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MM "He wants to prove something to
everybody but Edgar Davids doesn't
have to do that because he's maybe the biggest
player in England, if you think about his silverware.
Nobody has won more than him but he still likes
to play for us because it's a young team and they
listen to him." - Martin Jol, commenting on Edgar
after the game
my career and almost always have been given that role"
Wigan managed a consolation goal a minute from time, when
Lee McCulloch tucked home from close range. Our players held
on for victory though, during a season in which they picked up
24 Premier League points on the road - an improvement of four
points on the previous season. We finished fifth in the table, two
points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.
Davids spent two seasons with us, making his competitive
debut in our colours in our 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough at
White Hart Lane on 20 August, 2005. He played in 31 matches
for us during his debut campaign, following that up with 13
appearances in 2006/07. His final game for us came in our
1-0 victory over Southend United in the League Cup on 20
December, 2007.
Born in Paramaribo, SurinameonB March, 1973, Edgar Steven
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Davids moved to the Netherlands with his parents as an infant
and eventually joined Ajax's world-renowned youth academy.
He rose through the ranks at the Amsterdam club to make 155
appearances betweenl991andl996. Aside from the Champions
League success in 1995, Davids also won three Eredivisie titles,
two KNVB Cups, the UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup
during his first spell with Ajax.
A brief spell at Milan followed prior to Davids signing for
Juventus in December 1997. During his six years with Juventus,
Davids helped inspire the Bianconeri to three Serie A titles in
1998,2002 and 2003 and led them to two Champions League
final appearances in 1998 and 2003. Juve's manager Marcello
Lippi described him as "my one-man engine room".
Davidsspentpartofthe2003/04seasonon loan at Barcelona
before departing Juventus for Inter in the summer of2004. His
74th and final appearance for the Netherlands came during his
two seasons at Spurs in a goalless draw with FYR Macedonia
on 12 October, 2005. The midfielder returned to Ajax in 2007,
for whom he played a total of 183 matches and scored
34 goals during his career. He briefly turned out
for Crystal Palace during the 2010/11 season
before becoming player-manager of
Barnet between 2012 and 2014.
