Isaak Davies

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Isaak Davies
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Davies in 2025
Personal information
Full name Isaak James Davies [1]
Date of birth (2001-09-25) 25 September 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Aberdare, Wales [2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [3]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 39
Youth career
2008–2021 Cardiff City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Cardiff City 60 (7)
2023–2024 → Kortrijk (loan) 34 (12)
International career‡
2017 Wales U17 3 (1)
2018–2019 Wales U19 5 (2)
2020 Wales U20 1 (0)
2021–2022 Wales U21 5 (0)
2025– Wales 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:15, 9 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11:09, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Isaak James Davies (born 25 September 2001) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Cardiff City and the Wales national team.

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Club career

Davies signed for Cardiff City at the age of 7. [4] He signed his first professional contract in February 2021, alongside Rubin Colwill. [5] [6] He made his first-team debut for Cardiff City on 23 October 2021 against Middlesbrough. [7] He assisted Kieffer Moore in Cardiff City's 2–1 win over Huddersfield Town on 6 November 2021. [8] Davies scored his first senior goal on 9 January 2022, scoring the first in Cardiff's 2–1 FA Cup victory over Preston North End. [9] He signed a further contract in March 2022. [2] In August 2022, Cardiff rejected a transfer bid for Davies from Burnley. [10]

In August 2023 he signed on loan for Belgian club Kortrijk. [11] [12] He signed a new contract with Cardiff in March 2024, [13] following a "successful" loan spell in Belgium, where he was Kortrijk's Player of the Season. [14]

Ahead of the 2024–25 season, Cardiff manager Erol Bulut said that Davies would be an "active" player for the club, [15] but Davies suffered a hamstring injury in pre-season, being ruled out for an estimated 4 months. [16] [17] He returned to training in October 2024, [18] but in November, Cardiff manager Omer Riza said Davies would be out-of-action until January 2025. [19] He made his return on 22 February 2025, as a late substitute. [20]

International career

Davies represented Wales at youth international level. [3] [21]

On 6 October 2025 Davies was called up to the Wales senior squad for the first time, as an injury replacement for Daniel James. [22] Davies made his senior debut for Wales on 18 November 2025 in the World Cup qualifier 7-1 win against North Macedoinia. [23]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cardiff City 2021–22 [7] Championship 2822100—303
2022–23 [24] Championship1012000—121
2023–24 [25] Championship000000—00
2024–25 [26] Championship921000—102
2025–26 [27] League One 13210411 [c] 0193
Total607614100699
Kortrijk (loan) 2023–24 [21] Belgian Pro League 341220——3612
Career total941981411010721
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Belgian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "EFL – Squad List 2021/22" (PDF). English English Football League. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Davies signs new Cardiff contract". BBC Sport. 3 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 Isaak Davies at WorldFootball.net
  4. ↑ "I.Davies". Cardiff.
  5. ↑ Townley, Martin (15 February 2021). "Isaak Davies and Rubin Colwill sign new deals with Cardiff City".
  6. ↑ Williams, Glen (15 February 2021). "The Cardiff starlet who wowed Mick McCarthy has just given Bluebirds huge boost". WalesOnline.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Isaak Davies in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  8. ↑ Williams, Glen (6 November 2021). "The 'electric' Cardiff youngster whose pivotal cameo helped down Huddersfield". WalesOnline.
  9. ↑ "Highlights: Cardiff City 2–1 Preston North End (aet)". BBC Sport.
  10. ↑ "Isaak Davies: Cardiff City reject Burnley bid for young forward". BBC Sport. 9 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Loan | Isaak Davies joins K.V. Kortrijk | Cardiff". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk.
  12. ↑ "KV Kortrijk huurt jonge spits Isaak Davies van Cardiff | Focus en WTV". www.focus-wtv.be.
  13. ↑ "Isaak Davies signs new City contract | Cardiff". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk.
  14. ↑ "Cardiff City: Isaak Davies enjoys impressive Kortrijk loan spell". BBC Sport. 27 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "Cardiff City: Isaak Davies to play big part - Erol Bulut". BBC Sport. 10 July 2024.
  16. ↑ "Cardiff City dealt triple injury blow ahead of Sunderland opener". BBC Sport. 3 August 2024.
  17. ↑ Williams, Glen (4 August 2024). "Cardiff's Davies sends 'gutted' message from hospital bed amid Robertson update". Wales Online.
  18. ↑ "Cardiff City: Kion Etete and Isaak Davies back in training". BBC Sport. 18 October 2024.
  19. ↑ "Cardiff City: Isaak Davies out for another two months - Omer Riza". BBC Sport. 8 November 2024.
  20. ↑ https://x.com/CardiffCityFC/status/1893303563360608641?mx=2
  21. 1 2 Isaak Davies at Soccerway . Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  22. ↑ "England v Wales: Injured Aaron Ramsey out as Wales add Isaak Davies and Joel Colwill to squad". BBC Sport. 6 October 2025.
  23. ↑ [ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/clykq462005t Davies Wales debut]
  24. ↑ "Games played by Isaak Davies in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Isaak Davies in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Isaak Davies in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Isaak Davies in 2025/2026". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
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