Jake Davidson

{{Short description|Scottish footballer (born 2000)}} {{distinguish|Jake Davison (disambiguation)}} {{update|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jake Davidson | full_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|10|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Stirling, Scotland | height = 0.63m<ref name="SW">{{Soccerway|jake-davidson/504022}}</ref> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthclubs1 = Dundee United | youthyears1 = –2017 | years1 = 2017–2021 | clubs1 = Dundee United | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2019–2020 | clubs2 = → The Spartans (loan) | years3 = 2020 | clubs3 = → Queen's Park (loan) | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2020–2021 | clubs4 = → Waterford (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2021 | clubs5 = → Arbroath (loan) | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2021–2023 | clubs6 = Queen's Park | caps6 = 51 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2023–2026 | clubs7 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle | caps7 = 26 | goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2024 | clubs8 = → Hamilton Academical (loan) | caps8 = 14 | goals8 = 2 | club-update = 13:42, 31 May 2026 (UTC) | years9 = 2026 | clubs9 = → The Spartans (loan) | caps9 = 9 | goals9 = 0 }} '''Jake Davidson''' (born 6 October 2000) is a Scottish professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jake Davidson Football Stats Inverness Caledonian Thistle Season 2023/2024 Soccer Base|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=104582&season_id=155|access-date=2024-07-10|website=www.soccerbase.com}}</ref>

== Career == Davidson rose through the youth ranks at Dundee United and was promoted to the first team squad in 2017. However, he failed to break into the team and was sent out on loan: in 2019 to Lowland League side Spartans, League Two side Queen's Park, League of Ireland side Waterford, and Scottish Championship side Arbroath.<ref name="SW" />

In 2021, Davidson returned to Queen's Park,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamilton |first=Sean |date=2021-06-20 |title=Queen's Park snap up ex-Dundee United kid Jake Davidson |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-united/2322070/queens-park-snap-up-ex-dundee-united-kid-jake-davidson/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=The Courier }}</ref> now in League One, after leaving Dundee United, and helped the Glasgow club to gain promotion to the second tier for the first time since the 1980s. He scored his first professional goal in a 1–1 League Cup draw with Hamilton Academical in July 2022, then his first SPFL goal a week later against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He made 34 appearances in the 2022–23 Scottish Championship campaign as the ''Spiders'' finished runners-up.

In the summer of 2023, Davidson left Queen's Park for Championship rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chalk |first=Paul |date=2023-06-16 |title=Defender Jake Davidson switches to Caley Thistle from Queen's Park |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/inverness-caledonian-thistle/5852878/defender-jake-davidson-switches-to-inverness-from-queens-park/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Press and Journal }}</ref> He scored on his league debut, ironically against his former club Queen's Park, in a 2–1 loss.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Queen's Park prove too strong for Inverness |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66194530 |access-date=2023-12-17|date=2023-08-05}}</ref>

In February 2024, Davidson went on loan to Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical.

On 25 May 2026 it was announced that Davidson was one of 9 players who would be leaving Inverness upon the expiration of his contract.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-25 |title=Caley Jags confirm release of nine players at the end of their contracts |url=https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/sport/caley-jags-confirm-release-of-nine-players-at-the-end-of-the-435941/ |access-date=2026-05-31 |website=Inverness Courier |language=en}}</ref>

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