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Fabian Davis is a Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

n football defender
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 or midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 who is currently unattached to a club in the Premier League.

On 7 October 2008 to January 2010, he became interim player/coach of Arnett Gardens F.C.
Arnett Gardens F.C.
The Arnett Gardens Football Club is a Jamaican football club, which currently plays in the Jamaican National Premier League.The team is based in the Arnett Gardens community of South Saint Andrew, Jamaica, and plays in the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex....

, 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 F.C.
Harbour View Football Club is a Jamaican football club that currently plays in the Digicel Premier League. Harbour View is nicknamed the "Stars of the East" or "Easters" and plays home games at Harbour View Stadium.-History:...

 and Arnett Gardens F.C.
Arnett Gardens F.C.
The Arnett Gardens Football Club is a Jamaican football club, which currently plays in the Jamaican National Premier League.The team is based in the Arnett Gardens community of South Saint Andrew, Jamaica, and plays in the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex....

, Tivoli Gardens FC, and Portmore United F.C.
Portmore United F.C.
Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican football team who currently play in the Digicel Premier League. The team trains at G.C. Foster College and play home matches at the Ferdi Neita Sports Complex.-History:...

 all in Jamaica as well as for Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division
USL First Division
The United Soccer Leagues First Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico....

. 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 F.C.
Tivoli Gardens FC is a Jamaican football club based in Kingston, currently in the Jamaican National Premier League. Their home stadium is the Railway Oval.-Recent history:...

 in the January 2004 transfer window and was instrumental in Tivoli Gardens winning the Premier League title in 2004. http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20040519/sports/sports1.html 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 Portmore United 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 2010.http://www.reggaeboyzsc.com/forum1/showthread.php?t=30932

International career

A veteran of the national team, he made his debut for the Reggae Boyz
Jamaica national football team
The Jamaica national football team is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation. After decades in CONCACAF obscurity, they gained many fans throughout the world after they qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup...

 in 1995 against Canada
Canada men's national soccer team
The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...

 and has collected over 70 caps since, although he missed out on the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

 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 Jamaica national beach soccer team
Jamaica national beach soccer team
Jamaica national beach soccer team represents Jamaica in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation, the governing body for football in Jamaica.-Current squad:Correct as of November 2010...

 that failed to advance to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF championships, following narrow losses to defending champs, El Salvador, and tournament hosts Mexico.
http://www.concacaf.com/page/BeachSoccer/Home/0,,12813,00.html

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 certifications http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090905/sports/sports12.html, 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. Fabian then went on to high school coaching at Hillel Academy and conducts his own football clinic on weekends.

National Awards and Honours

Clubs and Individual:

Portmore United Football Club August 2007 – January 2008

National Premier League 2007-8

Tivoli Gardens Football Club 2003–2007

National Premier League in 2003-4,

Jackie Bell Knockout 2004,
JFF Champions Cup 2006 (now Flow Champions Cup),

Most Valuable Player of the National Premier League 2003-4,

Player of the Season 2003-4,

Player Personality Award 2003-4

Arnett Gardens Football Club 1999–2003

National Premier League 2000-1,

National Premier League 2001-2,

Runners-up in the CFU Club Championship 2002,

Most Valuable Player of the National Premier League 2000-1,

Player of the Season 2000-1

Seattle Sounders Football Club, 1998–1999

The Pacific, U.S. A League 3rd

2009

Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence for outstanding achievement in the field of sport-Nominee

Endorsements

Davis had endorsement deals with major Jamaica brands, such as Wisynco's Bigga Soft Drink Brand in 2002 http://wap.thereggaeboyz.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/8654/page/666, 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.

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