Marcus Davies is an

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er who played with the Carlton Football Club in the (

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) Davies played his junior football with the Sandy Bay Lions Junior Football Club in Hobart, Tasmania, attending The Hutchins School. Upon turning eighteen in 2009, he broke into the

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senior team in the ( TSL); he played eleven senior games during the season, and by the end he was regularly amongst his team's best. He represented Tasmania at the

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, and was noted for his endurance at the Draft Camp. He was selected by the Carlton Football Club in the 2009 AFL National draft with its third round selection (#43 overall). Davies has played both midfield and defence during his junior career. Davies made his senior Carlton debut in Round 19, 2010 against

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. In his first two seasons with the club, Davies played 13 games for Carlton, and spent the rest of the time with Carlton's , the

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. He played only four games in the next two years, was delisted at the conclusion of the 2013 season. After one season with Port Melbourne Football Club in the (

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) in 2014, Davies joined the Tigers FC (Kingborough) in the

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starting in 2015, taking on a playing assistant coach role which he still holds as of 2021; he also took on the administrative role of operations manager at the club from 2020. Davies is currently captain and assistant coach of Hutchins Old Boys Football Club, where he won the premiership in 2022.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Marcus Carlton Football Club players Preston Football Club (VFA) players 1991 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Tasmania North Hobart Football Club players Port Melbourne Football Club players Kingborough Football Club players People educated at The Hutchins School