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Aidan John Davison (born 11 May 1968 in Sedgefield, County Durham) is an English-born Northern Irish former professional footballer and Head Coach of USL Premier Development League side FC JAX Destroyers.
As a player he played as a goalkeeper from 1987 until 2008. Having started his career with non-league side Billingham Synthonia, he moved on to Notts County and subsequently spent loan spells with Leyton Orient and Bury before joining the latter on a permanent deal. He went on to play for Chester City, Blackpool and Milwall before earning his biggest break yet by signing for Bolton Wanderers and in 1995 gaining promotion to the Premier League. Loan spells with Ipswich Town and Hull City followed before joining Bradford City permanently. In 1997 he signed for Grimsby Town where he arguably played some of his best football having won promotion and a domestic cup in his two years at the club. He went on to Sheffield United and then returned to Premier League football when he re-joined Bradford City in 2000. In 2003 he returned to Grimsby Town for a year before finishing his career with a four year spell at Colchester United. In his career he was capped three times by Northern Ireland.
In 2009 following his retirement he joined the coaching staff of Premier League Hull City and became the clubs reserve team manager. In 2010 he briefly came out of retirement and signed as a player to add to the clubs goalkeeping cover, however he only made the substitute bench for the reserve team he managed. In 2011 he became Head Coach of American side FC Jax Destroyers.
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