Paul Davis (soccer player, 1961)

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Paul Davis
Personnel
Surname Paul Vincent Davis
birthday December 9, 1961
place of birth Dulwich ,  England
position midfield player
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1978-1995 Arsenal FC 351 (30)
1995 Stabæk Fotball 1 0(0)
1995-1996 Brentford FC 5 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1982-1983 England U-21 6 0(1)
1991 England B 1 0(1)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1997-2003 Arsenal FC (Youth)
2005 Kettering Town (assistant coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Paul Vincent Davis (born December 9, 1961 in Dulwich ) is a former English football player .

life and career

Davis began his career as a teenager at Arsenal FC in 1977 . A year later he got a professional contract. The left-footed midfielder made his debut against Tottenham Hotspur in 1980 . Davis was a member of the Gunners' successful 1980s team. With the Londoners he won the English championship once and the English league cup once in the 1980s . In 1988 Davis hit the headlines after a fist fight with Southampton FC midfielder Glenn Cockerill . Davis broke Cokerill's cheekbones , was suspended for nine games and fined £ 3,000. After this incident, he won the English Cup in 1993 and the English League Cup again with Arsenal in the same year. A year later he won the Cup Winners' Cup . After 18 years in England, he moved from Arsenal to Stabæk Fotball . After only a year in Norway , Davis was still playing for Brentford FC . In 1997 Davis became a youth coach at Arsenal FC. He left the Gunners for good six years later and was Paul Gascoigne's assistant coach at Kettering Town between October and December 2005 .

successes

  • 1 × English champion with Arsenal FC (1989)
  • 1 × English cup winner with Arsenal FC (1993)
  • 1 × Cup Winners' Cup with Arsenal FC (1994)
  • 2 × English league cup winners with Arsenal FC (1987, 1993)

social commitment

Davis is an ambassador for Show Racism the Red Card .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arsenal FC London Club hosts anti-racism event at Emirates

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personal data
SURNAME Davis, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davis, Paul Vincent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Dulwich , England