Josh Solomon-Davies

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Josh Solomon-Davies
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Personal information
Full name Joshua Solomon-Davies
Date of birth (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Castries, Saint Lucia [1]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Bala Town
Number 27
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018 Tranmere Rovers 2 (0)
2018–2019 Stalybridge Celtic 18 (1)
2019–2023 Marine 110 (2)
2023 Atherton Collieries 4 (2)
2024- Bala Town 5 (0)
International career‡
2016-2018 St Lucia U20 6 (0)
2019– St Lucia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2019

Joshua Solomon-Davies (born 20 November 1999) is a Saint Lucian semi-professional footballer who plays as a right back for Bala Town and the Saint Lucia national football team. In August 2023 he joined Atherton Collieries of the Northern Premier League. Previously he played for Marine in the Northern Premier League, [2] winning promotion to the Northern Premier League Premier Division at the end of the 2021/22 season following victory in the playoff final. [3]

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Early life

Solomon-Davies was born in Saint Lucia to an English father, and moved to England at the age of six. [4] His grandfather, Carlos "Ball" Southwell was a Saint Lucian footballer. [5]

While a pupil at St Anselm's College, Birkenhead (Edmund Rice Trust), he won the national 100 metres final in 11.3 seconds, competing in the English Schools' Athletics Championships, in Bedford, in July 2015, aged 15. [6]

Career

At age 17 Solomon-Davies made his professional debut with Tranmere Rovers in a 1–0 National League win over Maidstone United on 29 April 2017.

The following season, on 24 April 2018, Solomon-Davies made his second senior team appearance for Tranmere Rovers in the home fixture against Solihull Moors, losing 2–1. [7]

Having declined the offer of a professional contract with Tranmere Rovers, Solomon-Davies signed with Stalybridge Celtic on 27 September 2018, on a non-contract basis. [8]

In August 2019, he signed for Marine. [9] Solomon-Davies appeared in every round as Marine F.C. progressed to the Third Round of the FA Cup during the 2020/21 season where they were rewarded with a home tie versus Tottenham Hotspur, the widest gap (167 places) between two competing clubs in FA Cup history. [10] In 2023, he was part of the Marine side which won the Liverpool Senior Cup [11] before leaving the club in May 2023. [12]

International career

On 22 October 2016, Solomon-Davies made his international debut, aged 16, for Saint Lucia's Under-20 team against Haiti in the Caribbean Union qualifying tournament for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup held at the Ergilio Hato Stadium, Curaçao. Solomon-Davies went on to represent Saint Lucia throughout the tournament in subsequent games against Trinidad & Tobago and Cuba. [13]

Solomon-Davies made his senior debut for the Saint Lucia national football team in a 1–0 friendly loss to Grenada on 28 February 2019. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 November 2020
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tranmere Rovers 2016–17 [15] National League 1000—0010
2017–18 [16] 1000—0010
Total2000—0020
Stalybridge Celtic 2018–19 [17] Northern Premier League Premier Division18100—1 [lower-alpha 1] 0191
Marine 2019–20 [18] Northern Premier League Division One North West29140—3 [lower-alpha 2] 0361
2020–21 [19] 2050—2 [lower-alpha 1] 090
Total31190—50451
Career total51290—60662
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. ↑ One appearance in the FA Trophy; one appearance in the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup; one appearance in the Liverpool Senior Cup

International

As of match played 2 March 2019 [20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Saint Lucia 201920
Total20

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References

  1. ↑ "Gros Islet native features in British under-15 football final". 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  2. ↑ ‘My most enjoyable time playing football’ – Marine & Saint Lucia’s Josh Solomon-Davies strides on [usurped] nonleaguedaily.com
  3. ↑ "Runcorn Linnets 1-2 Marine: Dunn and dusted thanks to Jack". The Non-League Paper. 1 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Bugby, Tony (5 January 2019). "Celtic player stars for St Lucia".
  5. ↑ "St. Lucia's Josh Solomon-Davies earns Rovers Scholarship". 10 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "English Schools National Final". 12 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Tranmere Rovers v Solihull Moors". 24 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Bugby, Tony (27 September 2018). "Haworth undertakes major rebuild at Celtic".
  9. ↑ "Josh Solomon-Davies". 13 February 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Spurs, Marine and the FA Cup third round - history and stats". 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Marine 0-0 Runcorn Linnets (4-3 Pens) - Match Report". 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "Squad Update 4th May". 4 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "National U20 prepare for second stage of CFU WCQ". 18 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Saint Lucia beaten in WIFA opener". 2 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Josh Solomon-Davies in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Josh Solomon-Davies in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  17. ↑ "Stalybridge Celtic Profile". Stalybridge Celtic F.C. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  18. ↑ "NPL Division One North West Results 2019-20". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  19. ↑ "Marine F.C. Results 2020-21". Marine F.C. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  20. ↑ "Solomon-Davies, Joshua". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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