George Davies (footballer, born 1996)

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George Davies
SC Wiener Neustadt vs. Floridsdorfer AC 2017-03-17 (31).jpg
Personal information
Full name George Kweku Davies[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone[2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Left midfielder
Club information
Current team
 St. Pölten
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2012 FC Johansen
2012 Right to Dream Academy
2012–2014 Manchester City
2014 Greuther Fürth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Greuther Fürth 9 (0)
2017 → Floridsdorfer AC (loan) 15 (1)
2017– St. Pölten 30 (2)
2018 → Riga FC (loan) 18 (0)
National team‡
2013– Sierra Leone 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:42, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

George Kweku Davies (born 16 November 1996) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for Austrian club St. Pölten, as a left midfielder.

Club career[]

Davies has played youth football in Sierra Leone, Ghana and England for FC Johansen, Right to Dream Academy and Manchester City.[3]

Davies joined the youth team of German club Greuther Fürth in August 2014.[4] In November 2014 he signed a professional contract with them which runs until June 2019.[5] Davies made his first team league debut for the club on 16 December 2014 as a 71st-minute substitute in a 0-0 draw with VfL Bochum.[6]

In January 2017 Davies joined the Austrian club Floridsdorfer AC on loan.[7] On 19 July 2017, he joined SKN St. Pölten.[8]

International career[]

After receiving his first call up to the Sierra Leone national team in August 2012,[9] Davies made his senior international debut in 2013.[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ George Davies at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Profile" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ^ Mohamed Fajah Barrie. "FC Johansen promising star joins Manchester City affiliated academy". Sierra Leone Football. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Kleeblatt-U23 bekommt Zuwachs aus Sierra Leone" (in German). fupa.net. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Davies unterschreibt in Fürth Lizenzspielervertrag" (in German). Bundesliga. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ^ Schmidt, Juergen. "SpVgg Greuther Fürth : VfL Bochum 1848". Greuther Furth. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Davies Deal mit Greuther Fürth" (in German). fac.at. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  8. ^ SKN St. Pölten verstärkt sich mit George Davies‚ laola1.at, 19 July 2017
  9. ^ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (28 August 2012). "Sierra Leone withdraw ineligible Nigerian from squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  10. ^ "name=George Davies". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  11. ^ George Davies – FIFA competition record (archived)
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