Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland Years Team | Playing position Team Apps | |
Date of birth (1979-08-03) 3 August 1979 (age 37) Current team Largs Thistle (manager) | ||
Stuart Davidson (born 3 August 1979), is a former professional footballer who is currently the manager of Largs Thistle in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. He has previously played in the Scottish Premier League for Kilmarnock.
Career
A tough tackling midfielder nicknamed Arnie, Davidson began his professional career with Kilmarnock. He was given his Scottish Premier League debut by Bobby Williamson in September 1999 against Celtic, before going on to spend several loan periods in the Scottish Football League, including two spells at Queen of the South. Davidson joined the Dumfries side on a permanent basis in the summer of 2001 and his sixteen league appearances the following season earned him league winners medal as Queens' won the Scottish Football League Second Division title.
After moving into Junior football with Troon, Davidson joined Auchinleck Talbot and enjoyed a successful eight years with the club, winning the Scottish Junior Cup twice, including a man of the match performance in the 2009 final where he scored the winning goal against Clydebank.
Davidson joined Neilston Juniors in 2012 after a short period out of the game before becoming a player coach at Kilbirnie Ladeside later the same year. Former Talbot team-mate Bryan Slavin attracted him to Largs Thistle as his assistant manager in January 2015 and Davidson succeeded him in the role after Slavin's resignation in October 2016.