George Davies (footballer, born 1996)

George Davies

Personal information
Full name	George Kweku Davies [1]
Date of birth	(1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Freetown, Sierra Leone [2]
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [2]
Position(s)	Left midfielder
Team information
Current team	SV Stripfing
Number	8
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)
2017–2023	St. Pölten	87	(8)
2018	→ Riga FC (loan)	18	(0)
2023–2024	Admira Wacker	37	(6)
2025–	SV Stripfing	13	(0)
International career‡
2013–	Sierra Leone	11	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 07:49, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

George Kweku Davies (born 16 November 1996) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a left midfielder for SV Stripfing. ^[3]

Club career

Davies has played youth football in Sierra Leone, Ghana and England for FC Johansen, Right to Dream Academy and Manchester City. ^[4]

Davies joined the youth team of German club Greuther Fürth in August 2014. ^[5] In November 2014 he signed a professional contract with them which runs until June 2019. ^[6] 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. ^[7]

In January 2017 Davies joined the Austrian club Floridsdorfer AC on loan. ^[8] On 19 July 2017, he joined SKN St. Pölten. ^[9]

International career

After receiving his first call up to the Sierra Leone national team in August 2012, ^[10] Davies made his senior international debut in 2013. ^{[11] [12]}

References

1. George Davies at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
2. "Profile" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
3. George Davies at Soccerway
4. 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.
5. "Kleeblatt-U23 bekommt Zuwachs aus Sierra Leone" (in German). fupa.net. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
6. "Davies unterschreibt in Fürth Lizenzspielervertrag" (in German). Bundesliga. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
7. Schmidt, Juergen. "SpVgg Greuther Fürth : VfL Bochum 1848". Greuther Furth. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
8. "Davies Deal mit Greuther Fürth" (in German). fac.at. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
9. SKN St. Pölten verstärkt sich mit George Davies‚ laola1.at, 19 July 2017
10. Mohamed Fajah Barrie (28 August 2012). "Sierra Leone withdraw ineligible Nigerian from squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
11. "George Davies". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
12. George Davies – FIFA competition record (archived)