Aidan Davison

Early career

Davison was brought up in the North East of England. He played for Newcastle United in their youth team during their successful FA Youth Cup period. He was later released and in 1987 he signed terms with Non-League side Billingham Synthonia where he played 33 times and scored once. It did not take too long for the professional scouts to pick him up and he departed the club midway through the 1987–88 season In March 1988 Davison moved to Nottingham signing with Notts County who at the time were under the stewardship of John Barnwell and were competing in the Football League Third Division. While at County he made one league appearance and was loaned out too Leyton Orient and then Bury. The Shakers re-signed Davison for a fee of £6,000 in November 1989 following his loan spell in the previous month. Whilst at Gigg Lane, Davison played under Martin Dobson, Sam Ellis and Mike Walsh. Whilst with the club he also spent time out on loan, having spells with both Chester City and Blackpool. Walsh released Davison to Millwall in the summer of 1991, and he became one of Bruce Rioch's new signings at Millwall ahead of the 1991–92 season. Davison played two seasons with Millwall, making 42 appearances in all competitions. He was named as player of the year. He also sustained a collapsed lung during a home game against Derby County which kept him out of action for 12 weeks.

Bolton Wanderers

In August 1993 Davison followed Bruce Rioch and signed with Bolton…

Northern Ireland

Davison made his debut against Sweden on 24 April 1996 and also played against Thailand and Germany. He was selected for over twenty full squads in a 5-year International career including European Championship and World Cup qualifier games. He played under Bryan Hamilton and Lawrie McMenemy.

After being released by Colchester United at the end of the 2007–08 season, he and his wife (Kristine) and kids (Ryan, Kiera, Mia) have acted upon his dream to live in the United States. After which returned as reserve team manager at Hull City A.F.C. In February 2010, he briefly came out of retirement to be named as an unused substitute for Hull City in a friendly match against Galway United, providing goalkeeping back-up for Matt Duke. On 18 July 2011 it was announced that Davison had been appointed head coach of FC JAX Destroyers. Davison left the club a year later after they disbanded and joined American Soccer school IMG Academy as a coach. In September 2017, Davison took over head coaching duties for Sporting AZ FC from Tim Marchisotto, who became the general manager. He successfully guided Sporting AZ FC through the 2018 US Open Cup qualifying, earning a victory over United Soccer League side Phoenix Rising FC in the second. Davison's amateur-league club finally fell in the third round to USL professional side Fresno. In 2018, Davison signed for Indian Super League side Pune FC as goalkeeping coach, later holding the same position at rivals Hyderabad FC. On 25 June 2022, Davison returned to the United Kingdom, signing as a goalkeeping coach for National League side Wrexham.

Davison previously resided in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, and ran his own successful soccer company.