, Davis lost his place to Micky Adams, who was returning from injury. Davis only made two further appearances for Southampton, and then, after a short loan spell at Notts County, in August 1991 he returned to Burnley on a permanent basis for a fee of £60,000.
At Burnley he helped the club to the Division Four championship in 1991–92 and to promotion via the play-offs in 1993–94. Burnley were relegated the following season, and Davis was sold to Luton Town for £750,000 in July 1995.
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