Jun Marques Davidson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jun Marques Davidson | ||
| Date of birth | June 7, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Selangor (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Tokyo Gas FC | ||
| 1998–1999 | TASIS England | ||
| 1999–2001 | American Global Soccer School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2006 | Omiya Ardija | 74 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Albirex Niigata | 8 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Vissel Kobe (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Consadole Sapporo (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2010 | Carolina RailHawks | 23 | (1) |
| 2011 | Tokushima Vortis | 24 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 50 | (0) |
| 2014 | Carolina RailHawks | 25 | (0) |
| 2015 | Navy | 32 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Charlotte Independence | 54 | (2) |
| Total | 317 | (5) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2019 | Omiya Ardija (youth) | ||
| 2019 | Guangzhou R&F (youth) | ||
| 2020 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Shaanxi Union | ||
| 2024 | Kagoshima United (youth) | ||
| 2024– | Selangor (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jun Marques Davidson (ディビッドソン 純 マーカス, Davidson Jun Marques, born June 7, 1983) is a former Japanese football player who is currently the assistant coach of Malaysia Super League club Selangor.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Youth
[edit]Davidson was born and raised in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American father. He moved with his family to Pasadena, California in 1995, where he attended high school and played for the American Global Soccer School.
Japanese club
[edit]Davidson returned to Japan in 2002, and made his professional debut with Omiya Ardija at the age of 19. After three seasons in the J2 League, he helped the team win promotion to the J1 League in 2004. Davidson remained with Omiya Ardija until 2006, finishing his career at the club with 87 appearances and 2 goal in all competitions.
Davidson transferred to Albirex Niigata in 2007, but never settled at the club, and spending time on loan at Vissel Kobe and Consadole Sapporo. He returned Niigata in 2009.
Davidson returned to the United States in 2010 when he signed for Carolina RailHawks of the USSF Division 2 Professional League.[2][3] He helped the Railhawks in winning the NASL Conference title and earning a trip to the USSF D-2 championship series.
Davidson spent the 2011 season with Tokushima Vortis of Japan's J2 League. He remained at the club for one season and appeared in 24 league matches helping the club to a fourth-place finish in, three points out of promotion. Davidson signed with Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer on 1 January 2012, reuniting with former coach Martin Rennie.[4] He made his debut on March 10, 2012 against the Montreal Impact and played two seasons for Whitecaps. Davidson signed for the Carolina RailHawks in March 2014 and was named captain for the 2014 season. He collected the team MVP award after leading the club to a fifth-place finish in the North American Soccer League.
From 2015, Davidson played for Thai Premier League club Navy in 2015 and United Soccer League club Charlotte Independence (2016–2017). He retired from his playing career at the end of the 2017 season.[5]
Managerial career
[edit]After retiring in 2017, Davidson focused into coaching, starting with his boyhood club, Omiya Ardija where he worked with the youth teams. In 2019, he moved to China to joined Guangzhou R&F as the club youth academy coach. In 2020, Davidson was appointed as the assistant coach at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright working under Iranian head coach Afshin Ghotbi.
In early 2024, Davidson was appointed as Shaanxi Union club director. In mid June, he returned home to joined J2 League club Kagoshima United as the club youth academy coach.
On 30 November 2024, Davidson was announced as the assistant coach of Malaysia Super League club Selangor where he will work under compatriot Katsuhito Kinoshi.
Club statistics
[edit]| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2002 | Omiya Ardija | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 18 | 2 | |||
| 2005 | J1 League | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 74 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 87 | 2 | ||
| 2007 | Albirex Niigata | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | Vissel Kobe | J1 League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Consadole Sapporo | J1 League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | Albirex Niigata | J1 League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Carolina RailHawks | USSF D2 Pro League | 23 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | Tokushima Vortis | J2 League | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | Vancouver Whitecaps | Major League Soccer | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2013 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Carolina RailHawks | North American Soccer League | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 29 | 1 | |
| Total | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | Navy | Thai Premier League | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | Charlotte Independence | United Soccer League | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | 31 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 56 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 317 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 350 | 7 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Jun Marques Davidson at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ RailHawks Sign Jun Marques Davidson Archived May 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ eightysixforever.com
- ^ "Davidson signs with Whitecaps". Whitecapsfc.com. June 7, 1983. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ goal.com(in Japanese)
- ^ Jun Marques Davidson at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ Jun Marques Davidson at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Jun Marques Davidson at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Jun Marques Davidson at Major League Soccer
- Jun Marques Davidson at Soccerway
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Albirex Niigata players
- Association football people from Tokyo
- Charlotte Independence players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japanese people of American descent
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Major League Soccer players
- North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players
- North Carolina FC players
- Omiya Ardija players
- Navy F.C. players
- Thai League 1 players
- Tokushima Vortis players
- USL Championship players
- USSF Division 2 Professional League players
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC players
- Vissel Kobe players
- Men's association football midfielders