Martin Davis (born 11 October 1996) is a Jamaican

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who currently plays for Gżira United F.C. in the Maltese Premier League.

Career

College and amateur

Davis joined Harbour View aged 12, and a year later was awarded a summer scholarship with Spanish club

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following his performances at the Nexter Generation Valencia CF Easter Football Camp in

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

. He had a two-year orientation with the European club, and it was there he was converted from a forward into a midfielder. He represented Harbour View in both Junior and Premier Leagues, as well as the Manning Cup at St. George's College during high school. However, he was forced to miss the entire 2014 season due to injury. He also played for

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and Sagunto FC during his youth career. Davis had a month-long trial with

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in July 2014, and was subsequently offered a place in the youth development programme.

Professional

Joining the

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in January 2015, Davis featured for Toronto FC III fourteen times, scoring four times in the

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and appeared for

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twice during the

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. He made his debut for the reserve team on 28 March 2015 against

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, before making his first professional start on 19 April 2015 against

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. The club announced that Davis had been rewarded with a USL contract in February 2016, which would see him remain with

for the 2016 season. In September 2017, Davis signed with St. Andrews F.C. in Malta on an initial loan deal before signing for the club on a permanent basis in 2018. In November 2018, Davis won the BOV Player of the Month award after impressing in a 2–0 win over Balzan F.C. In August 2019, Davis signed a 5-year contract with Gżira United F.C.

International

Davis has represented Jamaica at under-17 and under-20 levels. On 12 July 2012, he made his debut in a 5–0 win against

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in the CONCACAF U-17 Championship. He made three further appearances for the U17s in a 1–1 draw against

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, a 2–2 draw with

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and a 4–2 defeat to

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. In January 2015, he made his debut in the

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during a 2–2 draw with

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. He is eligible to represent both

and

, due to his father being Canadian. As a result of holding a Canadian passport, Davis would classify as a domestic player for

in both

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Martinn 1996 births Living people Jamaican men's footballers 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen Jamaica men's youth international footballers Jamaican expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Toronto FC players Toronto FC II players Harbour View F.C. players St. Andrews F.C. (Malta) players Gżira United F.C. players Maltese Premier League players USL Championship players Jamaica men's under-20 international footballers Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in the United States Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Canada Jamaican expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Toronto FC Academy players