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Fabian Davis (born 30 June 1974 in Swallowfield, East Kingston) is a Jamaican former footballer who played as a defender or
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. On 7 October 2008 to January 2010, he became interim player/coach of
Arnett Gardens F.C. The Arnett Gardens Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in Kingston, which currently plays in the Jamaica National Premier League. The team is based in the Arnett Gardens community of South Saint Andrew, Jamaica, and plays in th ...
, after Jerome Waite was sacked following a poor start to the season.


Club career

Nicknamed ''Fabulous'', he has also played for Real Mona,
Harbour View F.C. Harbour View Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in Kingston that currently plays in the top flight Jamaica National Premier League. Harbour View is nicknamed the ''Stars of the East'' or ''Easters'' and play their home games at ...
and
Arnett Gardens F.C. The Arnett Gardens Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in Kingston, which currently plays in the Jamaica National Premier League. The team is based in the Arnett Gardens community of South Saint Andrew, Jamaica, and plays in th ...
, Tivoli Gardens FC, and
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all in Jamaica as well as for
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in the
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. While with Arnett Gardens, he captained the side to league titles in 2001 and 2002 and also claimed the Most Valuable Player and the Player of the Season titles those years. He went on to join
Tivoli Gardens F.C. Tivoli Gardens Football Club is a Jamaican football club, based in Kingston. The club's senior team competes in the Jamaica Primer League. The club has won the Jamaica Primer League title 5 times and the JFF Champions Cup 3 times. Their hom ...
in the January 2004 transfer window and was instrumental in Tivoli Gardens winning the Premier League title in 2004

Fabian Davis has the distinction of being the only player to cop the Most Valuable Player and Player of the season award for two separate winning premier league teams, as he picked up these awards for Tivoli Gardens F.C. in the 2003–4 season, along with the Player Personality Award. He rejoined Arnett from
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in the January 2008 transfer window, and went on to serve as player coach for 1 and a half seasons from October 2008 to January 201


International career

A veteran of the national team, he made his debut for the Jamaica national football team, Reggae Boyz in 1995 against
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and has collected over 70 caps since, although he missed out on the
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squad. He usually plays wingback for the Reggae Boyz, including the 2007 Lunar Cup when Jamaica won the title. In November 2010, Fabian captained the
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that failed to advance to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF championships, following narrow losses to defending champs, El Salvador, and tournament hosts Mexico.
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The early years

Fabian Davis attended Kingston College and was Captain of both the Manning Cup and Colts U-16 Teams. He was also Captain of Jamaica's U-20 and U-23 football teams. Davis was also Jamaica national U-16 basketball team representative, and a member of the title winning Kingston College basketball team.


Coaching career

Fabian Davis attained the JFF Advanced Level 1 and 11 coaching certification

as well as the United States Soccer Federation, U.S. Youth Soccer Coaching Course, National D License from Georgia State Soccer Association in July 2009. He had a successful 2008 stint as player/coach of Arnett Gardens F.C. where he took the team from 11th place in October 2008 to a 5th-place finish to end the season in 2009. A string of poor results in 2010 saw him resign as coach of the struggling Arnett Gardens outfit.


Endorsements

Davis had endorsement deals with major Jamaica brands, such as Wisynco's Bigga Soft Drink Brand in 200

Digicel in 2004 and with Western Sports through their Adidas brand. He has also shot campaigns for Victoria Mutual Building Society for 2011. Davis has done football analysis working with Jamaica's TVJ for the 2006 and 2010 World Cup highlights shows and on caribbean media giant, SportsMax.


See also

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2007 Lunar New Year Cup The 2007 Lunar New Year Cup (formerly known as the Carlsberg Cup) was a football tournament held in Hong Kong on the first and fourth day of the Chinese New Year of the Pig (19 January and 22 January 2007). Participating teams * China Olympic ...


References


External links

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Profile
- ReggaeBoyz.com
Profile
- Golocaljamaica



{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Fabian 1974 births Living people Jamaican footballers Jamaica international footballers Arnett Gardens F.C. players Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players Harbour View F.C. players Tivoli Gardens F.C. players Portmore United F.C. players Atlanta Silverbacks players Jamaican expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in the United States A-League (1995–2004) players Association football midfielders Association football defenders