George Davies (footballer, born 1996)

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George Davies
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Personal information
Full name George Kweku Davies [1]
Date of birth (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone [2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [2]
Position(s) Left midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Admira Wacker
Number 12
Youth career
2011–2012 FC Johansen
2012 Right to Dream Academy
2012–2014 Manchester City
2014 Greuther Fürth
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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– Admira Wacker 37 (6)
International career‡
2013– Sierra Leone 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:49, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

George Kweku Davies (born 16 November 1996) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays for Austrian Football Second League club Admira Wacker as a left midfielder. [3]

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ George Davies at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. 1 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)
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