George Davies (footballer, born 1996)

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

George Davies
Personal information
Full name George Kweku Davies[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone[2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Playing 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)

Career

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. "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.
  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
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